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Death toll in southwestern China landslide rises to 39, with 5 people still missing 01/25/2024 12:57am • BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of southwestern China rose to 39 on Thursday, while five people remained missing, Chinese state media reported. The disaster struck early Monday in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province. Se Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Steve Garvey swings for long shot US Senate win in California 01/25/2024 12:16am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Long-suffering California Republicans will see something on the March ballot that might shock them: a U.S. Senate candidate whose name they recognize. The state's Republican Party has been in a decades-long tailspin in heavily Democratic California, where a GOP candidate hasn’ Residents of northern Australia batten down homes, businesses ahead of Tropical Cyclone Kirrily 01/24/2024 09:33pm • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Residents have begun battening down homes and businesses with Tropical Cyclone Kirrily forecast to cross the Australian northeast coast on Thursday, bringing destructive winds and flooding rain. Authorities said the storm system was still tracking west across the Coral S FAA approves inspection process that could clear the way for grounded Boeing planes to fly again 01/24/2024 08:25pm • Federal regulators have approved an inspection process that will let airlines resume flying their Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners, which have been grounded since a side panel blew out of a plane in midflight earlier this month. The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that his ag Families of those killed in the 2002 Bali bombings testify at hearing for Guantanamo detainees 01/24/2024 07:03pm • FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Relatives of some of the 202 people killed in a pair of bombings on the resort island of Bali testified Wednesday of lives wrecked and families shattered in the attacks more than 20 years ago, speaking at a U.S. sentencing hearing at Guantanamo Bay for two Malaysian men in t 6 Stocks Cathie Wood Is Buying 01/24/2024 07:00pm • Cathie Wood is one of Wall Street's most colorful, controversial and high profile money managers. When she founded Ark Investment Management 10 years ago, she already had more than 30 years in the financial industry, including 12 years at AllianceBernstein Holding LP (ticker: AB) as chief investment 10 Awesome Dividend Stocks for Guaranteed Income 01/24/2024 07:00pm • Long-term investors buy stocks to build their nest eggs over time as the stock market rises, but dividend stock investors actually get paid for their patience. Companies that pay dividends take a portion of their profits and distribute them directly to investors on a semiannual, quarterly or monthly What are Joint Personal Loans? 01/24/2024 07:00pm • Sharing a financial product with another person is not uncommon -- just think of a joint bank account or mortgage. Personal loans are no different, and many banks allow you to take out one of these loans with another party, known as a joint personal loan. Taking out a joint personal loan is a bit di How Much of My Monthly Budget Should Go to Student Loans? 01/24/2024 07:00pm • After a nearly four-year hiatus, borrowers are back to making monthly payments on their federal student loans. Finding room in your budget for those payments can be challenging, especially if you're juggling rent, groceries and other bills. While there's no set rule for how much of your budget shoul Ring will no longer allow police to request doorbell camera footage from users 01/24/2024 06:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users, marking an end to a feature that has drawn criticism from privacy advocates. In a blog post on Wednesday, Ring said it will sunset the “Request for Assistance” tool, which al Heavy rains soak Texas and close schools as downpours continue drenching parts of the US 01/24/2024 06:00pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Heavy rains in Texas on Wednesday closed schools and elevated flooding risks around Houston in another round of soaking downpours that have made for a soggy and dangerous week across large portions of the U.S. A stretch of wet and freezing winter weather has swept away vehicles in S Russia says a plane with Ukrainian POWs crashes, killing all aboard, and accuses Kyiv of downing it 01/24/2024 05:44pm • A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down, saying all 74 people aboard were killed, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war headed for a swap. Russia offered no evidence and Ukraine didn't immediately confirm or Harrowing helicopter rescue saves woman trapped for hours atop overturned pickup in swollen creek 01/24/2024 05:36pm • A helicopter team rescued a woman Tuesday morning who was trapped for almost 15 hours atop her overturned pickup truck in rushing waters after she tried to traverse a swollen creek after recent rains in Northern California. A helicopter of California Highway Patrol Air Operations airlifted the woman Teenager awaiting trial in 2020 homicide flees outside Philadelphia hospital 01/24/2024 05:11pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities were searching Wednesday for a teenager awaiting trial in a homicide case who escaped outside a Philadelphia hospital and was considered dangerous. Police said 17-year-old Shane Pryor fled just before noon Wednesday from a vehicle in the driveway of the emergency ro Hungary is the last holdout for Sweden's NATO membership. So when will Orbán follow Turkey's lead? 01/24/2024 04:05pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — With Turkey completing its ratification of Sweden's bid to join NATO, Hungary is the last member of the military alliance not to have given its approval. After more than a year of delays, and consistent urging from its Western partners to move forward with Sweden's applic