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On debt ceiling, Biden, McCarthy to meet Monday as negotiators 'keep working' to resolve standoff 05/21/2023 11:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and House Republicans wrapped up another round of debt ceiling talks Sunday as Washington races to strike a budget compromise along with a deal to raise the nation's borrowing limit and avert an economy-wrecking federal default. President Joe Biden and House Spea What to Know About Millet 05/21/2023 08:00pm • In 2013, the United Nations launched a somewhat obscure ancient grain into international prominence by declaring the International Year of Quinoa. Now, a decade later, the United Nations has their sights set on another underutilized group of ancient grains with promising benefits for both people and Suarez, Buescher earn front row starts for NASCAR All-Star race after heat wins 05/20/2023 09:10pm • NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Daniel Suarez and Chris Buescher will start on the front row for Sunday night’s All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway after winning their respective 60-lap heats. Suarez beat out Joey Logano in the first heat at the .625-mile renovated track on a night in which Burner phones, aliases, code words: How secret networks help women circumvent Honduras' abortion ban 05/20/2023 11:53am • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Inside a little wooden house among the pine and oak forests of western Honduras’ coffee-growing mountains, a woman opened a tiny package of pills, delivered to a nearby town. She didn’t know it, but the medication had more than likely entered the country hidden in Chesapeake mansion, an architectural ‘milestone,’ wants the nation to see it 05/20/2023 09:01am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — When Horatio Sharpe, the colonial governor of Maryland, started work on Whitehall in the 18th century, the story goes that he hoped the palatial villa on the Chesapeake Bay would win his beloved’s heart. Alas, the young woman fell for Sharpe’s friend and personal secretar Review: 'White Men Can't Jump' remake is a flagrant foul against the original 1992 hoops comedy classic 05/19/2023 03:02am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjjMFZfnx4Q Certain sports movies are so perfect that they should never be remade -- and filmmaker Ron Shelton made two of them in a span of four years. After the iconic baseball film "Bull Durham" (1988), he directed the basketball flick "White Men Can't Jump" $3 billion accounting error means the Pentagon can send more weapons to Ukraine 05/18/2023 08:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by at least $3 billion — an accounting error that could be a boon for the war effort because it will allow the Defense Department to send more weapons now without asking Congress for more money. The The 12 Best All-Inclusive Cruises for 2023 and 2024 05/18/2023 08:00pm • All-inclusive cruises are available on luxury cruise lines like Regent Seven Seas and Silversea. The fares cover most everything, such as door-to-door transfers, luxurious suite accommodations, specialty dining, premium alcoholic beverages, excursions and more. While the cruise cost is higher, guest China's loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse 05/18/2023 04:35pm • A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. An Associated Press analysis of a dozen countries most indebted to Chi Review: This 'White Men Can't Jump,' with Jack Harlow, has no game 05/18/2023 12:24pm • Nineties nostalgia has extended now to 1992's “White Men Can't Jump” returning to the blacktop courts where Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson hustled and Rosie Perez studied “Jeopardy!” answers for foods beginning with the letter “Q.” Why, you ask? The principal reason seems to be giving IMF board approves $3 billion bailout for Ghana amid economic crisis 05/18/2023 08:09am • LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund's executive board has approved a long-awaited $3 billion bailout for Ghana in hopes of combating the country’s economic crisis. The arrangement will allow for the immediate release of $600 million, with the remaining funds to be made available over t FACT FOCUS: Videos of empty store aisles are unrelated to Florida’s immigration bill 05/17/2023 08:45pm • A sweeping immigration bill recently signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is sparking fears of deserted workplaces – and barren grocery shelves. The new law, set to take effect in July, will require businesses with more than 25 staffers to verify that their employees can legally work in t Fast Fashion: A Trend That May Cost More Than You Think 05/17/2023 08:00pm • Heels in the hottest colors for $11 and dresses remarkably similar to designer items for $5: How can you not be tempted by apparel and accessories that will make you look like a fashionista with almost no financial commitment? Many are taking advantage of these extraordinary deals. According to the Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies 05/17/2023 08:00pm • Virtually every industry could be disrupted by artificial intelligence, automation and robotics. In recent months, the world has gotten a firsthand look at the remarkable advances in AI technology, including expanded public access to OpenAI's DALL-E 2 AI image and art generator and the public launch Ecuador's president dismisses legislature as it tries to oust him, in a move that promises turmoil 05/17/2023 07:23pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The president of Ecuador dismissed the legislature Wednesday in a move that promised more turmoil around a conservative leader who has been unable to enact a business-friendly agenda as the South American country experiences an alarming rise in crime. In disbanding the Nation