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From overcapacity to TikTok, the issues covered during Janet Yellen's trip to China 04/08/2024 10:56pm • BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her team are leaving China and returning to Washington after trying to tackle the major questions of the day between the countries. Here's a look at what she tried to accomplish, what was achieved, and where things stand for the world's two l South Korean parliamentary elections: Here's what people are worried about as they vote this week 04/08/2024 10:13pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soaring green onion prices. Striking doctors. A politician’s allegedly sexist jab at a female candidate. These are among the issues animating voters in South Korea as they go the polls on Wednesday to elect a new 300-member parliament. Many are choosing to focus on job Colorado politics reporter's expulsion from a Republican gathering causes uproar 04/08/2024 09:38pm • DENVER (AP) — Politicians and news outlets in Colorado expressed anger over the expulsion from a Republican gathering this weekend of an experienced politics reporter who was told that the state party chairman "believes current reporting to be very unfair." Journalists and prominent politicians, Ecuadorians wanted an action man. President Noboa has fulfilled that role — embassy raid included 04/08/2024 09:16pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — While world leaders have expressed shock and bewilderment over Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s decision to raid Mexico’s embassy last Friday, the extraordinarily unusual move — and Noboa's relative silence about it — is unlikely to hurt him with his constituents. Former owner of gas station chain gets Trump's endorsement in Wisconsin congressional race 04/08/2024 08:29pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The former owner of a dinosaur-themed gas station chain in northeastern Wisconsin announced a run for Congress in a heavily Republican district on Monday after receiving an endorsement from former President Donald Trump over the weekend. Tony Wied, who owned six Dino Stop gas What Is the EITC and Who Qualifies? 04/08/2024 08:00pm • If you aren't eligible for the earned income tax credit, or EITC, it means you make too much money to get it. If you are eligible for it, it means you can get a significant tax break. So what is the EITC, who is eligible and how do you get it? Here's what you need to know. What Is the EITC?The earne How to Invest When You Retire Abroad 04/08/2024 08:00pm • From the sugary-white beaches of the Dominican Republic to the snow-capped mountains of Bavaria, wanderlust-minded Americans are spending their retirements abroad. According to the Association of Americans Resident Overseas, 5.4 million Americans live abroad, a number that will likely continue to in What Is a Stock Market Correction? 04/08/2024 08:00pm • The stock market has been a means for many investors to generate wealth and achieve long-term financial goals. But, while indexes like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 have comfortably outpaced inflation and rewarded investors over multiple decades, they have also weathered multiple stock market corre Morgan Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off of the roof of a 6-story bar 04/08/2024 05:05pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music singer Morgan Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off the rooftop of a newly opened six-story bar in downtown Nashville. Wallen, 30, was booked into jail early Monday on three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor co Some states are seeking to restrict TikTok. That doesn't mean their governors aren't using it 04/08/2024 04:34pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — POV: You’re on TikTok, and so is your governor — even as your Legislature considers banning the app from state-owned devices and networks. Efforts to ban TikTok over security concerns about China's influence through the platform have picked up steam in the past year in Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Beijing to highlight ties with key diplomatic partner 04/08/2024 12:17pm • BEIJING (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Beijing Monday to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic partner China amid Moscow’s grinding war against Ukraine and an ongoing effort to align their foreign policies against the U.S. and its allies. The two continent UK Foreign Secretary to urge US speaker to back help for Ukraine 04/08/2024 06:25am • LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is expected to urge U.S. lawmakers to approve a new package of aid for Ukraine when he visits Washington this week, warning Congress that it is putting the security of the West at risk by continuing to hold up the funding. The trip is a chance Ecuador and Mexico were feuding over election and asylum before embassy break-in 04/07/2024 08:26pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — A spat between Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spiraled into a full-blown diplomatic crisis when Ecuadorian police raided Mexico’s embassy Friday night in an extremely rare show of force that legal experts, presidents and d Is AARP Membership Right for You? 04/07/2024 08:00pm • There are many advantages to growing old, including the discounts and promotions many companies offer exclusively to senior citizens. AARP caters to older people looking for benefits and a sense of community. The organization offers an annual membership that provides access to senior discounts and o Group Homes: Pros and Cons for Senior Care 04/07/2024 08:00pm • If you're looking at long-term care options but not loving the hospital or institutional feeling that some of these communities present, you may want to investigate group homes for seniors. Also known as adult family homes or board and care homes, group homes for older adults offer a cozy, family-st