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3 adults and 2 children are crushed to death when strong winds topple trees in Poland 04/01/2024 10:24am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Strong winds in southern Poland on Monday toppled trees that killed three adults and two children, emergency responders said. A spokesperson for the region's firefighters, Hubert Cieply, said two women and a 6-year-old were crushed to death in the town of Rabka-Zdrój. Separa The pioneer of America's embattled global HIV program recalls the hope after years of despair 04/01/2024 10:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Through his office window at what was then one of Africa's few modern clinics dealing with HIV and AIDS, the man who now oversees the United States' threatened global AIDS effort used to hear the sound of taxis pulling up throughout the day. If he turned his head to look out the Get ready! T-Minus 7 days to the total solar eclipse 04/01/2024 09:54am • The April 8 solar eclipse will be visible in the entire contiguous United States, weather permitting. People along the path of totality, stretching from Texas to Maine, will have the chance to see a total solar eclipse; outside this path, a partial solar eclipse will be visible. (Courtesy NASA) AT&T marketing chief on March Madness and Caitlin Clark's supernova run 04/01/2024 08:04am • NEW YORK (AP) — Who do you have winning your college basketball bracket? The head of AT&T’s marketing is hoping that you’ll respond by asking, “For which tournament?” The telecommunications giant is once again sponsoring the men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments. It’s Car Review: Range Rover Sport remade in 2023 now adds a powerful plug-in hybrid, big V-8 in 2024 04/01/2024 07:13am • The redesigned Range Rover Sport has big style, sharing some looks with the pricier Range Rover. (Mike Parris/WTOP) The Range Rover Sport is the more playful version of the stately Range Rover luxury SUV. With slightly less off-road aspiration and more on-road driving dynamics, the Range Rover Sport South Korea's Yoon vows not to back down in the face of doctors' strike over medical school plan 04/01/2024 05:38am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president vowed Monday not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically increase medical school admissions, as he called their walkouts “an illegal collective action” that poses "a grave threat to o In setback to Turkey's Erdogan, opposition makes huge gains in local election 04/01/2024 05:01am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday's local elections, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had set his sights on retaking control of those urban areas. With more than 90% of ballot In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a focus on seniors 04/01/2024 04:10am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Their days often began at the crack of dawn. They’d head out to a church, a temple, a park and set up a stall. They’d seek out seniors in particular, those who are perhaps the most vulnerable citizens of the information-saturated society that has enveloped them. To get pe In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a focus on seniors 04/01/2024 04:09am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Their days often began at the crack of dawn. They’d head out to a church, a temple, a park and set up a stall. They’d seek out seniors in particular, those who are perhaps the most vulnerable citizens of the information-saturated society that has enveloped them. To get pe Gunmen in Ecuador kill 9, injure 10 others in attack in coastal city of Guayaquil as violence surges 04/01/2024 01:04am • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Gunmen attacked a group of people in Ecuador ’s coastal city of Guayaquil killing nine and injuring 10 others, police said Sunday, the latest in a string of violent incidents in the South American country. The attack took place around 7 p.m. local time Saturday in the sout Trump’s immigration rhetoric makes inroads with some Democrats. That could be a concern for Biden 04/01/2024 12:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The video shared by Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. Shots of men with tattoos and videos of violent crime are set against close-ups of people waving and wrappi Easter eggs roll onto White House lawn — and road closures roll out in downtown DC 04/01/2024 12:06am • Spring and Easter brings the White House Easter Egg roll to D.C. and the traffic closures that come along with it. About 40,000 people are expected to participate in Monday’s “EGG-ucation”-themed White House Easter Egg Roll. That's about 10,000 more than last year. First Lady Jill B Sen. Van Hollen breaks down how the government will pay for rebuilding the Key Bridge 03/31/2024 09:07pm • The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore crippled activity at one of the nation's busiest ports — and now the recovery process is only just beginning. The tragedy also took the lives of six construction workers who were working on the bridge when it was struck by a container sh Baltimore Bridge Collapse Disrupts Global Coal Trade 03/31/2024 08:00pm • When the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed last week after a huge container ship ran into a support column, the fatal event sent ripples throughout the global supply chain that are still being assessed. Authorities have closed an area within 2,000 yards of the wreckage, blocking access 10 of the Best-Performing 401(k) Funds 03/31/2024 08:00pm • Retirement investors face a challenging conundrum when choosing the best 401(k) funds: how to discern the value for the fees you pay. High fees can only be rationalized if a fund has consistently demonstrated an ability to outperform its benchmarks over the long haul. This brings us to a central deb