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Vic Davalillo, a 2-time World Series champion in 16 major league seasons, dies 12/11/2023 08:45pm • Vic Davalillo, a two-time World Series champion who spent 16 seasons in the major leagues and won a Gold Glove in 1964, has died. He was 84 or 87, depending on conflicting sources. Davalillo died on Wednesday in Caracas after an emergency surgery due to an intestinal obstruction and renal insufficie Two Nashville churches, wrecked by tornadoes years apart, lean on each other in storms' wake 12/11/2023 07:45pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After a March 2020 tornado destroyed the Rev. Jacques Boyd’s Nashville church, his friend, the Rev. Vincent Johnson, lent him space to worship in. Nearly four years later, Boyd has offered to return the favor for the exact same reason. “Whatever we have is available to Tensions between Congo and Rwanda heighten the risk of military confrontation, UN envoy says 12/11/2023 07:42pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Tensions between Congo and Rwanda have escalated, heightening the risk of a military confrontation that could draw in Burundi, the top U.N. official in Congo warned the Security Council on Monday. Special representative Bintou Keita’s warning came shortly before the ambassa Snowfall, rain and gusty winds hit Northeast as Tennessee recovers from deadly tornadoes 12/11/2023 07:28pm • A combination of heavy rain, snow and wind brought threats of flooding and power outages to the Northeast on Monday, part of the same storm system that killed six people in Tennessee, including a 10-year-old boy, as tornadoes toppled houses and tens of thousands of people lost power. The National W 6 of the Best AI ETFs to Buy Now 12/11/2023 07:00pm • As 2023 nears its end, the technology sector continues to be dominated by the rapid advancements and intense competition within the artificial intelligence, or AI, industry. One of the recent examples of this trend has been the impressive performance of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (ticker: AMD). The 5 Best Virtual Reality Stocks to Buy 12/11/2023 07:00pm • The global virtual reality market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, of 27.5% from 2023 to 2030, according to a report from Grand View Research. With a total market value of $59.9 billion in 2022 -- more than double its value in 2021 -- overall revenue in the sector is What Is a Tax Refund Advance? 12/11/2023 07:00pm • For many, springtime means relief in the form of a tax refund. But if you need money right now, waiting for the IRS to issue your refund might not be ideal. That's where a tax refund loan comes in. While these loans can get you early access to funds, they can be expensive and unnecessary. "Consumers New Mexico, the No. 2 oil-producing US state, braces for possible end to income bonanza 12/11/2023 06:29pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A windfall in government income from petroleum production is slowing down but far from over in New Mexico as the nation's No. 2 oil-producing state grapples with how much it can effectively spend — and how to set aside billions of dollars for the future in case the world's Governor wants New Mexico legislators to debate new approach to regulating assault-style weapons 12/11/2023 04:51pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico could become an early political testing ground for a proposal to make assault-style weapons less deadly. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday said she'll encourage the state's Democratic-led Legislature to consider statewide restrictions that mirror an unconventio The most memorable photos of 2023, selected by AP photo editors 12/11/2023 04:44pm • Two moments, at opposite ends of the human experience. In the first, on July 20, a woman squats in the thick mud in Raigad, India, as she peers out from a plastic tarp that covers her body. Her face is frozen in anguish and uncertainty as she faces the most dire of circumstances — the realization UN cuts global aid appeal to $46 billion to help 180 million in 2024 as it faces funding crisis 12/11/2023 04:14pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is targeting fewer people and seeking less money in its 2024 global humanitarian appeal launched on Monday as it grapples with a severe funding crisis. U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told the launch that the U.N. has cut its appeal to $46 billion Biden announces 3 decommissioned Philadelphia fire companies are reopening with federal funds 12/11/2023 02:40pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that three decommissioned fire companies were being reopened with federal funding, including a ladder truck that would have been the closest responder to a deadly rowhouse blaze started when a Christmas tree caught fire last year. The fire Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 12/11/2023 01:06pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov The Golden Globe nominees are out. Let the awards season of Barbenheimer begin – Analysis 12/11/2023 11:34am • NEW YORK (AP) — Early honors in Hollywood's unfurling awards season have gone to films like Celine Song's tender relationship drama “Past Lives," Jonathan Glazer's piercing Holocaust film “The Zone of Interest” and Martin Scorsese's sprawling Osage murders epic “Killers of the Flower Moon. Imprisoned accomplice in shooting of then-NFL player's girlfriend dies 12/11/2023 11:08am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A man who had spent two decades in prison for firing the shots in a plot by then-Carolina Panthers player Rae Carruth to kill Carruth's pregnant girlfriend has died. Van Brett Watkins died on Dec. 3 at age 63, according to online prisoner records from the state Department of