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Slovakia to boost protections for politicians after assassination attempt on populist premier Fico 06/27/2024 08:21am • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s Parliament approved a package of legislation Thursday meant to boost security for leading politicians and others following an assassination attempt on populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. The measures, which were approved by the coalition government on June Prosecutors seek 8-month rehabilitation for Australian man charged with drug possession in Bali 06/27/2024 07:31am • DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Prosecutors in Indonesia on Thursday demanded an eight-month medical rehabilitation for an Australian man charged with possessing methamphetamine on the tourist island of Bali, after his earlier charge of drug trafficking was dropped which would have carried the death pe Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower ahead of key US inflation report 06/27/2024 12:27am • BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Thursday in most Asian markets ahead of a key U.S. inflation report due Friday that might point the way ahead for interest rates. Benchmarks fell more than 1% in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney. Oil prices and U.S. futures also declined. The markets' big focus this week is Jury begins deliberations in class-action lawsuit against NFL by 'Sunday Ticket' subscribers 06/26/2024 11:07pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NFL was exploring a world without “Sunday Ticket” in 2017, where cable channels would air Sunday afternoon out-of-market games not shown on Fox or CBS. The league memo was shown by plaintiffs during their closing arguments on Wednesday as the jury in the class-action law This Is How Much It Costs to Go to Disney World in 2024 06/26/2024 08:00pm • Even if you consider Walt Disney World Resort the "happiest place on earth," it's probably not on your list of the most affordable places to visit. One-day tickets to Disney World in 2024 currently start at $109 per person. Of course, most people vacationing at Disney World stay for more than one da 7 Value Stocks to Buy With High Dividend Yields 06/26/2024 08:00pm • Since the financial crisis in 2008, growth stocks have significantly outperformed value stocks. However, sticky inflation and elevated interest rates have some investors seeking the relative safety and stability of cash flows and profits. Dividends also provide a dependable source of income in an un Baby cousin with cancer inspires girls to sew hospital gowns for sick kids across U.S. and Africa 06/26/2024 06:37pm • FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Fighting brain cancer, little Giada Demma was lying in her pediatric hospital bed, her tiny body virtually swimming in a drab green hospital gown. Her cousin Giuliana Demma remembers looking at the 1-year-old and thinking how sad the scene was: a small child awash in an ugly Former staffers at Missouri Christian boarding school face civil lawsuit alleging abuse of students 06/26/2024 05:47pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yet another civil lawsuit filed Wednesday against a Missouri Christian boarding school by a former student accuses staffers of forced child labor, physical abuse and tactics aimed at hiding mistreatment from authorities. The lawsuit, filed in Missouri’s Western U.S. D Could Nebraska lawmakers seek winner-take-all elections in a special session to address taxes? 06/26/2024 05:40pm • Nebraska lawmakers are set to address property tax relief next month in a special session being sought by Gov. Jim Pillen. But the Republican also has signaled his hope that the session could be used to take Nebraska back to a winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes ahead of this year’s A fresh start for NBC Olympics: No more 'plausibly live' for Paris Games this summer 06/26/2024 04:51pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The days of “plausibly live” Olympics coverage on NBC are coming to an end. The network displayed some of the new features it has planned for coverage of the Summer Olympics in Paris starting on July 26 — including personalized highlights packages generated by artificial inte General Mills, Worthington fall; FedEx, Rivian rise, Wednesday, 6/26/2024 06/26/2024 04:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: FedEx Corp., up $39.81 to $296.19. The package delivery service's fiscal fourth-quarter financial results beat Wall Street forecasts. General Mills Inc., down $3.09 to $64.17. The maker of Cheerios and Yoplai How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 6/26/2024 06/26/2024 04:17pm • Stocks drifted to a mixed close near the all-time highs they set last week. The S&P 500 index edged up 0.2% Wednesday. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up less than 0.1%. The majority of stocks in the S&P 500 fell. FedEx helped offset the losses wi Seniors get healthy deliveries from DC Central Kitchen, DoorDash 06/26/2024 03:15pm • For the first 33 years it prepared meals for food insecure people in the nation's capital, DC Central Kitchen knew it wasn't providing scratch-cooked meals to everyone who needed them. "We could never quite reach seniors who were homebound, who were isolated, because we delivered meals in big ref California floats an idea to fight shoplifting that may even affect who controls Congress 06/26/2024 02:30pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California initiative to once again make shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders is developing into a contest over whether the state's Democrats are tough enough on crime to hang on to their seats in Congress. A broad coalition of law enforcement and retailers aims t Bulgaria will file charges against a fugitive behind one of the largest crypto fraud schemes 06/26/2024 09:58am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria plans to file charges in absentia against Ruja Ignatova for one of the largest crypto fraud schemes in history and will take steps to seize her assets it said were illegally acquired, the chief prosecutor said Tuesday. U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria Kenneth Merten, spe