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Legislative majorities giving one party all the power are in play in several states 10/13/2024 12:23am • SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — After introducing herself at their front doors, Vanessa Vaughn West began her pitch to voters with a question: What issues are important to you? She heard frustration about rising local property taxes, a desire for smaller government and questions about affordable housing. Wes Documents show OpenAI's long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company 10/12/2024 05:52pm • Back in 2016, a scientific research organization incorporated in Delaware and based in Mountain View, California, applied to be recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization by the Internal Revenue Service. Called OpenAI, the nonprofit told the IRS its goal was to “advance digital intelligen Historic ocean liner could soon become the world's largest artificial reef 10/12/2024 05:24pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent dispute that will clear the way for a Florida county to turn the historic ship into the world’s largest artificial reef. A federal judge had ruled in June that the SS Changing OpenAI's nonprofit structure would raise questions about its future 10/12/2024 08:04am • NEW YORK (AP) — The artificial intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even as its valuation recently exploded to $157 billion. Nonprofit tax experts have been closely watching OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, since last November when its boa Montgomery Co. loses hundreds of thousands of dollars in 'lax administration' of short term rentals, IG report finds 10/12/2024 07:41am • More than three quarters of short-term residential rentals being offered in Montgomery County, Maryland, are unregistered, according to a report from the county’s Office of the Inspector General. The findings in the latest report from Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi show that more than 85 UK leader Keir Starmer is marking 100 days in office. It has been a rocky ride 10/12/2024 04:39am • LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office Saturday with little cause for celebration. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party was elected by a landslide on July 4, sweeping back to power after 14 years. But after weeks of stories about feuding, freebies and fiscal glo Trump drives his anti-immigration message in Aurora, Colorado 10/11/2024 09:41pm • AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Donald Trump detoured from the battleground states Friday to visit a Colorado suburb that's been in the news over illegal immigration as he drives a message, often using false or misleading claims and dehumanizing language, that migrants are causing chaos in smaller American c Oregon's most populous county adds gas utility to $51B climate suit against fossil fuel companies 10/11/2024 05:53pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state's largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies over their role in the region's deadly 2021 heat- dome event. The lawsuit, filed last year, accuses the companies� California Senate passes bill aimed at preventing gas price spikes 10/11/2024 05:06pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California state Senate passed a measure Friday to prevent gas prices from spiking in a state where it is notoriously expensive to fill up at the pump. The proposal, backed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, would give energy regulators the authority to require that ref Brazil starts blocking irregular online gambling as concern rises over addiction 10/11/2024 03:48pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil on Friday started blocking over 2,000 gambling websites designated as irregular, part of a push by the government to regulate the sector. The move comes as concerns grow about addiction, especially among tens of millions of vulnerable people. Authorities have begun enforcin Ukraine's Zelenskyy city-hops across Europe, promoting 'victory plan' to allies 10/11/2024 02:20am • ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was city-hopping across Europe on Thursday to promote a “victory plan” that he said “aims to create the right conditions for a just end to the war" against Russia, detailing the proposals to European allies after a summit with President Joe US House control teeters on the unlikely battleground of heavily Democratic California 10/11/2024 12:01am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s reputation as a hothouse of progressive politics is being tested in a string of U.S. House contests that are again expected to play into which party controls the chamber next year. Despite its distinction as a liberal protectorate, both parties see races in the n Harris rips Trump for his criticism of federal storm response and calls for 'dignity' 10/10/2024 11:34pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and the White House criticized Donald Trump for his attacks on the federal response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton and suggested he was wrongly trying to turn the deadly storms to his political advantage. Attending a town hall sponsored by Univision The Latest: Harris says it's not time to 'play politics' over hurricane recovery 10/10/2024 10:17pm • As Florida grapples with the effects of Hurricane Milton, presidential campaigning remained in full swing in battleground states across the U.S. on Thursday Vice President Kamala Harris attended a Univision town hall in Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon. She will then go to an evening rally in Phoenix 7 Best Marijuana Stocks to Buy in 2024 10/10/2024 08:00pm • If you're an investor in the legal marijuana industry, or are thinking about becoming one, there's a key attribute you'll need: patience. It was about a decade ago that the cannabis bubble was in full flower. Marijuana stocks soared to heady valuations only to crash in a massive loss of value as the