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Draft report says Missouri's House speaker stymied ethics investigation into his spending 04/16/2024 04:24pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri ethics panel is at an impasse over reported misconduct by the powerful state House speaker, who allegedly used his office to stymie an investigation into his actions. A draft of the Ethics Committee report recommended that the House formally denounce actions Algerian journalist says he was expelled from his country without explanation 04/16/2024 12:40pm • ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian journalist was expelled from the country after flying in from France and not being allowed to leave the airport as journalists continue to face challenges reporting in Algeria. Farid Alilat, a writer for the French-language magazine Jeune Afrique, wrote on Faceb Argentina compró 24 cazas F-16 a Dinamarca, su mayor adquisición de aviones militares en décadas 04/16/2024 08:20am • (CNN Español) -- El ministro de Defensa de Argentina, Luis Petri, firmó este martes en Dinamarca un acuerdo de compra de 24 aviones de combate F-16, según indicó el Ministerio en un comunicado.“Hoy estamos concretando la adquisición aeronáutica militar más importante desde 1983. Se trata de Jackie Robinson remembered around MLB on 77th anniversary of him breaking baseball's color barrier 04/15/2024 09:44pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, beginning the end of the racial segregation that had relegated Black players to the The Afterburn Effect: Tips, Workouts and Recovery 04/15/2024 08:00pm • As you're spinning your legs on an exercise bike or pushing weight on the gym machines, you know that you're burning calories quickly. But it turns out that some types of exercise allow you to keep burning calories at a higher rate even after you're done exercising, including while you shower, chang Owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found are charged with COVID fraud 04/15/2024 07:39pm • DENVER (AP) — A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court d WNBA will pay for flights for playoffs and back-to-backs. Expansion to 16 teams possible by 2028 04/15/2024 07:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA will once again pay for charter flights for the entire playoffs as well as for back-to-back games during the upcoming season that require air travel, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Monday. There are more back-to-back sets this season with the WNBA taking a long break Boeing pushes back on whistleblower's allegations and details how airframes are put together 04/15/2024 06:56pm • Boeing is defending the integrity of the fuselages on two of its largest planes, which have come under criticism from a whistleblower who warns that panels on the outside of one of the planes could eventually break apart during flight. Two Boeing engineering executives went into detail Monday to des Russian soldiers who quit Putin's war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge 04/15/2024 06:41pm • ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A decorated hero of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny told his friend and fellow soldier to please aim carefully and avoid bone. The tourniquets were ready. The pain that followed was the pric The pilots union at American Airlines says it's seeing more safety and maintenance issues 04/15/2024 05:50pm • DALLAS (AP) — The pilots union at American Airlines says there has been “a significant spike” in safety issues at the airline, including fewer routine aircraft inspections and shorter test flights on planes returning from major maintenance work. The union also says it has seen incidents in whi It's Tax Day. And your refund may be big this year 04/15/2024 05:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — On this Tax Day, refunds are looking a bit bigger for taxpayers. According to the latest IRS statistics, the average income tax refund so far this season is $3,011, up $123 from last year. Two out of three taxpayers expect to receive a refund. The IRS is promoting the customer A key plank in Britain's plan to send migrants to Rwanda is set to become law 04/15/2024 05:10pm • LONDON (AP) — A key plank in the British government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is expected to become law this week, but opponents plan new legal challenges that could keep deportation flights grounded. A bill aimed at overcoming a U.K. Supreme Court block on s Vegas, US tour and more signings: Wrexham has plenty of fun and work ahead after latest promotion 04/15/2024 10:19am • Wrexham and its Hollywood owners are halfway to the promised land. Playing in the Premier League — the world’s richest and most popular soccer league — might not be such a fanciful notion, after all, for a club that not so long ago was success-starved, financially stricken and languishing in t The Latest | Israel says 99% of drones and missiles launched by Iran were intercepted 04/15/2024 12:11am • Israel on Sunday praised the success of its defenses in the face of an attack by Iran involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles while tensions ran high over a possible Israeli counter-strike. An Israeli military spokesman said the launches numbered more than 300, but 99% o US works to prevent an escalation across the Mideast as Biden pushes Israel to show restraint 04/14/2024 08:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Sunday highlighted its role in helping Israel thwart Iran's aerial attack as President Joe Biden convened leaders of the Group of Seven countries in an effort to prevent a wider regional escalation and coordinate a global rebuke of Tehran. The U.S. assisted I