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Counter-terrorism experts say Africa is the world's terrorism hot spot with half of 2022's victims 06/20/2023 08:56pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Counter-terrorism experts said Tuesday that Africa is now the world's terrorism hot spot, with half of the victims killed last year in sub-Saharan Africa, though al-Qaida and Islamic State affiliates remain widespread, persistent and active elsewhere around the globe. Interp New study says high housing costs, low income push Californians into homelessness 06/20/2023 08:19pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Homeless people in California are already a vulnerable group, often struggling with poor health, trauma and deep poverty before they lose their housing, according to a new study on adult homelessness. The study released Tuesday by the University of California, San Francisco at Wants vs. needs in your budget — how to tell the difference 06/20/2023 08:00pm • When you're building a budget, one of the first pieces of advice experts will give is to divide your expenses into your "wants" and "needs" and base your spending on certain percentages of each. But how do you distinguish between the two? For some expenses -- like rent or a mortgage payment -- it How to Invest Money Wisely in Retirement to Fight Inflation 06/20/2023 08:00pm • When the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board announced in October 2022 that the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index peaked in June at 7%, it signaled to retirees and near-retirees that the fight against inflation would remain a challenge for the near future. The PCE index tracks what con Fitbit vs. Apple Watch 06/20/2023 08:00pm • Pedometers that count the number of steps you take each day have been around since the 1960s. But fitness tech got a real shot in the arm in 2008 when Fitbit, the first wearable fitness tracking device, hit the market. Since then, Fitbit and several other companies have developed an ever-evolving ar 7 Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy in 2023 06/20/2023 08:00pm • The first half of 2023 has been highly profitable for semiconductor investors, with the benchmark iShares Semiconductor ETF (ticker: SOXX) up 45.2% through June 20. Meanwhile, the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is up about 51% over the same period. Multiple growth drivers include artificial intellig Sweltering heat tests Texas' power grid and patience as thousands in South still without electricity 06/20/2023 07:35pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' power grid operator asked residents Tuesday to voluntarily cut back on electricity due to anticipated record demand on the system as a heat wave kept large swaths of the state and southern U.S. in triple-digit temperatures. On the last day of spring, the sweltering hea In race against clock, expanding fleet of ships searches for submersible lost near Titanic wreck 06/20/2023 06:47pm • In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday for a submersible that vanished in the North Atlantic while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the search covered 10,000 square mi Tornadoes clobber Mississippi. Hours later, its governor attends Republican fundraiser in Alabama 06/20/2023 06:41pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves traveled to Alabama for a Republican fundraising event as people in his state were still reeling from back-to-back tornadoes that killed one person, injured dozens and destroyed homes and businesses, and in the midst of lingering power outages fro Outgoing CDC director says resignation spurred by sense of accomplishment and exhaustion 06/20/2023 06:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The outgoing head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday her reasons for stepping down were complicated, driven in part by a desire to take a break from the frenetic pace of the job during a pandemic. Dr. Rochelle Walensky surprised many in public health cir UN agencies decry humanitarian crisis in Haiti and seek help for hungry families fleeing violence 06/20/2023 06:39pm • JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) — The executive directors of two U.N. agencies warned Tuesday that Haiti’s humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels amid reports of widespread hunger and gang violence. Per capita, the number of Haitians facing emergency-level food insecurity is the second highest Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely averts time behind bars in a tax and gun case 06/20/2023 06:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses but avoid full prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars. Hunter Biden, 53, will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as p Jill Biden: Consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade 'go far beyond the right to choose' 06/20/2023 06:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden said Tuesday that the consequences for women of losing the constitutional right to an abortion "go far beyond the right to choose” as she hosted a conversation with four women, including a Texas doctor, who shared emotional stories of being denied necessary reproduct 8 people charged in death of mentally ill Michigan prison inmate 06/20/2023 06:28pm • Eight people were charged Tuesday in the death of a Michigan prison inmate who lost 50 pounds over two weeks and died of dehydration while being restrained in 2019. The death of Jonathan Lancaster at the Alger prison in the Upper Peninsula was a “preventable tragedy that played out over days,” A 8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Texas, as agency struggles with overcrowding 06/20/2023 06:27pm • MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — A little girl from Panama born with heart problems died in Border Patrol custody Wednesday, the second death of a child from Latin America in U.S. government custody in two weeks. The 8-year-old girl and her family were being held in Harlingen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley