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Milwaukee election leader ousted 6 months before election in presidential swing state 05/06/2024 12:10pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee's election leader has been ousted by the mayor in a surprise move that comes just six months before Wisconsin's largest city will be in the spotlight in the presidential swing state. Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced Monday that he would be replacing Milwauk Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom 05/06/2024 12:07am • BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center surv Warren Buffett says AI may be better for scammers than society. And he's seen how 05/05/2024 04:32am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett cautioned the tens of thousands of shareholders who packed an arena for his annual meeting that artificial intelligence scams could become "the growth industry of all time." Doubling down on his cautionary words from last year, Buffett told the throngs he recently It's Cinco de Mayo time, and festivities are planned across the US. But in Mexico, not so much 05/04/2024 11:17am • The United States is gearing up for Cinco de Mayo. Music, all-day happy hours and deals on tacos are planned at venues across the country on Sunday — May 5 — in a celebration with widely misunderstood origins that is barely recognized south of the border. In the U.S., the date is largely seen a IOC imposes 15-year ban on former Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait 05/04/2024 10:13am • GENEVA (AP) — The IOC suspended former Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait for 15 years on Saturday after his conviction for forgery was upheld on appeal this year at a Swiss criminal appeals court. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah’s sanction for “a betrayal of his IOC Member’s oath, a Trump Media's newly hired auditing firm was just busted by the SEC for 'massive fraud' 05/03/2024 10:27pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday charged an auditing firm hired by Trump Media and Technology Group just 37 days ago with “massive fraud” — though not for any work it performed for former President Donald Trump’s media company. The SEC charged the acco Ex-government employee charged with falsely accusing co-workers of joining Capitol riot 05/03/2024 06:59pm • A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to the FBI reporting that several of his co-workers in the intelligence community were part of a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to court filings unsealed Friday. Miguel Eugenio Zapata, 3 Connecticut lawmakers take first steps to pass bill calling for cameras at absentee ballot boxes 05/03/2024 06:04pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State lawmakers took the first steps Friday toward tightening absentee ballot laws since video last year captured people stuffing reams of ballots into collection boxes in one city, creating a “black eye” for Connecticut and fueling skepticism in some circles about U.S. Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day 05/03/2024 11:50am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Are you ready for some movies this summer? There's action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises and anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters and streaming services from May through Labor Day. You just have to know where to look. Things kick off in NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 05/03/2024 11:08am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Video shows Robert De Niro rehearsing for a Netflix series, not yell Alvarez and Munguia unusually polite to each other leading up to all-Mexican Cinco de Mayo fight 05/03/2024 12:47am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Given the significance of two Mexican fighters facing each other on Cinco de Mayo weekend, Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia have been especially respectful of each other heading into Saturday night's bout. Much more so than what typically would be expected of a title fight when th A former Milwaukee election official is fined $3,000 for obtaining fake absentee ballots 05/02/2024 09:19pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Milwaukee election official convicted of misconduct in office and fraud for obtaining fake absentee ballots was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation and fined $3,000. Kimberly Zapata, 47, also was ordered to complete 120 hours of community service. Prosecutors Robert Kiyosaki's Track Record on Predicting Stock Market Crashes 05/02/2024 08:00pm • Robert Kiyosaki is a popular figure in the world of personal finance. Kiyosaki is the author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad," a book he self-published back in 1997 that went on to spend more than six years on the New York Times bestseller list. In the book, Kiyosaki argues that it's extremely difficult to bu Movie Review: Bold, audacious ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ explores fandom, identity and the way we remember 05/02/2024 07:27pm • The school gym. The football field bleachers. The multiplex, the fast food drive-thru, the quiet leaf-covered street where your friend lives. Something about the detail and clarity with which Jane Schoenbrun evokes ’90s suburbia in “I Saw the TV Glow” makes you remember growing up there — ev As India votes, misinformation surges on social media: 'The whole country is paying the price' 05/02/2024 01:13am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood stars seldom weigh in on politics, so videos showing two celebrities criticizing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — and endorsing his main opposition, the Congress party — were bound to go viral. But the clips of A-list actors Aamir Khan and Ranveer Singh were fak