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A year after Jimmy Carter entered hospice care, advocates hope his endurance drives awareness 02/18/2024 01:08pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Since Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in south Georgia one year ago, the former U.S. president has celebrated his 99th birthday, enjoyed tributes to his legacy and lost his wife of 77 years. Rosalynn Carter, who died in November, about six months after the Carter famil Buy or rent in DC? Renting is $600 cheaper 02/18/2024 11:53am • Record-high home prices and mortgage rates that remain at a 20-year high have made homeownership out of reach for more first-time homebuyers, and if the answer to ���buy versus rent��� comes down to just the monthly costs, renting is unquestionably less expensive right now. In the D.C. metro area Padres, GM A.J. Preller under pressure to produce despite an expected lower payroll 02/17/2024 11:28pm • PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) ��� A.J. Preller had the benefit of a free-spending and patient owner during his past few seasons as general manager of the San Diego Padres. That might not be the case anymore. Eric Kutsenda has taken over as the San Diego Padres control person following the death of owner Peter Here's a look inside Donald Trump's $355 million civil fraud verdict as an appeals fight looms 02/17/2024 10:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� On the witness stand last year, Donald Trump proclaimed: ���I have a lot of cash.��� After Friday���s eye-popping penalty in his New York civil fraud trial, he���s going to need it ��� and maybe more. A judge ordered the former president to fork over $355 million of his fortu The head of the UN's lead agency helping Palestinians accuses Israel of seeking to destroy it 02/17/2024 03:40pm • The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleged that Israel is intent on ���destroying��� the organization along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees and have a right to return home one day. Philippe Lazzarini accused Israel in an interview with the Swiss newspap $39 million fight over school funding continues in Prince George's County 02/17/2024 11:20am • A fight over what���s essentially $39 million in an already-tight Prince George���s County, Maryland, budget continues to play out in Annapolis, after members of the county���s House delegation put off a vote on two bills involving revenue streams that go into school funding. It���s the second ti Worries grow about 'reckless' government shutdown amid House GOP dysfunction 02/17/2024 09:38am • The next deadline for a government shutdown is less than two weeks away, but Congress will be gone until nearly the end of the month, causing some lawmakers to send warning flares about another pending spending crisis. The U.S. House ended its session on Thursday ��� a day early ��� after Republi Judge orders Trump to pay $355 million for lying about his wealth in staggering civil fraud ruling 02/16/2024 09:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York judge ordered Donald Trump on Friday to pay $355 million in penalties, finding that the former president lied about his wealth for years in a sweeping civil fraud verdict that pierces his billionaire image but stops short of putting his real estate empire out of business Biden praises 'Herculean efforts' to rebuild at the site of last February's Ohio train derailment 02/16/2024 07:47pm • EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive fire from a derailed train carrying hazardous chemicals, and saw up close the lingering hostility from victims still angry that he waited so long to v Gun rights are expansive in Missouri, where shooting at Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration took place 02/16/2024 06:21pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� The shooting that killed one person and wounded nearly two dozen more during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory celebration occurred in a state with few gun regulations and historic tension over how major cities handle crime. The shooting, which Kansas City poli What to do if you���re concerned you might be laid off ��� or if you���ve lost your job 02/16/2024 02:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Recent mass layoffs from technology and media companies, including eBay, Riot Games and the Los Angeles Times, might have you thinking about your job security. If you���re worried you could be laid off ��� or if you���ve lost your job ��� personal finance professionals and career WTO chief insists trade body remains relevant as tariff-wielding Trump makes a run at White House 02/16/2024 12:14pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� The head of the World Trade Organization insisted Friday that it remains relevant and its leaders focus on reform ���no matter who comes into power" as Donald Trump ��� who as U.S. president bypassed WTO rules by slapping tariffs on America's friends and foes alike ��� makes another UK voters deliver double blow to Rishi Sunak, electing Labour lawmakers in two special elections 02/16/2024 10:19am • LONDON (AP) ��� Beleaguered British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday urged voters, and his restless party, to stick with him after two English districts elected opposition-party lawmakers in seats that Sunak���s Conservatives had held for years. The results will worsen fears among Conservatives FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden's ties to Ukrainian energy company 02/16/2024 09:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress. Alexander Smirnov falsely reported to t Catholic bishops in Mexico say they negotiated for possible peace accord with drug cartel leaders 02/16/2024 01:57am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of the bishops said, and President Andr��s Manuel L��pez Obrador said Thursday he approves of such talks. The revelation by Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Jos�� de