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'There is no time to waste': EU leaders want to boost competitiveness to close gap with US and China 04/18/2024 01:41pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� European Union leaders on Thursday debated a new ���European Competitiveness Deal��� aimed at helping the 27-nation bloc close the economic production gap with Chinese and American rivals amid fears the region's industries will otherwise be left behind for good. In a volatile geopo Two shootings, two different responses ��� Maine restricts guns while Iowa arms teachers 04/18/2024 01:25pm • Six months after a deadly mass shooting by an Army reservist, Maine lawmakers this week passed a wide-ranging package of new gun restrictions. Three months after a fatal school shooting, Iowa lawmakers this week passed legislation allowing trained teachers and staff to carry guns on school property. UK Conservatives suspend lawmaker as sleaze allegations swirl over possible misuse of party funds 04/18/2024 10:37am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain���s governing Conservative Party said Thursday it has suspended a lawmaker who is alleged to have used campaign funds for personal medical expenses and to pay off someone who was threatening him. The Times of London reported Mark Menzies took thousands of pounds (dollars) giv Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress 04/18/2024 10:09am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� A Democrat who represented southeast Wisconsin in Congress in the 1990s before going on to become a leader in the Assembly and state revenue secretary announced Thursday that he's running for Congress again. Peter Barca announced his bid against Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Stei Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds 04/18/2024 08:22am • Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of Alden, Minnesota, Theusch has noticed increasingly dry and mild winters punctuated by short periods of severe cold ��� symptoms of a warming planet. As he thinks about that, future generations are on his mi Lebanon says Israeli agents likely killed Hezbollah-linked currency exchanger near Beirut 04/18/2024 04:05am • BEIT MERI, Lebanon (AP) ��� Lebanon���s interior minister alleged Wednesday that the mysterious abduction and killing of a Hezbollah-linked Lebanese currency exchanger in a villa on the edge of a quiet mountain resort town earlier this month was likely the work of Israeli intelligence operatives. Th South Carolina making progress to get more women in General Assembly and leadership roles 04/18/2024 12:21am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� At first glance, the all-male South Carolina Senate subcommittee deciding whether to approve a proposal to remove the sales tax from feminine hygiene products was a reminder that as recently as 2012 the state had no women in its Senate. But progress is being made. The electio 7 Things to Know Before Starting Your Side Hustle 04/17/2024 08:00pm • Thinking of starting a side hustle? According to the 2024 New Business Formation Report by Gusto, 44% of the people who started a business in 2023 did so while working for an employer -- up from 27% in 2022. While building a new revenue stream can increase your income, it may also come with a few su ETF vs. Index Fund: The Difference and Which to Use 04/17/2024 08:00pm • When discussing investment strategies, comparing index funds and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, often leads to confusion for beginner investors. The term "index fund" generally refers to the strategy and management style of the investment vehicle, where the fund aims to replicate the performance o How to Pick a Beneficiary for a 401(k) Plan 04/17/2024 08:00pm • U.S. workers have stashed $6.9 trillion in their 401(k) plans as of Sept. 30, 2023, according to the Investment Company Institute, an association representing regulated investment funds. A healthy chunk of those 401(k) assets is being steered toward spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries who take over Virginia lawmakers agree to extend budget talks as they take up Youngkin amendments, vetoes 04/17/2024 06:35pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Democrats who control the Virginia General Assembly reached an 11th-hour compromise with Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to extend the timeline for negotiations over the state budget, a move that lawmakers said Wednesday would offer a reset for what has so far been a bitter and New York competition, smoking, internet betting concerns roil US northeast's gambling market 04/17/2024 05:59pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� Casinos in the northeastern U.S. are dealing with numerous challenges as they brace for the arrival of new competitors in New York City. A potential smoking ban in Atlantic City, an ongoing debate over whether internet gambling hurts or helps the bottom line of physical Uber is helping investigators look into account that sent driver to Ohio home where she was killed 04/17/2024 04:30pm • Uber is helping investigators look into an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death because he erroneously believed she was part of a scam that targeted him, the ride-hailing company said Wednesday. The March 25 shooting death of Lolet 'Civil War' might be the year's most explosive movie. Alex Garland thinks it's just reporting 04/17/2024 02:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Alex Garland���s films have vividly conjured a virus-caused pandemic (2002's ���28 Days Later���), an uncontrollable artificial intelligence (2014���s ���Ex Machina���) and, in his latest, ���Civil War,��� a near-future America in the throes of all-out warfare. Most filmmakers with NHL has no appetite to expand playoffs beyond its 16-team tournament for the Stanley Cup 04/17/2024 01:19pm • Sixteen teams, each one needing to win 16 games over four rounds of best-of-seven series to lift the Stanley Cup, has been the way the NHL decides its champion for nearly four decades. That isn't changing any time soon. The NHL is the only one of the major four North American professional sports lea