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Biden is talking about green energy and jobs in Pennsylvania again. Will his message break through? 10/13/2023 04:56pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to Pennsylvania Friday to use the critical battleground state again as a backdrop for some of his favorite political themes, championing steep increases in public works spending and detailing how bolstering green energy can spur U.S. manufacturing. Elf Bar finds an easy way around US vape import ban: a name change 10/13/2023 04:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Four months after U.S. regulators tried to block imports of Elf Bar, the top-selling Chinese disposable e-cigarette remains widely available thanks to a simple but effective tactic: changing its name. Convenience stores in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York and other cities Federal, local officials agree on $450 million deal to clean up Milwaukee waterways 10/13/2023 02:02pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal, state and local officials have agreed to spend about $450 million to dredge contaminated sediment from Milwaukee's Lake Michigan harbor and area rivers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will devote $275 million from the Great Lakes Resto Flag football and cricket are among five sports nearing inclusion for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics 10/13/2023 01:44pm • MUMBAI, India (AP) — Flag football and cricket were among five sports that took their next step Friday toward inevitably being added to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The International Olympic Committee executive board recommended all five sports — including baseball-softball, lacrosse and squas Microsoft closes deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard after antitrust fights 10/13/2023 12:21pm • Microsoft completed its purchase of video game-maker Activision Blizzard for $69 billion on Friday, closing one of the most expensive tech acquisitions in history that could have repercussions across the video game industry. The notice that the deal has gone through came seven hours after Microsoft Q&A: SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher reacts to Hollywood studios breaking off negotiations 10/13/2023 10:57am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fran Drescher has steered the actors guild through its monthslong strike. On the heels of Hollywood studios abruptly breaking off talks with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists this week, the actor and union president says she's baffled an Czech parliament's lower house approves government plan to keep ballooning deficit under control 10/13/2023 07:31am • PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech parliament’s lower house on Friday approved dozens of measures proposed by the government designed to keep the ballooning budget deficit under control. Czech citizens are a step closer to paying more for beer and medicine while businesses will face higher corporate taxes. Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as Republican gridlock stalls Congress 10/13/2023 12:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — When Rep. Patrick McHenry took the House speaker’s gavel for the first time, he slammed it down with such force at adjournment that it gained viral internet attention as the defining image of a House in turmoil. But since his abrupt appointment as speaker pro tempore last week 15 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy Now 10/12/2023 08:00pm • It's been a perfect storm for many dividend stocks in recent months. The Federal Reserve has dramatically increased interest rates. This makes capital more expensive and tends to cause the valuation of conservative dividend stocks to decline as people sell some equities to rotate into risk-free gove 9 Bucket List Cruises for Seniors and Retirees 10/12/2023 08:00pm • Cruises are an often dreamt-about retirement goal, especially for long-time cruise lovers who have always been short on time. Retirement can be the ideal season of life to sail off into the sunset for several weeks, whether to far-off lands like Antarctica or a peaceful journey down the Danube. In s US and Qatar agree to prevent disbursal of recently unfrozen Iranian funds as Israel-Hamas war rages 10/12/2023 04:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Qatar have reached an agreement that the Qataris will not act on any request from Tehran for the time being to access $6 billion in Iranian funds that were unblocked as part of a prisoner swap last month, a U.S. official said Thursday. The move, which stops short of 17 Florida sheriff's deputies accused of stealing about $500,000 in pandemic relief funds 10/12/2023 04:45pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Seventeen Florida sheriff's deputies appeared in court Thursday on charges that they stole about half a million dollars in pandemic relief funds. The Broward County deputies, who are charged separately, are accused of a range of crimes, according to court records. Most NATO member Romania finds more drone fragments on its soil after Russia again hits southern Ukraine 10/12/2023 03:35pm • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities said Thursday they found a crater from a suspected drone that may have exploded on impact on its territory near the border with Ukraine, reviving concerns about possible spillover of Russia’s war in Ukraine onto a NATO member country. The pre-dawn d Pentagon's 'FrankenSAM' program cobbles together air defense weapons for Ukraine 10/12/2023 01:15pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — The Pentagon calls it FrankenSAM — a project that cobbles together air defense weapons for Ukraine from an array of parts from around the world. But now, as congressional gridlock delays funding for the war in Ukraine, the Frankenstein-like program for surface-to-air missiles has 'The Care & Keeping of You' author and her podcast co-host break down puberty for today's parents 10/12/2023 09:45am • NEW YORK (AP) — The average onset of puberty is about two years earlier than a generation ago. Well over half of tweens and teens report body image issues. The average age of first exposure to porn is 12 for boys and not much later for girls. Those are just a few of the takeaways in a new book, â