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Md. comptroller shares red flags to identify fraudulent tax preparers 05/01/2023 07:06am • (Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the comptroller's name.) Though many are taking a breath after tax season, Maryland officials advise to look out for red flags if you worked with an accountant or tax preparer. Maryland State Comptroller Brooke Lierman told WTOP's Mike Mur 2 Californians arrested for conspiring to sell fentanyl in DC 04/29/2023 08:25pm • D.C. police and federal law enforcement have announced the arrest of two more members of a fentanyl distribution conspiracy charged with bringing thousands of fake pain pills containing fentanyl from California to the District. Max Alexander Carias Torres, 25, and Raymond Nava, Jr., 19, both of L Spalletti preparing Napoli victory speech as title looms 04/29/2023 12:09pm • NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti is already preparing a victory speech as his team stands on the brink of ending a 33-year wait for the Serie A title. After Napoli's game was moved to Sunday, the team could secure the title in front of their own fans by beating Salernitana — i Nevada governor's support for ambitious bills is uncertain 04/29/2023 11:18am • CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — At the end of a hearing for a bill that would further expand coverage for gender-affirming medical care, transgender rights advocate Brooke Maylath shifted her focus from the majority-Democratic senators before her to the Republican governor who likely will decide the bill Gillum trial: Jurors begin deliberations, break for weekend 04/28/2023 06:06pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jurors deliberated for several hours Friday before breaking for the weekend in the corruption case against former Florida Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum, who came within a whisker of defeating Republican Ron DeSantis in 2018. Federal prosecutors and defens Jimmy Butler does things his way, leads Heat into 2nd round 04/28/2023 03:24pm • MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler is different. Some players hit beaches over All-Star break; Butler went to Argentina to watch tennis and learn about coffee. Some players rest with one day off between games; Butler spent 10 hours flying round-trip to be at Pau Gasol's Los Angeles Lakers jersey retirement Nuggets: Searching for NBA gold at the end of the rainbows 04/28/2023 08:29am • DENVER (AP) — At times, the Denver Nuggets were easy – sometimes, too easy – to love, with their rainbow uniforms, their rumpled grumposaurus of a coach and a defense-optional game plan that kept the scoreboard clicking into the 120s and 130s night after night. At other times, loving them was Business Highlights: Amazon results; CinemaCon 04/27/2023 04:45pm • ___ Amazon stocks surge after Q1 revenue, profit wins NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon on Thursday reported a slowdown in its cloud computing unit AWS, but stronger-than-expected revenue and profits for the first quarter sent its stocks higher in after-hours trading. The Seattle-based company said it pulled Robots run the show as Swiss radio tests AI voices for a day 04/27/2023 04:05pm • GENEVA (AP) — The voices sound like well-known personalities, the music features trendy dance beats and hip-hop syncopations, and the jokes and laughter are contagious. But listeners of an offbeat Swiss public radio station repeatedly got the message on Thursday: Today's programming is brought to US sanctions Mexican resort timeshare fraud linked to cartel 04/27/2023 03:49pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Thursday against members or associates of the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel who apparently went into a side business of timeshare fraud that allegedly targeted elderly Americans. Ryan Donner, a real estate broker in the Paci Prosecutors: Man charged with killing wife suspected affair 04/27/2023 01:29pm • The husband of a Massachusetts woman who has been missing since New Year’s Day suspected she was having an affair and persuaded his mother to hire a private investigator to prove it, according to prosecution documents released Thursday. In December, Brian Walshe “would repeatedly access the Ins Fed's Powell was tricked by fake call from Russia pranksters 04/27/2023 01:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was tricked into an extended phone call in January with Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during which Powell appeared to discuss the economic impact of interest rate hikes. Videos of the phone call have bee Senate talks terror prevention since Boston Marathon bombing 04/26/2023 03:37pm • BOSTON (AP) — The chair of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on emerging national security threats said at a hearing Wednesday that much has been learned about enhancing emergency response and counterterrorism efforts in the decade since the Boston Marathon bombing, but more can still be done. Democrat UK blocks Microsoft-Activision gaming deal, biggest in tech 04/26/2023 03:25pm • LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators on Wednesday blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard, thwarting the biggest tech deal in history over worries that it would stifle competition for popular titles like Call of Duty in the fast-growing cloud gaming Microsoft opens top cloud data processing hub in Poland 04/26/2023 11:23am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Microsoft said Wednesday it has launched a cloud service “region” in central Poland, the first large-scale data storage and processing hub of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. The cloud region, which is part of Microsoft's $1 billion IT transformation plan for Pola