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Liz Weston: Safer ways to raid your retirement, if you have to 06/26/2023 09:34am • Raiding your retirement accounts can be expensive. Withdrawing money before age 59½ typically triggers income taxes, a 10% federal penalty and — worst of all — the loss of future tax-deferred compounded returns. A 30-year-old who withdraws $1,000 from an individual retirement account or 401(k) Australia’s High Court dismisses Russia’s bid for injunction to halt its embassy’s eviction 06/26/2023 08:24am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court on Monday dismissed Russia’s request for an injunction that would have halted the eviction of its embassy from a site in the capital, Canberra. A man who had been occupying the block in a portable cabin for more than a week in an apparent ac Car Review: Subaru Impreza gets a makeover with more space and updated technology 06/26/2023 05:39am • The revised 2024 Subaru Impreza offers a lot of features at a great price. (Subaru) Brian Armstead, Special Contributor It’s rare that I post about a car that’s outside of the luxury or performance sphere. That changed for me this week when the 2024 Subaru Impreza was delivered for evaluation. I New Zealand leader's plane so prone to breakdowns he takes a backup on China trip 06/26/2023 04:02am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The United States has Air Force One, a plane that can refuel in midair and act as a presidential command center. New Zealand has Betty, an aging Boeing 757 that officials on Monday acknowledged was so prone to breakdowns they had sent an empty backup to ensure Prime Fairfax Co. theater teacher wins national honor in New York City 06/26/2023 03:57am • She had a prolific run teaching theater arts at Oakton High School for 19 years in Fairfax County, Virginia. On Monday night, Vanessa Lock Gelinas will be one of two nationwide recipients of the Inspiring Teacher Award at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as The Jimm No sign of threat from the hazardous train that plunged into Yellowstone River, regulators say 06/26/2023 03:27am • COLUMBUS, Mont. (AP) — Preliminary testing of water and air quality along a stretch of the Yellowstone River where train cars carrying hazardous materials fell into the waterway following a bridge collapse did not indicate any threat to the public, state and federal officials said Sunday. The s At least 2 people killed and hundreds of thousands without power after tornado-spawning storms hit the Southeast and Ohio Valley 06/26/2023 02:41am • (CNN) — Severe tornado-spawning storms battered the Southeast and Ohio Valley, leaving at least two people dead and more than 400,000 homes and businesses without power as more storms Monday threaten from North Carolina to Philadelphia.One death was reported after severe storms Sunday slammed With Russia revolt over, mercenaries' future and direction of Ukraine war remain uncertain 06/26/2023 12:11am • The rebellious mercenary soldiers who briefly took over a Russian military headquarters on an ominous march toward Moscow were gone Sunday, but the short-lived revolt has weakened President Vladimir Putin just as his forces are facing a fierce counteroffensive in Ukraine. Under terms of the agreemen Sacai caps Paris Fashion Week with a collision of punk, workwear and inventive silhouettes 06/25/2023 05:27pm • PARIS (AP) — The sweltering Paris heat wave, leaving exhausted fashionistas nearly baked in the leafy courtyard of an esteemed Sorbonne University campus, met its stylish adversary: Sacai’s spring men’s co-ed fashion show. The biting Parisian heat was momentarily forgotten as attendees, clutch NYC gets $25M for e-bike charging stations, seeking to prevent deadly battery fires 06/25/2023 03:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — After a series of fires involving faulty e-bike batteries including a recent blaze that claimed four lives, New York City officials announced Sunday that they are receiving a $25 million emergency grant from the federal government to fund scores of charging stations citywide. Mayor Florida man and stepson die after hiking in extreme heat in Big Bend park in Texas 06/25/2023 12:10pm • BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) — A Florida man and his 14-year-old stepson died after hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park in West Texas, according to officials. The 31-year-old man had been hiking the Marufo Vega Trail on Friday with his two stepsons, ages 14 and 21. Temperatures On Northern Neck, all-volunteer Smith Point Sea Rescue answers the call for boaters in trouble 06/25/2023 09:01am • REEDVILLE, Va. (AP) — The emergency call came in shortly before 2 p.m. on April 1, and it was far from a joke: a boat was sinking in the chilly Chesapeake Bay with eight people aboard. “I was sitting on my boat, out at the dock, and as soon as I heard there was a boat with eight people taking on Freight train carrying hot asphalt, molten sulfur plunges into Yellowstone River as bridge fails 06/25/2023 02:47am • COLUMBUS, Mont. (AP) — A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below. The train cars were carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur, Stillwater County Disaster and Emergen Ahead of the BET Awards, a look back at how the network helped hip-hop grow and thrive 06/25/2023 12:41am • “Rap City.” “106 & Park.” And even, “Uncut.” From innovative to provocative, BET has played a crucial role in creating several influential programs that helped spread hip-hop to millions of homes across the globe. Other than its rival show “Yo! MTV Raps,” the network known as Live Updates | Armed rebellion by Russian mercenary chief 06/24/2023 11:16pm • The latest on the armed rebellion declared by Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin: —— The rebellious Russian mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow said he was responding to an attack on his camps in Ukraine on Friday by rival forces from the Russian military. The U.