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Judge says Michael Cohen may have committed perjury, refuses to end his probation early 03/20/2024 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A federal judge suggested Wednesday that Michael Cohen committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump���s claims that his onetime personal lawyer ��� poised to be a star prosecution witness at his upcoming New York criminal trial ��� is an untru MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million, more than doubling her planned gifts to nonprofit applicants 03/20/2024 01:49pm • Billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she is giving $640 million to 361 small nonprofits that responded to an open call for applications. Yield Giving���s first round of donations is more than double what Scott had initially pledged to give away through the applicat IRS chief zeroes in on wealthy tax cheats in AP interview 03/20/2024 08:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel has a message for high-wealth tax cheats who are wrongly deducting private jet travel and otherwise shorting the government on their taxes: Pay your fair share so ���others aren���t shouldering the burden of funding our government." He also has a tho UK inflation falls by more than expected in February, triggering talk of lower interest rates 03/20/2024 04:49am • LONDON (AP) ��� Price rises in the U.K. eased more than anticipated in February, official figures showed Wednesday, raising expectations that with the cost-of-living crisis abating, the Bank of England may start cutting interest rates in the next few months. The Office for National Statistics said i Anticipation and anger on Texas border as strict immigration law again on hold 03/20/2024 12:30am • McALLEN, Texas (AP) ��� A federal appeals court late Tuesday again prevented Texas from arresting and deporting migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally, hours after the the law briefly took effect. Before a divided U.S. Supreme Court earlier let the state law take effect while a legal chal Biden tells Latino voters they���re the reason he defeated Trump in 2020 and says, 'I need you back' 03/19/2024 10:31pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Tuesday personally appealed to Latino voters, saying they're the reason he defeated Donald Trump in 2020 and urging them to help him do it again in November. ���I need you back,��� he told several dozen supporters packed into a local Mexican restaurant. Bide Should You Use Your 401(k) to Pay Off Debt? 03/19/2024 08:00pm • If you're struggling with debt, you may be tempted to use your retirement funds to help pay off outstanding balances. However, there may be penalties and taxes involved, along with other drawbacks. Before using your 401(k) to pay debts, you'll want to: -- Understand the implications of a 401(k) wi 7 of the Best Residential REITs to Buy Today 03/19/2024 08:00pm • Real estate investment trusts, commonly called REITs, can be an excellent choice for investors looking for a security that provides dependable current income and has the potential for capital appreciation. REITs are specialty companies that invest their assets in income-producing commercial real est Va. state senator blocking Alexandria arena plan doubtful compromise can be reached 03/19/2024 06:53pm • Virginia's governor and Democrat-led General Assembly are going back and forth over the state budget, and the fate of a $2 billion development that includes a new arena for the Washington Wizards and Capitals hangs in the balance. Earlier this month, state lawmakers approved a two-year budget tha Georgia bill could provide specific reasons for challenging voters 03/19/2024 05:55pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� A Georgia state senator says he's seeking to make it harder for people to challenge the qualifications of individual voters, but opponents warn he's only going to enable more baseless attacks. Senate Ethics Committee Chairman Max Burns, a Sylvania Republican, told committee members The average bonus on Wall Street last year was $176,500. That's down slightly from 2022 03/19/2024 04:06pm • The average Wall Street bonus fell slightly last year to $176,500, as the industry added employees and took a ���more cautious approach��� to compensation, New York state���s comptroller reported Tuesday. The average bonus for employees in New York City���s securities industry was down 2% from $180, MLB 2024: Splashy Ohtani, Yamamoto signings boost Dodgers as teams try to dethrone Rangers 03/19/2024 02:58pm • As the Los Angeles Dodgers made splashy signings with Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto this offseason, other teams focused on modern baseball's stark reality: pricey payrolls often don���t translate into titles. Baseball���s biggest spender has won the World Series just three times in the last 2 Former Barcelona player Arda Turan found guilty of tax fraud in Spain 03/19/2024 11:02am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Former Barcelona player Arda Turan has been found guilty of tax fraud in Spain and sentenced to a one-year prison sentence that was suspended, a Spanish court said on Tuesday. The court said the former Turkey midfielder committed two counts of tax fraud in 2015 and 2016. He Olympic law rewrite calls for public funding for SafeSport and federal grassroots sports office 03/19/2024 09:31am • DENVER (AP) ��� A proposed rewrite of the law governing the Olympics in the United States calls on public funding for the embattled U.S. Center for SafeSport while also forming a new government office to oversee grassroots sports that have long been attached to the Olympics themselves. The Associate Sex trade to slavery: A UN agency says criminals reap $236B a year in profits from forced labor 03/19/2024 08:32am • GENEVA (AP) ��� Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the ���obscene��� amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of the take from a business that deprives migrants of money they can send home, swi