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Israeli troops kill a Palestinian militant in a gunbattle outside a West Bank bakery 08/17/2023 06:36am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Israeli forces raided a home above a bakery in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, killing a Palestinian militant in a gunbattle in Jenin, a city that has seen some of the worst bloodshed in the current round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting. Violenc Before escaped Md. prison inmate was taken into custody, local news crew appears to have spotted him 08/17/2023 04:47am • A Maryland prison inmate who escaped a transport van in Howard County early Wednesday has been taken into custody after an hours-long search, Maryland State Police say. The inmate, identified by authorities as 38-year-old Randy James Morris, escaped the van around 8:30 a.m. when it was stopped ne China's Xi calls for patience as Communist Party tries to reverse economic slump 08/17/2023 04:13am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for patience in a speech released as the ruling Communist Party tries to reverse a deepening economic slump and said Western countries are ���increasingly in trouble��� because of their materialism and ���spiritual poverty.��� Xi���s speech was p Texas woman charged with threatening federal judge in Trump case 08/17/2023 12:01am • ▶ Watch Video: Texas woman charged with threatening federal judge in Trump Jan. 6 case A Texas woman was arrested last week on allegations that she sent a threatening and racist voicemail to the federal judge in Washington, D.C., who was randomly assigned to ov Judge declines to approve Hyundai/Kia class action settlement, noting weak proposed remedies 08/16/2023 10:38pm • A federal judge on Wednesday declined to approve a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit prompted by a surge in Hyundai and Kia vehicle thefts, saying it fails to provide ���fair and adequate��� relief to vehicle owners. The proposed settlement, announced in May, could be valued at $200 mil Armenia and Azerbaijan clash over plight of 120,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh facing food crisis 08/16/2023 10:20pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council Wednesday over the plight of the 120,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh region that Armenia says are blockaded by Azerbaijan and facing a humanitarian crisis. Armenia asked for the meeting say Hawaii works to pause land transactions in area of deadly Maui wildfires. Follow live updates 08/16/2023 09:32pm • Follow live updates about wildfires that have devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii, killing more than 100 people and destroying the historic town of Lahaina. The wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. Videos showing downed power lines apparently sparking some of the early blaz This Is What Fraud Costs Consumers 08/16/2023 08:00pm • American consumers lost $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022 -- 30% more than in 2021 -- according to the latest data from the Federal Trade Commission. That breaks down to a per report median of about $650. To help prevent you and your loved ones from becoming victims, learn about the five most frequently 7 Best Cryptocurrency ETFs to Buy 08/16/2023 08:00pm • The cryptocurrency market is currently in the midst of a regulatory deadlock with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission regarding the approval of a spot-based Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, or ETF. Normally, most cryptocurrency investors buy Bitcoin via centralized exchanges like Coinbase Glo Can You Retire Comfortably if You Only Work a Part-Time Job? 08/16/2023 08:00pm • When you think of part-time work, you may think of working at a low-paying job with no benefits. However, that stereotype is quickly becoming a thing of the past. "There are a lot of ways to do part time," says Stan Milovancev, executive vice president with CBIZ Retirement Plan Services. Seemingly d Police testify in trial of 2 white Mississippi men in shooting at Black FedEx driver 08/16/2023 07:54pm • BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) ��� A police dispatcher and a detective testified Wednesday in the trial of two white men in Mississippi who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who had dropped off a package at a home. Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Charles Case, charged with att Montgomery Co. offers free computers, Internet discounts for low-income residents 08/16/2023 01:32pm • There's good news for Montgomery County residents without Internet service or access to computers. Montgomery County is offering free computers and up to $45 per month off home or mobile Internet for some low-income residents. The program, offered right before the start of the new school year, An abandoned desert village an hour from Dubai offers a glimpse at the UAE's hardscrabble past 08/16/2023 04:34am • AL-MADAM, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Nestled in sand dunes an hour���s drive from the skyscrapers of Dubai, a desert village abandoned in the 1990s stands as an eerie relic of the rapid urbanization of the United Arab Emirates. Built in the 1970s to house semi-nomadic Bedouin, the village of al-G Howard U. ramps up security after random mob attack on students 08/16/2023 12:07am • Security is being ratcheted up on the D.C. campus of Howard University, after several students were randomly and viciously attacked this weekend by a group of teenagers, known to police for their troublemaking. Videos posted on social media this weekend showed the melee, in which Howard students 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold 08/15/2023 08:00pm • One of the hardest lessons for many investors to learn is that they are not good at picking stocks. There's no shame in this, though. After all, some of the most prominent investors on Wall Street can be bad at it, too! Consider that 2022 was yet another year that so-called active managers underperf