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'Mayor Bowser, you're being disrespectful': Parents and child care workers rally in DC 05/03/2024 03:50pm • Parent Dorian Warren walked up to the microphone on the steps of the Wilson Building and made it clear how he felt about D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser���s proposal to cut about $70 million from the Early Educator Pay Equity fund, which subsidizes pay for day care and preschool teachers. "Mayor Bow US loosens some electric vehicle battery rules, potentially making more EVs eligible for tax credits 05/03/2024 03:28pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� The U.S. government on Friday loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500 but leading critics to accuse the Biden administration of helping China. The Treasury Department announced final regulations for Biden administration says 100,000 new migrants are expected to enroll in 'Obamacare' next year 05/03/2024 01:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance next year under a directive the Biden administration released Friday. The move took longer than promised to finalize and fell short of Democra Massachusetts woman wins $1 million lottery twice in 10 weeks 05/03/2024 11:05am • DORCHESTER, Mass. (AP) ��� A Massachusetts woman has won $1 million twice on lottery tickets in the last 10 weeks. Christine Wilson, of Attleborough, won the most recent prize on Wednesday playing the ���100X Cash��� $10 instant ticket game, the state lottery announced. Wilson decided to receive th New York made Donald Trump and could convict him. But for now, he's using it to campaign 05/03/2024 12:02am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� He's visiting Manhattan construction sites, decrying local crime and holding court in his gilded Fifth Avenue penthouse. After a years-long breakup with his hometown, Donald Trump is back in New York, this time as a criminal defendant. Stuck here most weekdays for the duration of h Biden, after meeting with families of officers killed in NC, says the nation is grieving with them 05/02/2024 08:04pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden said Thursday he was praying for loved ones and all those left behind after he met privately with the families of law enforcement officers shot to death on the job. The visit came just a week after he sat down with the grieving relatives of two cops kille Are I Bonds a Good Investment for Retirees? 05/02/2024 08:00pm • I bonds have earned their reputation as an inflation-fighting tool for retirees. As of May 2024, I bonds are returning 4.28%, which is lower than the same period in 2023 but still well ahead of the inflation rate of 3.5%. The previous I bond rate stood at 5.27%, set in November 2023. What are I bond Should You Tap Home Equity to Pay Your Bills? 05/02/2024 08:00pm • Carrying debt is rarely a good idea even in the best of times, but it can be especially damaging when interest rates are rising. Higher rates mean increased costs for borrowers. If you have piled up expensive credit card debt or other obligations, your monthly payment might continue to swell as inte South Carolina Senate approves ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors 05/02/2024 07:57pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� The South Carolina Senate on Thursday approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors after supporters defeated efforts to only ban treatments that would be considered irreversible. The 27-8 vote in favor included all Republicans present and one Democrat voting Former Michigan House leader, wife plead not guilty to misusing political funds 05/02/2024 06:52pm • EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� The former leader of the Michigan House and his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to financial charges arising from an investigation of how they spent money from unregulated political funds. Lee Chatfield and Stephanie Chatfield appeared in a Lansing-area court by video c Arizona repealed its 1864 abortion ban. Democrats are still planning to use it against Trump 05/02/2024 04:22pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Arizona���s 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the state's law books, but not from the campaign trail. Even as Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed a repeal of the law ��� one day after the state Senate passed it ��� Democrats running in the battleground state say they will mak IRS acts to address wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and other filers 05/02/2024 03:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The IRS said Thursday that it has taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers, and is more closely examining the returns of larger numbers of wealthy people and major companies. ���We are overhauling compliance efforts to advan What is at stake in UK local voting ahead of a looming general election 05/02/2024 01:57pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Millions of voters in England and Wales cast ballots Thursday in an array of local elections amounting to the last big test before a U.K. general election that all indicators suggest will see the Conservative Party ousted from power after 14 years. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will ho Final cost in for Mets' sorry 2023 season $420 million in payroll plus luxury tax 05/02/2024 10:40am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The final cost of the New York Mets��� sorry 2023 season has been totaled: $420 million. Major League Baseball finalized its payroll figures for last year, and the Mets finished at a record $319.5 million. In addition to the payroll, New York paid a record luxury tax of $100.8 mill Broadband internet services are disrupted in most parts of Nepal 05/02/2024 09:54am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� Broadband internet was disrupted in many parts of Nepal on Thursday as Indian vendors from whom most Nepali private operators source the bandwidth stopped providing the services because of payment defaults. Private internet service providers in Nepal issued notices saying t