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Liberia���s new president takes office with a promise to ���rescue��� Africa���s oldest republic 01/22/2024 08:15pm • MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) ��� Liberia���s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after his narrow win in a November election. Boakai, who at age 79 has become the country's oldest president, promised to unite and rescue Africa���s oldest republic from its economic woes. ���Partisans New Mexico governor proposes $500M to treat fracking wastewater 01/22/2024 08:03pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� Environmental activists pushed back Monday against an initiative from the governor of New Mexico that would finance the treatment and recycling of oil-industry wastewater, warning that the plan relies on unproven technologies and might propel more water-intensive fracking for Insider Q&A: Small federal agency crafts standards for making AI safe, secure and trustworthy 01/22/2024 11:02am • BOSTON (AP) ��� No technology since nuclear fission will shape our collective future quite like artificial intelligence, so it���s paramount AI systems are safe, secure, trustworthy and socially responsible. But unlike the atom bomb, this paradigm shift has been almost completely driven by the priva Liz Weston: Retiring wasn���t easy ��� even after years of writing about it 01/22/2024 09:13am • A couple of years ago, I wrote a column about how to have a retirement worth saving for. It ended with a quote from personal finance educator Barbara O���Neill, who reflected on how the pandemic disrupted many retirees��� plans. ���It wasn���t just two years lost, it was two good years,��� O���Neill What to Look for in a Reach Law School 01/21/2024 07:00pm • The law school application process is rooted in heartfelt dreams. Only a tightly held dream can carry an applicant through the gauntlet required for admission, from taking the LSAT or GRE to patiently enduring months on a waitlist. For many applicants, the most enjoyable part of this process is iden How to Find Local Scholarships for College 01/21/2024 07:00pm • While it may be instinct to aim for high-dollar, national college scholarships, experts say this may turn students into a "little fish in a big pond." Instead, local scholarships may often offer less competition and a greater chance for success. Some national scholarships offer big awards, like the Police say 4 killed in suburban Chicago 'domestic related' shooting, suspect is in custody 01/21/2024 03:27pm • TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) ��� Four people were fatally shot in a community outside Chicago on Sunday in what suburban officials described as a ���domestic-related shooting.��� A suspect was taken into custody Sunday, according to a Tinley Park Public Safety Department social media post. The village of Officials warn of human trafficking in Prince William County, say more awareness is needed 01/21/2024 10:46am • Law enforcement officials and advocates are raising the alarm about what they believe to be the prevalence of human trafficking in Prince William County. County and nonprofit leaders gathered Thursday night at Montclair Country Club to spread awareness at a forum hosted by the Prince William Commit A Hindu temple built atop a razed mosque in India is helping Modi boost his political standing 01/21/2024 12:10am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Three decades after Hindu mobs tore down a historical mosque, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the consecration of a grand Hindu temple at the same site on Monday in a political move to boost his party ahead of a crucial national vote. Experts say the temple, dedic 4 local police officers in eastern Mexico are under investigation after man is shot to death 01/20/2024 06:55pm • LERDO DE TEJADA, Mexico (AP) ��� Four local police officers in Mexico were placed under investigation in connection with the shooting death of a man in the Gulf of Mexico state of Veracruz, after neighbors in the town surrounded the officers and attacked them. The Veracruz Public Security Departmen Israel's Netanyahu rejects any Palestinian sovereignty in post-war Gaza, rebuffing Biden 01/20/2024 03:48pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he ���will not compromise on full Israeli control��� over Gaza and that ���this is contrary to a Palestinian state,��� rejecting U.S. President Joe Biden���s suggestion that creative solutions could bridge wide gaps betw Some 500 migrants depart northern Honduras in a bid to reach the US by caravan 01/20/2024 03:28pm • SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) ��� Some 500 Honduran migrants in a caravan departed Saturday before dawn from the northern city of San Pedro Sula in hopes of reaching the United States. It was the first such group since January 2022 and was comprised of men, women and children mostly from inland and Kansas couple charged with collecting man's retirement while keeping his body in their home 6 years 01/20/2024 02:45pm • OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) ��� A Kansas couple has been charged with fraudulently collecting more than $215,000 in retirement benefits on behalf of a dead relative while they concealed his body inside their home for six years. Authorities say Mike Carroll's pacemaker showed that he died in 2016 at age Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition 01/20/2024 09:26am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated compromise. Se GOP Speaker Mike Johnson has a House majority in name only. He's left with daunting choices ahead 01/20/2024 09:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� New Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself leading House Republicans with a majority in name only. Unable to unite his unruly right flank and commanding one of the slimmest House majorities in history, Johnson is being forced to rely on Democrats for the basics of governing, inclu