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Security questions swirl at the Wisconsin Capitol after armed man sought governor twice in one day 10/06/2023 02:34pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Wisconsin's Capitol building is one of the most open in the country, which made it easy for a man to walk inside with a loaded handgun this week in search of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The man was arrested for illegally openly carrying a weapon, but after posting bail, he re NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 10/06/2023 10:31am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ No, migrants do not receive $2,200 each month fro Biden says he had to use Trump-era funds for the border wall. Asked if barriers work, he says 'No' 10/06/2023 06:27am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration���s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of additional border wall, saying he had no choice but to use the Trump-era funding for the barrier to stop illegal migra US regulators seek to compel Elon Musk to testify in their investigation of his Twitter acquisition 10/05/2023 08:22pm • The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it is seeking a court order that would compel Elon Musk to testify as part of an investigation into his purchase of Twitter, now called X. The SEC said in a filing in a San Francisco federal court that Musk failed to appear for testimony on Sep When to Expect Your Social Security Checks 10/05/2023 08:00pm • Claiming your Social Security payments is a retirement milestone. But not everyone receives their Social Security check on the same date. Benefits are paid out on Wednesdays, and those with a date of birth early in the month receive Social Security payments before those who were born later in the mo Officers' lawyers challenge analysis of video that shows Black man's death in Tacoma, Washington 10/05/2023 06:46pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) ��� Lawyers for three police officers charged in the death of Manny Ellis on Thursday challenged a forensic video analyst's interpretation of videos shot by witnesses that show the Black man's fatal arrest in Tacoma, Washington. Later in the afternoon, Ellis��� sister, Mon��t Cart Business Highlights: The economic threat of rising rates, a huge recall of air bag inflators 10/05/2023 05:32pm • ___ Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic ���soft landing��� WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Surging interest rates are intensifying the challenges for the U.S. economy and threatening to derail the Federal Reserve���s drive to tame inflation without causing a deep recess Nonprofit service provider Blackbaud settles data breach case for $49.5M with states 10/05/2023 05:21pm • The fundraising software company Blackbaud agreed Thursday to pay $49.5 million to settle claims brought by the attorneys general of 49 states and Washington, D.C., related to a 2020 data breach that exposed sensitive information from 13,000 nonprofits. Health information, Social Security numbers a Progressive activist Cornel West leaves the Green Party and will run for president as an independent 10/05/2023 11:57am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Progressive activist Cornel West said Thursday that he is no longer running for president under the Green Party banner. Instead, the high-profile African American thought leader will run as an independent. ���I���m running as an Independent candidate for President of the United Sta Tearful mourners line up at San Francisco City Hall to thank, pay last respects to Dianne Feinstein 10/04/2023 10:38pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Mourners streamed into San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday to pay their respects to the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, honoring her as fearless, smart and the glue who kept the city together after two political assassinations that catapulted her into the mayor���s office an Key Financial Considerations for Unmarried Couples 10/04/2023 08:00pm • When you live with your loved one, you get to share more than furniture. You're also blending your finances, which can work to your advantage -- as well as against it. A 2023 Bread Financial survey found that 44% of coupled respondents wish they had more similar financial mindsets as their partners. Trump back in court as fraud trial probes who was responsible for his financial statements 10/04/2023 06:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The fraud trial that could block former President Donald Trump from doing business in New York drilled down Wednesday into the question of who ��� his company or hired accountants ��� bore responsibility for financial statements that the state calls fraudulent. With accountants on Most 2024 GOP presidential candidates urge Republicans to stop the chaos after McCarthy's ouster 10/04/2023 05:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Most of the top Republican candidates running for president in 2024 reacted grimly to the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy by a faction of hard-liners in their own party, while one contender embraced the chaos and the front-runner for the nomination notably did not denounce t A Chicago woman died in a hotel freezer in 2017. Now her mother has reached a settlement 10/04/2023 02:40pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The mother of a 19-year-old Chicago woman who was found dead in 2017 in a freezer at a suburban hotel where she had attended a party has reached a settlement in her lawsuit against the hotel and others. A settlement was reached in August, Cook County court records show, but it has n George Takei picture book on his years in internment camps will be published next spring 10/04/2023 01:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� ���Star Trek��� actor and political activist George Takei has a picture book scheduled for next spring that draws upon his early childhood years spent in internment camps for Japanese Americans. Crown Books for Young Readers announced Wednesday that Takei's ���My Lost Freedom,���