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How to Create a Saving Strategy 04/02/2024 08:00pm • Why a Saving Strategy Should Be a PriorityThere's never bad time to start a savings plan. "Savings can provide peace of mind and make stressful situations easier to manage," Derik Farrar, head of personal deposits at U.S. Bank, said in an email. It's always a good idea to have some savings stashed a George Carlin estate settles with podcasters over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI 04/02/2024 07:55pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of George Carlin has agreed to a settlement with the media company it sued over a fake hourlong comedy special that purportedly used artificial intelligence to recreate the late standup comic’s style and material. In the settlement agreement filed with a federal cou Tehran vows response after strike blamed on Israel destroyed Iran's Consulate in Syria and killed 12 04/02/2024 07:03pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Tuesday vowed to respond to an airstrike widely attributed to Israel that destroyed Iran’s Consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus the previous day and killed 12 people, including two Iranian generals and a member of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. Four Syr Illinois Republicans propose overhaul for Gov. Pritzker's 'anti-victim' parole board after stabbing 04/02/2024 06:54pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate's minority leader proposed legislation Tuesday to overhaul Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Prisoner Review Board after it released a convicted domestic abuser who then attacked a pregnant Chicago woman with a knife and fatally stabbed her 11-year-old son. Republi Editorial Roundup: United States 04/02/2024 06:30pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: March 30 The Washington Post on the Israel-Gaza war As the war in Gaza grinds on into its sixth month, cracks are showing in the once unequivocally united front between Israel and the United States. Meantime, hunger threatens Gaza’s Only on WTOP: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says state is still mourning 1 week after Baltimore bridge collapse 04/02/2024 05:00pm • Tuesday marks one week since tragedy forever changed the landscape in Baltimore and Maryland. In the overnight hours last Tuesday, a huge container ship hit the Key Bridge causing most of it to fall like a deck of cards into the Patapsco River. Six construction workers were killed in the colla NCAA investment in a second women's basketball tournament emerges as a big hit in Indy 04/02/2024 03:18pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As the eagerly anticipated LSU-Iowa women's rematch was about to tip off, Washington State coach Kamie Ethridge took a seat in Indianapolis, lamented her team's season-ending loss and celebrated another milestone moment for the sport. Four more women's teams were playing here, Biden and Xi discuss Taiwan, AI and fentanyl in a push to return to regular leader talks 04/02/2024 02:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues Tuesday in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue between the two powers. The call, described by the White House as “candid and WeWork expects to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of May, predicting $8 billion in rental savings 04/02/2024 02:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled co-working space provider WeWork says it expects to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of May, touting lease-restructuring efforts that it estimates will bring $8 billion in future rental savings. Cutting back on real estate costs has been a top priority for WeWork since t A woman was killed just after asking police for protection from an ex-partner. Greece is asking why 04/02/2024 02:02pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities on Tuesday ordered an urgent investigation into a woman's fatal stabbing outside an Athens police precinct where she had just requested protection from an ex-boyfriend. The 28-year-old's death triggered new calls by left-wing opposition parties for femicide Deputy chief of Thailand's national police surrenders for arrest on money laundering charge 04/02/2024 11:02am • BANGKOK (AP) — A deputy chief of Thailand’s national police force involved in many high-profile cases turned himself in to fellow officers on Tuesday after a court issued a warrant for his arrest on money laundering charges. Police Gen. Surachate Hakparn had recently been suspended from his duti What is World Central Kitchen and how has it helped people in Gaza? 04/02/2024 08:58am • JERUSALEM (AP) — World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, called a halt to its work in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners. The group, which said it will make decisions about longer-term plans in the region s Failed Australian rideshare app accuses Uber of illegally operating service to gain unfair advantage 04/02/2024 04:53am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A failed Australian taxi-industry disruptor told a court on Tuesday that Uber began illegally operating its ridesharing service in Australia a decade ago to gain an unfair advantage over competitors. Taxi Apps, an Australian startup that developed taxi-hailing app GoCat Multiple people hurt in Texas crash as severe storms hit central US 04/02/2024 12:39am • MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Multiple people were hurt Monday in a pileup involving as many as 30 vehicles at an intersection south of Midland, Texas, as high winds blew dust that made visibility difficult, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Texas Highway Patrol Troopers and Upton County Emerge The Latest | Israel ends raid on Gaza hospital; Iran says strike kills 2 generals in Syria 04/01/2024 11:46pm • The Israeli military has withdrawn from Gaza’s main hospital after a two-week raid, saying it killed some 200 militants in close-quarters fighting and detained hundreds. Palestinians who returned to Shifa Hospital, once the largest medical center in Gaza, said they found its buildings heavily bur