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Liz Weston: Safer ways to raid your retirement, if you have to 06/26/2023 09:34am • Raiding your retirement accounts can be expensive. Withdrawing money before age 59½ typically triggers income taxes, a 10% federal penalty and — worst of all — the loss of future tax-deferred compounded returns. A 30-year-old who withdraws $1,000 from an individual retirement account or 401(k) Australia’s High Court dismisses Russia’s bid for injunction to halt its embassy’s eviction 06/26/2023 08:24am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court on Monday dismissed Russia’s request for an injunction that would have halted the eviction of its embassy from a site in the capital, Canberra. A man who had been occupying the block in a portable cabin for more than a week in an apparent ac Today in History: June 26, first Harry Potter book published 06/26/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, June 26, the 177th day of 2023. There are 188 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 26, 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco. On this date: In 1917, the first troops of the American Expedit Connor Bedard broke windows and records in becoming the NHL draft's presumptive No. 1 pick 06/25/2023 12:37pm • The tales of how much time Connor Bedard devoted to developing his precise and productive puck-shooting skills while growing up in the secluded neighborhood of Lynn Valley, tucked amid Vancouver’s North Shore mountains, have become the stuff of lore. Marred floors, broken windows, the thud of shot Elliott views pressure to make NASCAR playoffs as opportunity 06/24/2023 03:15pm • LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Chase Elliott prefers to view a very challenging season as opportunity, not pressure. The 2022 Cup Series champ who won a career-high five races last year taking the regular season title sits 27th in the points standings as NASCAR returns from the lone break in its 38-race s Packages from China are surging into the United States. Some say $800 duty-free limit was a mistake 06/24/2023 12:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives anxious to counter America's leading economic adversary have set their sights on a top trade priority for labor unions and progressives: cracking down on the deluge of duty-free packages coming in from China. The changing political dynamic could have major ramifica Montana Republicans report letters with mysterious powder after similar mailings in 2 other states 06/24/2023 11:38am • Republican lawmakers in Montana are sharing that they received letters with white powder as federal agents investigate mysterious substances similarly mailed to GOP officials in two other states. In a Friday night tweet, Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte said he has received “disturbing” reports of Tennessee, Kentucky battery plants for Ford electric vehicles on track for $9.2B federal loan 06/23/2023 07:48pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Massive battery plants planned in Tennessee and Kentucky for Ford's electric vehicles are on track to receive up to a $9.2 billion federal loan in what would be the biggest award under the U.S. Department of Energy's loan program since President Joe Biden took office. The m Man gets life sentence for killing mail carrier who refused to deliver marijuana package 06/23/2023 03:22pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after being convicted of killing a mail carrier who instead of delivering a large package of marijuana to his home left a note in the mailbox requiring him to come to a South Carolina post office to pick it up. Trevor Raekwon Sew Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/23/2023 01:43pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Defense industry dollars flowed to a Democratic senator after he gained a key role on spending 06/23/2023 01:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As Democrat Jon Tester headed for a surprise victory in his 2006 U.S. Senate race, he attacked his incumbent Montana Republican rival's close ties to lobbyists and committed himself to a rigorous ethics standard. Now as he looks to win a fourth term in a race that could decide co Luis Arraez is chasing .400 as the surging Marlins continue their hot start 06/23/2023 11:55am • MIAMI (AP) — When Luis Arraez steps up to the plate, Miami Marlins fans are already on their feet expecting a hit. More often than any one in years, Arraez will deliver. Traded from Minnesota to Miami in January, the modestly built left-handed hitter is putting together one of the greatest stretch Paris climate summit ends without a deal on global tax on shipping 06/23/2023 11:45am • PARIS (AP) — Participants at a Paris summit stopped short Friday of a deal to create a tax on greenhouse gas emissions produced from international shipping, leaving climate NGOs and activists lamenting the lack of ambitious responses to fight climate change and the world's inequalities brought for The US has tons of leftover food. Upcycling turns would-be trash into ice cream and pizza 06/23/2023 08:57am • LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — At Tyler Malek's ice cream parlors, one cook's trash is another chef's frosty treat. The head ice cream maker at the Portland, Oregon-based Salt & Straw uses the whey leftover from yogurt makers in upstate New York to make his lemon curd flavor. For chocolate barley mi Blazers take guard Scoot Henderson with the No. 3 pick in the NBA draft 06/23/2023 01:51am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers selected point guard Scoot Henderson of the NBA G League with the third overall pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night. The pick touched off speculation that Henderson could be packaged in a trade if Portland pursues a high-profile veteran to join