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Biden thanks Kenya's Ruto for sending police to Haiti and defends keeping US forces from the mission 05/23/2024 07:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed deep appreciation to Kenyan President William Ruto for the coming deployment of Kenyan police forces to help quell gang violence in Haiti and he defended his decision to withhold American forces from the mission in the beleaguered Caribbe Tennessee attorney general looking into attempt to sell Graceland in foreclosure auction 05/23/2024 07:13pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's attorney general said Thursday that his office is looking into a company's attempt to sell Elvis Presley’s home Graceland at a foreclosure auction, a move that was stopped by a judge after the king of rock n’ roll’s granddaughter filed a lawsuit claiming fra Putin arrives in neighboring Belarus for a two-day visit with a key ally 05/23/2024 06:42pm • Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Thursday in Belarus for a two-day visit as part of several foreign tours to kick off his fifth term in office, underscoring close ties with a neighboring ally that has been instrumental in Russia's war effort in Ukraine. Putin traveled to China earlier this m Long-term mortgage rates ease for third straight week, dipping to just below 7% 05/23/2024 05:36pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage dipped this week to just below 7% for the first time since mid April, a modest boost for home shoppers navigating a housing market dampened by rising prices and relatively few available properties. The rate fell to 6.94% from 7.02% last wee Birmingham-Southern baseball trying to keep on playing as school prepares to close 05/23/2024 04:29pm • Birmingham-Southern’s baseball team is playing on, even as the college prepares to close its doors. The Division III Panthers, in fact, could outlast the 168-year-old private liberal arts school with a super regional win this weekend at Denison in Grandville, Ohio. The Birmingham, Alabama, school With Ukraine losing ground, allies debate how to squeeze cash for Kyiv out of frozen Russian assets 05/23/2024 01:01pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ukraine's allies are wrestling with how to squeeze money out of frozen Russian assets to support Kyiv's war effort, a debate getting more urgent as Russia gains territory on the battlefield and as the outlook for Ukraine’s state finances looks shakier. At the top of the Attempts to regulate AI’s hidden hand in Americans’ lives flounder in US statehouses 05/23/2024 11:53am • DENVER (AP) — The first attempts to regulate artificial intelligence programs that play a hidden role in hiring, housing and medical decisions for millions of Americans are facing pressure from all sides and floundering in statehouses nationwide. Only one of seven bills aimed at preventing AI’s Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, with China stocks down, after Wall St retreat 05/23/2024 12:49am • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Thursday, as investor sentiment in Tokyo was boosted by news of soaring Nvidia earnings. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.1% to 39,054.81. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 sank 0.5% to 7,807.10. South Korea's Kospi added 0.2% to 2,728.43. Hong Kong's H Atalanta's hat trick hero Ademola Lookman writes himself into European soccer history 05/22/2024 08:58pm • DUBLIN (AP) — There was an unlikely answer Wednesday to the question of who would score the first hat trick in a men’s European club final since 1975. Ademola Lookman scored all three goals in Atalanta’s 3-0 beating of Bayer Leverkusen to win the Europa League title and each had much to admire The Trade School Trend: Why it Might be the Best Personal Financial Decision 05/22/2024 08:00pm • Four-year colleges and universities are getting considerable competition these days: Institutions that teach trades are rising in popularity. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported that enrollment in vocational programs rose by 16% from 2022 to 2023, a trajectory that's continui 15 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy for 2024 05/22/2024 08:00pm • The stock market has resumed its climb, with the major indexes reaching new all-time highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently topped 40,000, putting a definitive exclamation point on the bullish run. However, there are still reasons for caution. Inflation readings continue to run fairly hot. Buy now, pay later companies must adhere to credit card standards, consumer agency says 05/22/2024 06:51pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Buy now, pay later companies must provide consumers with the same legal rights and protections as credit card lenders do, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday in a new rule. That includes the right to demand a refund and to dispute transactions. The agency began Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten run ended 3-0 by Atalanta and Lookman hat trick in Europa League final 05/22/2024 06:45pm • DUBLIN (AP) — Spoiler alert. Atalanta winger Ademola Lookman was unstoppable and Bayer Leverkusen’s impossible dream of completing an entire season unbeaten with a hat trick of titles proved to be just that. Instead, Lookman was the hat trick hero in Atalanta’s 3-0 win over Leverkusen in the E Congress aims to overhaul presidential ethics rules with a plan led by an unlikely pair of lawmakers 05/22/2024 06:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday would require presidents and vice presidents to publicly disclose tax returns before, during and after their time in the White House as Congress makes an election-year push to curb foreign influence in American politics. U.S. existing home sales drop 1.9% in April, pushed lower by high rates and high prices 05/22/2024 05:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — High mortgage rates and rising prices continued to put a damper on the spring homebuying season last month. Existing home sales fell 1.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.14 million in April from a revised 4.22 million in March, the National Association of Realtors repor