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Senegal’s little-known opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is named the next president 03/25/2024 08:31pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s little-known, 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye was named the country's next president on Monday, less than two weeks after being released from prison to run in the election. While official results of Sunday's vote were not yet available, the for Tax Time Can Cause Depression and Anxiety -- Fight Back With Expert Advice 03/25/2024 08:00pm • Tax season is one of the most emotionally taxing times of the year. Not only can the act of completing a tax return be complicated, confronting a potentially large and unaffordable tax bill can be terrifying. 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(AP) — Top Democratic Virginia legislators on Monday held the first in a planned series of public appearances designed to tout their budget legislation, offering counterprogramming to the broadsides Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been lobbing at the spending plan. Democrats, w Q&A: How Shakira turned pain into art on her first album in seven years, 'Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran' 03/25/2024 06:17pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shakira, the boundary-breaking Colombian performer, has been remarkably consistent since beginning her career in the early '90s. Without fail, she toured, released albums, won awards, woven global, genre-defying sounds into her pioneering singles, performed at the Super Bowl hal The IRS has 940,000 unclaimed tax refunds from 2020 that are about to expire. Is one of them yours? 03/25/2024 02:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is warning taxpayers that they may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table. 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