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Tunisia wants to borrow billions from its central bank to address deficits. Experts call that risky 01/31/2024 03:40pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Cash-strapped Tunisia wants to take the unprecedented step of borrowing billions from its central bank to address budget deficits and bandage its economic crisis, a step that experts warn could bring inflation and lessen faith in institutions. In an emergency meeting behind c Former Peruvian intelligence chief gets 19 years in prison for 1992 massacre of farmers 01/31/2024 03:15pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) — The intelligence chief of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced Wednesday to 19 years and eight months in prison in connection with the 1992 massacre of six suspected rebels in central Peru. Vladimiro Montesinos, already in prison due to previous convictions, e Joey Daccord rises from third on the depth chart to a burgeoning star for the Seattle Kraken 01/31/2024 03:10pm • SEATTLE (AP) — At seemingly every stop of his hockey journey, goalie Joey Daccord ended up being overlooked. Until now. He was originally a seventh-round draft pick — No. 199 overall — of the Ottawa Senators. His only offer of a full college scholarship came from a fledgling program at Arizona Text of the policy statement the Federal Reserve released Wednesday 01/31/2024 02:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Below is the statement the Federal Reserve released Wednesday after its latest policy meeting ended: Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace. Job gains have moderated since early last year but remain strong, and the unemployment rate ha From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacle 01/31/2024 12:59pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Underneath his umbrella, NFL legend Dan Marino stood nearly drenched on the sideline watching Prince’s epic “Purple Rain” Super Bowl halftime performance in 2007 during a torrential Miami downpour. For Marino, Prince’s iconic show was one the greatest moments in the hist Days of Darkness: How one woman escaped the conspiracy theory trap that has ensnared millions 01/31/2024 12:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — At first his stories seemed harmless. Tales about secret organizations plotting to take over the world, about the good guys working to save it, and about the proof that, if you knew where to look, was hiding in plain sight. To Ramona, her boyfriend Don's tales of conspiracy theor The origins of Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil 01/31/2024 12:06pm • KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The spotlight will be on Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania early Friday morning, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will announce whether he saw his own shadow and predicts six more weeks of winter or an early spring. Thousands are expected to attend t Teary ex-Scottish leader admits to feeling 'overwhelmed' during COVID-19 pandemic 01/31/2024 11:16am • LONDON (AP) — The former Scottish leader in office during the COVID-19 pandemic choked up Wednesday as she admitted to a public inquiry into the outbreak that she sometimes doubted whether she wanted to be first minister at such a consequential time. Nicola Sturgeon told the United Kingdom’s pub Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: 'What happens when no one believes anything anymore?' 01/31/2024 10:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after Maui's wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming speed on YouTube and TikTok: The blaze on the Hawaiian island was set deliberately, using futuristic energy weapons developed by the U.S. milita Miracle cures: Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments 01/31/2024 10:33am • BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — The hotel on the outskirts of town looks a lot like lodging one can find on any American highway. Over the years it has been a Holiday Inn and a Days Inn. The sign outside now bears the brand of a new, growing chain. One that promises a lot more than a good night’s sleep. At t Massachusetts man shot dead after crashing truck, approaching officer with knife 01/31/2024 09:52am • FRYEBURG, Maine (AP) — A Massachusetts motorist who led police on a chase in two states was fatally shot after crashing in Maine and emerging from the pickup truck with a knife, police said Wednesday. Kenneth Ellis, 52, left his disabled pickup truck with a knife on Main Street and approached a Fr An expected drought emergency in northeast Spain would mean tighter water restrictions for Barcelona 01/31/2024 08:40am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona and its surrounding in northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region are preparing for tighter water restrictions amid a historic drought that has shrunk reservoirs to record lows. Catalan authorities are expected to declare a drought emergency Thursday for an area that Malaysia's new king is an outspoken billionaire in a role with growing political influence 01/31/2024 08:33am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The billionaire sultan who rules Malaysia’s Johor state was sworn in as the nation’s new king Wednesday under a unique rotating monarchy system. Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, 65, took his oath of office at the palace and signed the instrument of the proclamation of House GOP takes party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes 2024 campaign issue 01/31/2024 07:27am • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans voted along party lines early Wednesday to move toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a “willful and systematic” refusal to enforce immigration laws as border security becomes a top 2024 election issue. The Homeland Security Co Ukraine has improved conditions for its Hungarian minority. It might not be enough for Viktor Orbán 01/31/2024 06:58am • BEREHOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Under the watchful eye of their teacher, a group of students in western Ukraine used a scalpel and forceps to dissect a pig's heart during a weekend biology class. The lesson was taking place in Hungarian: the students, members of a sizable ethnic Hungarian minority, have