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A massive Powerball win draws attention to a little-known immigrant culture in the US 05/01/2024 06:36pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Cheng ���Charlie��� Saephan wore a broad smile and a bright blue sash emblazoned with the words ���Iu-Mien USA��� as he hoisted an oversized check for $1.3 billion above his head. The 46-year-old immigrant's luck in winning an enormous Powerball jackpot in Oregon earlier this Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face military justice proceeding 05/01/2024 06:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets, will face a military justice proceeding later this month, officials Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.6 billion after hitting price benchmarks 05/01/2024 04:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump has secured an additional $1.6 billion worth of shares in Trump Media, according to a regulatory filing this week. Based on the company's stock hitting certain price benchmarks, Trump was awarded an additional 36 million shares in the company that ow Experts fear 'catastrophic' college declines thanks to botched FAFSA rollout 05/01/2024 02:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The last thing standing between Ashnaelle Bijoux and her college dream is the FAFSA form ��� a financial aid application that's supposed to help students go to college, but is blocking her instead. She has tried to submit it over and over. Every time, it fails to go through. � Northwestern University's deal with student protesters offers example of successful negotiations 05/01/2024 01:15pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� For five days, the shouts of student protesters and supporters rang out from Northwestern University���s Deering Meadow as they joined demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war unfolding on college campuses nationwide. But the meadow on the suburban Chicago campus fell silent hour Phones, Islamic books and currency exchange. Some businesses are making money out of Taliban rule 05/01/2024 04:05am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� Yunis Safi, a businessman in Kabul, knows very well the importance of showing off your phone if you want something done. ���In Afghanistan, your phone is your personality,��� he said, smiling, a jewel-encrusted ring on each hand. One boasts an emerald, the other a fat Rus Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University���s Hamilton Hall 05/01/2024 12:12am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed a Columbia University building being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, streaming in through a window late Tuesday and arresting dozens of people. The protesters had seized the administration building, known as Hami A look at the protests of the war in Gaza that have emerged at US colleges 04/30/2024 11:15pm • Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up at many college campuses after being inspired by demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from companies advancing Israel���s military efforts in Gaza and in some cases from Israel The Latest | Blinken says Israel will open a major aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza 04/30/2024 08:49pm • Israel plans on opening a major humanitarian aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza, said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday. Israel's war against Hamas has flattened huge swaths of Gaza's north, and famine is imminent for the hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain. Blinken How Columbia University's complex history with the student protest movement echoes into today 04/30/2024 08:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� College students taking up space and making demands for change. University administrators facing pressure to get things back under control. Police brought in to make arrests. At other schools: students taking note, and sometimes taking action. Columbia University, 2024. And Columbi 10 Driveway Ideas to Maximize Curb Appeal 04/30/2024 08:00pm • If you're selling a home, you're thinking about curb appeal, including painting the house and sprucing up the yard. You're probably looking at home improvements, too. You should also be looking at ideas for your driveway. Your driveway is exactly what curb appeal is -- it literally meets the curb Mississippi Medicaid expansion plan could struggle for bipartisan support, Democratic leader says 04/30/2024 07:32pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� A Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by leaders in the Republican-led Mississippi Legislature could struggle for bipartisan support because it includes a work requirement that is unlikely to receive federal approval, the state House Democratic leader said Tuesday. Approving the Trial begins for financial executive in insider trading case tied to taking Trump media firm public 04/30/2024 06:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� An insider trading trial began Tuesday for a financial executive charged with enabling his boss and others to make millions of dollars illegally on news that an acquisition firm would be taking former President Donald Trump���s media company public. In an opening statement, Assista Delaware judge refuses to fast-track certain claims in post-merger lawsuit against Trump Media 04/30/2024 05:49pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) ��� A Delaware judge on Tuesday granted a request by attorneys for Donald Trump and Trump Media & Technology Group, parent company of his Truth Social platform, to slow down a lawsuit filed by two cofounders of the company. Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn said Andrew Litinsky and We To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji 04/30/2024 05:01pm • FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (AP) ��� The town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists. Known for a number of scenic photo spots that offer a near-perfect shot of Japan���s iconic Mount Fuji, the town on Tuesday began constructing a large black screen on a stretch of a sidewalk to block the view of