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Challenge to North Carolina's new voter ID requirement goes to trial 05/06/2024 09:10pm • WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Trial in a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's new voter identification law finally began on Monday, with a civil rights group alleging its photo requirement unlawfully harms Black and Latino voters. The non-jury trial started more than five years after the stat Russia defends veto of UN resolution to prohibit nukes in outer space, urges vote to ban all weapons 05/06/2024 08:40pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia on Monday defended its veto of a U.N. resolution urging all nations to prevent a nuclear arms race in outer space, challenging the U.S., Japan and their Western allies to support Moscow’s rival resolution calling for a ban on all weapons in space “for all time.” Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as ex-employee recounts reimbursements 05/06/2024 08:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and, in his sternest warning yet, told the former president that future gag order violations could send him to jail. The reprimand opened a revelatory day of testimony, as jurors for the first time heard the 7 Best Large-Cap ETFs to Buy in 2024 05/06/2024 08:00pm • Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, make it easier for investors to get exposure to numerous quality investments. Fund managers handle the selection of stocks that align with an ETF's stated objectives. Large-cap ETFs hold stocks with market capitalizations of $10 billion or more. However, most of the s 15 Fortune 500 CEOs Who Earned a Law Degree 05/06/2024 08:00pm • A legal background in the business world.It's common for leaders of large corporations to have a master's in business administration degree. An MBA can be a major asset for those with CEO or C-suite ambitions. But a small contingent of top business executives have a law degree on their resume. Here What Is Crawl Space Encapsulation? 05/06/2024 08:00pm • Crawl spaces aren't on most homeowners' radars, but they should be. This narrow unfinished space that separates the home from the earth provides access to important housing components like plumbing, electrical and structural beams. However, being exposed to outdoor elements makes crawl spaces highly 9 of the Best Bond ETFs to Buy Now 05/06/2024 08:00pm • Bill Gross, often referred to as the "Bond King," issued a cautionary view on the state of bond funds recently. As a pioneering fixed-income manager and co-founder of Pimco, where he ran the influential Pimco Total Return Fund (ticker: PTTRX), Gross once set a high standard for active bond investing What a Ban on Noncompete Agreements Would Mean for You 05/06/2024 08:00pm • The Federal Trade Commission's ban on noncompete agreements could increase mobility for workers nationwide, eliminating contractual barriers that bar employees from seeking new job opportunities or starting competing companies for a prescribed time period. The rule, which the FTC approved on April 2 Israel dice que las operaciones en Rafah continuarán mientras el acuerdo con Hamas sigue "lejos" de satisfacer sus demandas 05/06/2024 07:57pm • (CNN) -- Israel dijo que los términos del acuerdo de alto el fuego aceptado este lunes por Hamas están "lejos" de satisfacer sus demandas y advirtió que sus operaciones militares en Rafah continuarían, incluso cuando envió negociadores a las conversaciones con los mediadores.En un comunicado es House Republicans are ready to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over Biden audio 05/06/2024 07:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to move forward next week with holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over the unredacted audio of an interview that was conducted as part of the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling o Georgia court candidate sues to block ethics rules so he can keep campaigning on abortion 05/06/2024 07:46pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A former Democratic congressman running for Georgia State Supreme Court filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming a state agency is unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion. John Barrow sued hours ahead of a deadline to reply to a complaint that he is violati PWHL's strong first season coincides with a growing appetite for women's sports 05/06/2024 07:41pm • Less than a year since getting off the ground, the Professional Women’s Hockey League has staged its inaugural season with 72 games around North America televised or streamed and attendance records broken over and over, putting the sport in the spotlight like never before. It could not be happenin Lea Michele llega a la Met Gala con un acompañante extraordinario: mira quién es 05/06/2024 07:34pm • NUEVA YORK — Lea Michele mostró un adorable accesorio en la Met Gala: una panza. La actriz y cantante de 37 años llegó el lunes al Museo Metropolitano de Arte con un vestido azul celeste de Rodarte para complementar a su acompañante. Su vestido de seda presentaba flores y una col A judge is forcing Hawaii to give wildfire investigation documents to lawyers handling lawsuits 05/06/2024 07:33pm • HONOLULU (AP) — A judge on Friday forced the Hawaii attorney general's office to turn over to lawyers involved in the hundreds of lawsuits over last summer's Maui wildfires all documents, interviews and data collected by the outside team hired to investigate the disaster. Attorneys representing p Rotting bodies and fake ashes spur Colorado lawmakers to pass funeral home regulations 05/06/2024 07:08pm • DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers passed a bill Monday to overhaul the state’s lax funeral home oversight, joining a second measure aimed at regulating the industry that passed last week. Both follow a series of horrific incidents at funeral homes, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the d