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Shrine honors cats at a Japanese island where they outnumber humans 05/25/2024 12:55am • TASHIROJIMA, Japan (AP) — On a small island off Japan’s northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The “Neko Jinja,” or Cat Shrine, mythologizes cats as guardian angels of Tashirojima, where cats outnumber humans. Legend says the island used t Hunter Biden's impending gun trial could last up to 2 weeks amid sharp disagreements over evidence 05/24/2024 05:07pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The judge overseeing Hunter Biden ’s federal firearms charges trial agreed Friday to block prosecutors from telling jurors about some other unflattering episodes from his personal life, but left the door open to allowing them in if the president’s son testifies. It's un A police officer is held in deadly shooting in riot-hit New Caledonia after Macron pushes for calm 05/24/2024 11:20am • PARIS (AP) — A police officer in riot-hit New Caledonia shot and killed a man Friday after being attacked by a group of about 15 people, the territory's prosecutor said, the seventh shooting death in the unrest shaking the French Pacific archipelago. The officer was in custody and an investigation How Ace Hardware, America’s neighborhood hardware store for 100 years, is beating its big-box rivals 05/24/2024 10:50am • New York (CNN) — Mahin Barker said soccer moms keep her on her toes at her store in West Lake Hills on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. They come in nearly every day and they’re keen to shop.“They have a lot of time and disposable income to spend so we have to keep our merchandise fresh bec Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to lock them up and send them away 05/24/2024 07:06am • LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, launched an offensive against the simian raiders on Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. Several high-profile cases of monkey-human conflict recently convinced authorities in Lopbu Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul faces economic woes after floods, and an unclear path to rebuilding 05/23/2024 08:14pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Flooding in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state ravaged nearly everything needed for economic activity, from local shops to factories, farms and ranches. The environmental catastrophe — unprecedented in state history — upended transportation, including the airport in the Can You Pay Your Personal Loan With a Credit Card? 05/23/2024 08:00pm • Personal loans can be such a convenient way to cover larger expenses. But what happens if your circumstances change and you find it tough to make your loan payments? If you're trying to get some breathing room in your budget, you may wonder if it's smart -- or even possible -- to pay off a personal What Is Doom Spending and How Can You Avoid It? 05/23/2024 08:00pm • "Doom spending" refers to a phenomenon that occurs when people spend money to cope with stress, despite concerns about the economy and foreign affairs, according to a 2023 study by Qualtrics on behalf of Intuit Credit Karma. You might, for example, worry because you don't have enough money to pay yo NY judge imposes $15 million fine on unlicensed cannabis shops owner who says he gave free samples 05/23/2024 03:20pm • The owner of seven unlicensed cannabis shops in New York whose promotions included an Easter egg hunt has been fined more than $15 million after state officials complained he repeatedly ignored notices to stop operating without approval, authorities said. A state Supreme Court justice in Lyons, New NFL closer to filling every day of the week with a game as league's reach keeps growing 05/23/2024 02:19pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NFL hasn't scheduled a game for every day of the week. Yet. “We’re going to be the new 7-Eleven," New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan said. "NFL, 24 hours, you can watch them play any given day.” The veteran preparing for his 14th season has a Independent booksellers continued to expand in 2023, with more than 200 new stores opening 05/23/2024 02:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Three years ago, Erin Decker was a middle school librarian in Kissimmee, Florida, increasingly frustrated by the state's book bans and worried that she couldn't make a difference remaining in her job. So, she and fellow librarian Tania Galiñanes thought of a way to fight back. � French President Macron says he won't rush through voting reforms that triggered New Caledonia riots 05/23/2024 12:32pm • French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday on a visit to riot-hit New Caledonia that he won’t force through the contested voting reform that sparked the French Pacific territory's deadly unrest, saying he wants local leaders to come up with an alternate agreement for the archipelago’s future Ford would welcome General Motors joining Formula 1 grid for competition purposes 05/23/2024 11:25am • As Ford prepares for its 2026 debut in Formula 1, the engine supplier has one particular rival manufacturer it wants to compete against on motorsports' global stage: General Motors. The Detroit-based adversaries compete weekly in various other series, namely NASCAR, but Ford now wants an opportunity Rolling Stones to swing through new Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in the Ozarks 05/23/2024 10:02am • The Rolling Stones and the Ozarks don't seem like the most natural pairing. But nature itself, and of all things fishing, have brought them together. The Stones announced Thursday that they will end their summer Hackney Diamonds Tour on July 21 at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena, a brand new monument to Danish court throws out claim that a patient's rights were violated when she wasn't given vegan food 05/23/2024 09:50am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish court on Thursday ruled against a claim that a patient's rights were violated when a hospital failed to give her adequate meals for her vegan diet during her stay there four years ago. The Vegetarian Society of Denmark had sued the administrative unit overseein