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What Is Escrow? 12/19/2023 07:00pm • Most people never encounter the concept of escrow until they buy a home. Escrow accounts are set up by third parties as a safe place to hold money. They are used for two main purposes when it comes to real estate: during a home purchase and afterward as an easy way for homeowners to save for propert Courtois says he won't play at Euro 2024 due to injury. Belgium goalkeeper has quarreled with coach 12/19/2023 02:25pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois won't be able to play at the European Championship next summer because of the long-term knee injury that has sidelined him since the start of the season, he said Tuesday. His absence could last even longer, though, amid ongoing tensions between C Playing live, 'Nutcracker' musicians bring unseen signature to holiday staple 12/19/2023 12:45pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Musicians in a cramped space under a Phoenix stage send up the familiar tones of “The Nutcracker.” Overhead, satin-and-glue pointed toes pitter-patter across stage in a performance of the holiday favorite. For Ballet Arizona and many other productions around the world, a pit ful Trump campaign lawyer testified in Nevada fake electors case to avoid prosecution, transcripts show 12/18/2023 11:30pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The lawyer who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign's fake elector scheme in 2020 was a target in a criminal investigation in Nevada, but his name was removed from the indictment in exchange for his cooperation with authorities, according to newly released transcripts of secret g Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven't faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run 12/18/2023 08:48pm • VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nearly two years after he signed documents attempting to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 loss in Nevada, Jim Hindle thanked everyone gathered in a historic Nevada boomtown's commission chambers and asked them to bear with him while he learned how to oversee elections in rur Lawsuit says Georgia's lieutenant governor should be disqualified for acting as Trump elector 12/18/2023 07:49pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge heard arguments but didn't rule Monday on a long-shot attempt to disqualify Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones from holding office because of Jones’ participation as an elector for Donald Trump in 2020. The lawsuit comes as a decision remains in limbo on whether to prosec How the Trump fake electors scheme became a 'corrupt plan,' according to the indictment 12/18/2023 05:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The role that fake slates of electors played in Donald Trump’s desperate effort to cling to power after his defeat in the 2020 election is at the center of a four-count indictment released against the former president Tuesday. The third criminal case into Trump details, among Keiser (Fla.) claims program's first NAIA championship in rematch with Northwestern (Iowa) 12/18/2023 04:11pm • DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Jaden Meizinger rushed for 261 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown on the first offensive play, Louis Lubin II returned a kickoff for a fourth-quarter touchdown, and No. 3 Keiser University (Fla.) beat No. 1 Northwestern College (Iowa) 31-21 on Monday to claim the program's fi Liberals seek ouster from Wisconsin judicial ethics panel of Trump lawyer who advised fake electors 12/18/2023 03:25pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberals are calling for former President Donald Trump's Wisconsin lawyer to step down from a state judicial ethics panel, saying he is unsuitable due to his role advising the fake Republican electors who admitted to taking part in an effort to overturn the 2020 election. Jim European Union investigating Musk's X over possible breaches of social media law 12/18/2023 02:48pm • LONDON (AP) — The European Union on Monday made Elon Musk’s online platform X the first tech company to face an investigation under Europe's tough new regulations designed to clean up social media and protect people from toxic online content. “Today we open formal infringement proceedings aga Russia adds author Boris Akunin to a register of extremists and opens a criminal case against him 12/18/2023 11:32am • MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities on Monday added popular detective novelist and dissident Grigory Chkhartishvili – known under the pen name Boris Akunin – to its register of “extremists and terrorists." On the same day that Russia’s financial watchdog, Rosfinmonitoring, added the Russian- Trump says Nevada fake electors treated 'unfairly' during rally in Reno 12/17/2023 08:55pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump called out three of Nevada's fake electors Sunday, saying they're being treated unfairly less than 24 hours before they are scheduled to be arraigned for signing certificates falsely stating Trump won the state in 2020. Trump did not directly mentio Belarus political prisoners face abuse, no medical care and isolation, former inmate says 12/17/2023 12:04am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — During his three years in a Belarusian penal colony, human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka says he and other political prisoners were regularly deprived of family visits, phone calls and parcels. He nearly died when COVID-19 swept through the facility. And he was forced to Bergen comes up big as Montana beats North Dakota State 31-29 in 2 OTs to make FCS Championship game 12/16/2023 09:00pm • MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Junior Bergen returned a fourth-quarter punt for a touchdown, caught a touchdown pass in the first overtime and threw for a 2-point conversion on a trick play in the second overtime to put Montana in the FCS Championship game with a wild 31-29 semifinal win over North Dakota UN peacekeeping chief welcomes strong support for its far-flung operations despite `headwinds' 12/16/2023 12:29pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations peacekeeping chief says he was very satisfied with the strong support of many countries for its far-flung operations at a recent ministerial meeting, despite “headwinds and challenges and problems.” Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the undersecretary-general for pe