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Algeria's black market for foreign currency underlines its economic woes 02/16/2024 12:03am • ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — In a square near the center of Algiers, currency traders carry wads of euros, pounds and dollars, hoping to exchange them to those worried about the plummeting value of the Algerian dinar. This black market for foreign currencies is among the signs of the economic woes plag Mexico will likely elect a woman as its next president, but money to govern is already being spent 02/16/2024 12:02am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women — but it’s almost equally as certain that she won’t have much room to act independently of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The populist president ha Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there 02/15/2024 11:00pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza on Thursday, hours after Israeli fire killed a patient and wounded six others inside the complex. The Israeli army said it was seeking the remains of hostages taken by Hamas. The raid on Nasser Hospital came after t Local retailer will deliver groceries — and life saving lessons 02/15/2024 10:33pm • Inside an office conference room in a building near the New Carrollton Metro station, a woman quickly opened an AED device and began screaming for someone else to call 911. A woman next to her did the same thing. In this case, it was luckily a drill. Six people, some of them pharmacists at Gia Maine police defend search for gunman who killed 18 last fall, saying they feared an ambush 02/15/2024 09:45pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine state police on Thursday defended their search last fall for a gunman who had just killed 18 people, saying they didn’t rush to search woods surrounding his abandoned car because they feared a late-night ambush. The Oct. 25 shooting at a bowling alley and a bar was th Before Russia's satellite threat, there were Starfish Prime, nesting dolls and robotic arms 02/15/2024 07:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — What would it mean if Russia used nuclear warheads to destroy U.S. satellites? Your home’s electrical and water systems could fail. Aviation, rail and car traffic could come to a halt. Your cellphone could stop working. These are among the reasons why there was alarm this week Rob Manfred says he will retire as baseball commissioner in January 2029 after 14 years 02/15/2024 07:26pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday he will retire when his current term ends in January 2029. Speaking at a spring training news conference, Manfred noted he will be 70 years old and will have been commissioner for 14 years when his term ends on Jan. 25, 2029. “Yo Trump's New York hush-money case will start March 25. It’s the first of his criminal trials 02/15/2024 07:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting March 25, a New York judge ruled Thursday, turning aside demands for delay from the former president’s defense lawyers, who argued it would interfere with his campaign to retake the White Ho 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold 02/15/2024 07:00pm • Once again, the last year reinforced that buy-and-hold investing is boring but incredibly effective. Consider a recent Bank of America study that showed just 38% of large-cap managers outperformed their benchmark in 2023. The average fund underperformed by 1.6 percentage points. This is a common occ 6 Best Health Care ETFs to Buy Now 02/15/2024 07:00pm • The benchmark S&P 500 Health Care Sector Index is up 6.3% in 2024 as of Feb. 15, slightly outpacing the S&P 500, which stands at 5.5% over the same time frame. Make no mistake: The U.S. health care sector is a crucial cog in the U.S. economy. Health care spending, which accounts for 17.3% of Credit Union Personal Loans: Everything You Need to Know 02/15/2024 07:00pm • Personal loans can be a valuable tool if you need to consolidate debt or finance home improvements, and you can find these loans through banks and online lenders. For many borrowers, though, the best place to get a personal loan may not be a traditional for-profit financial institution, but a member Russia has obtained a 'troubling' emerging anti-satellite weapon, the White House says 02/15/2024 06:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House publicly confirmed on Thursday that Russia has obtained a “troubling” emerging anti-satellite weapon but said it cannot directly cause “physical destruction” on Earth. White House national security spokesman John Kirby said U.S. intelligence officials have Steady ascent or sudden splash? North Carolina governor's race features men who took different paths 02/15/2024 05:25pm • ROXBORO, N.C. (AP) — One candidate is an Ivy League-educated attorney who over 25 years amassed allies as he climbed North Carolina's Democratic ladder. The other is a former furniture factory worker with a history of blunt commentary who plowed into Republican politics four years ago after a vira Man accused of shooting 3 officers had 31 dogs in his DC home. Neighbors say he punched and neglected them 02/15/2024 05:18pm • Before allegedly shooting three D.C. police officers, kicking off an hourslong barricade in his home Wednesday, a Southeast resident was facing animal cruelty charges tied to accusations he repeatedly punched one of his dogs and kept dozens of others in unsanitary conditions, according to court reco Montana nuclear base lockdown lifted after suspicious person prompts active shooter report 02/15/2024 05:07pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An Air Force nuclear missile base in central Montana was locked down by authorities for about two hours on Thursday after an active shooter report sowed confusion and prompted officials to issue a shelter-in-place advisory for nearby schools. No shots were fired and nobody w