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Singapore's new prime minister vows to 'lead in our own way' as Lee dynasty ends after half-century 05/15/2024 09:24pm • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make “tomorrow better than today” as he took his oath of office Wednesday in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure stability in the Asian financial hub. A U.S.-trained economist, Wong, 5 A second scourge is battering Brazil's flooded south: Disinformation 05/15/2024 09:14pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need. Among fake postings that have sti Biden and Trump, trading barbs, agree to 2 presidential debates, in June and September 05/15/2024 09:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for their first presidential face-off to play out in just over a month. The Edmundo González habla de María Corina Machado y dice que no descarta una amnistía en caso de una transición en Venezuela 05/15/2024 09:00pm • (CNN Español) -- Edmundo González Urrutia, el candidato unitario de la mayor coalición opositora en Venezuela, asegura que los índices muestran que cuenta con un "respaldo firme del electorado" y dice que no descarta una amnistía para las personas investigadas o señaladas de actos ilícitos qu The Latest | Palestinians mark 76 years of their dispossession as more catastrophe unfolds in Gaza 05/15/2024 08:42pm • Palestinians are marking 76 years of dispossession on Wednesday, commemorating their mass expulsion from what is today Israel, as a potentially larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza where over a quarter of the population has been displaced by fighting in the last few days alone. Israel has been pressi What we know, and don't know, about the presidential debates 05/15/2024 08:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of questions about whether general election debates would happen, President Joe Biden and Republican nominee Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two of them: one in June and one in September. But there are still some nitty-gritty details to be worked out, incl Open letter before European Parliament election: Prioritize democracy as authoritarianism grows 05/15/2024 08:08pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Nearly 300 signatories have signed an open 10-point letter before next month's European Parliament election, saying lawmakers should be putting democracy at the top of their agenda in an increasingly authoritarian world. The letter, which was released on Thursday, calls Connor Ingram wins the Masterton Trophy for perseverance and dedication to hockey 05/15/2024 08:00pm • Connor Ingram, the goaltender who shared his battle with an undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder that led him to drink to cope with anxiety and has blossomed into a full-time NHL player, has won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Ingram Latina Creators Who are Building Generational Wealth -- And What You Can Learn From Them 05/15/2024 08:00pm • Wanting to provide financial resources to family members is a universal human desire. However, not everyone starts out on the same economic starting line. Demographic inequities persist. According to a 2023 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis report, Hispanic families owned only about 23 cents for eve How to Get Accepted to Multiple Top Business Schools 05/15/2024 08:00pm • Nikita Srivastava applied to seven MBA programs and got admitted to three: Yale University School of Management in Connecticut, New York University's Stern School of Business and the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business in Illinois. "I definitely was not expecting it," says Srivastava, w Ty France homers, Bryan Woo picks up his first win and the Mariners beat the Royals 4-2 05/15/2024 07:58pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Ty France homered for the second time in three games, Bryan Woo allowed one run over 5 1/3 innings for his first win and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Wednesday. The Mariners took two of three from the Royals and have won eight of their last nine series. Se Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reveals new $7 billion stake in Swiss insurer Chubb 05/15/2024 07:30pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on Wednesday revealed a new $7 billion stake in fellow insurer Chubb. Berkshire disclosed the investment it has been building over the past nine months in a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Buffett's conglomerate h Investigation continues into 4 electrical blackouts on ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse 05/15/2024 07:22pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — The electrical blackouts experienced by the container ship Dali before it left Baltimore’s port were “mechanically distinct from” those that resulted in the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge hours later, according to congressional testimony Wednesday. “Two we Ship that struck Baltimore bridge had 4 blackouts before disaster. Here's what we know 05/15/2024 07:18pm • The Dali container ship experienced a near-perfect storm of calamities before it struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six people. But Tuesday's preliminary report by federal safety investigators leaves many questions unanswered. For example, the National Transportation Safe Justice Department to investigate Kentucky's juvenile jails after use of force, isolation complaints 05/15/2024 07:09pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Federal investigators will examine conditions in Kentucky's youth detention centers and whether the state has done enough to protect juveniles housed there, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. The federal investigation follows a Kentucky auditor's report that said the