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Maryland House OKs budget bill with tax, fee increases 03/21/2024 02:26pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House voted Thursday for budget measures with tax and fee increases, part of a $1.3 billion revenue package for transportation and education. The vote paves the way for negotiations to begin next week with the Senate, which has not been receptive to the House� DC United takes on Scottish champions Celtic in summer friendly at Audi Field 03/21/2024 07:11am • This July, D.C. United welcomes a European opponent with a historical pedigree to Audi Field for an exhibition match, joining a list of summer friendlies throughout the D.C. region. Scottish club Celtic F.C. will visit D.C. to face off against the Black and Red on Saturday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m. How a Rockville store is fostering the growth of diverse women-owned businesses 03/21/2024 06:51am • As part of Women’s History Month, WTOP explores how two sisters are taking a homegrown business to the next level with the help of a local incubator program that includes business mentoring and classes for the next generation of female entrepreneurs. Turning a hobby into a successful busine In Pennsylvania's Senate race, Casey puts 'greedflation' and corporations on the ballot 03/21/2024 12:14am • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania leaned into the podium, almost past the microphone, to make his point to the union crowd about how mad corporate leaders are at him. “But I got news for them,” Casey told Dauphin County Democrats and AFSCME members. “They shoul Congressional leaders sell $1.2 trillion spending package to members before shutdown deadline 03/20/2024 10:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders from both parties looked to put a positive light on a $1.2 trillion spending package that lawmakers are working to approve before funding expires at midnight Friday for a host of key government agencies. Text of the legislation had not been released as of We Biden touts Arizona as America's 'future' as government invests $8.5 billion in chipmaker Intel 03/20/2024 09:14pm • CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday celebrated an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants around the country, talking up the investment in the political battleground state of Arizona and calling it a Should You Invest in Reddit (RDDT) Stock? 03/20/2024 08:00pm • Social media platform Reddit Inc. (ticker: RDDT) filed confidentially for its initial public offering in December 2021, and the delayed gratification seems to have built the buzz around the IPO to a fever pitch. After making its public filing in February, the company priced its IPO at $34 per share US inflation up again in February in latest sign that price pressures remain elevated 03/20/2024 05:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, both of which are counting on a steady easing of price pressures this year. Prices rose 0. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Missouri's Democratic presidential primary 03/20/2024 01:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden goes before Missouri primary voters on Saturday, and much has changed since the last time he was on the state's ballot seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. For starters, the day after Biden defeated Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont by 26 percentage po The four Grand Slams, the two tours and Saudi Arabia are all hoping to revamp tennis 03/20/2024 09:24am • On this, the leaders of tennis can agree: There is more money out there to be made. And they see eye-to-eye on this, too: The sport's current structure could stand to change. The how's and why's and when's of it all? Well, that's open to discussion — and there is plenty of that happening now behin Edmunds: Best used spring break adventure vehicles for less than $30K 03/20/2024 07:10am • Even with much of the country blanketed by rain and snow, it’s not too early to think of the thaw. March and April bring one of the most anticipated parts of the calendar — spring break — and with it thoughts of adventure and the open highway. If the idea lifts your spirits but your current ca Today in History: March 20, Lyle and Erik Menendez convicted of the murder of their parents 03/20/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 20, the 80th day of 2024. There are 286 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 20, 1996, a jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their wealthy parents. (They were sen US defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill 03/19/2024 10:33pm • RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed Tuesday that the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine's war effort against Russia, even as the U.S. Congress remains stalled over funding to send additional weapons to the front. “The United States will not let Ukraine fail, Biden and congressional leaders announce a deal on government funding as a partial shutdown looms 03/19/2024 07:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional leaders announced Tuesday that they have reached an agreement on this fiscal year's final set of spending bills. Now, the question is how fast lawmakers can get the bills passed to avoid a partial government shutdown. While Biden said he'l Michigan will become the last US state to decriminalize surrogacy contracts 03/19/2024 06:08pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rachael Lang and her husband share the same last name as their biological daughter, but are not listed on her birth certificate. Instead, it bears the name of a surrogate who carried their daughter due to Lang’s past cancer diagnosis. Michigan’s ban on paid surrogacy cont