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Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland protest over European Union policies and competition 02/09/2024 04:06pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland demonstrated Friday as part of ongoing protests against European Union farming policies and to demand measures to combat production cost hikes, reduced profits and unfair competition from non-EU countries. Similar protests have taken place across th IRS watchdog: Contractors who failed background checks maintained access to sensitive agency systems 02/09/2024 03:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A new IRS inspector general report said the nation's tax collection agency continued to give 19 contractors access to sensitive systems despite having background reports that were returned as ���not favorable.��� Despite having the unfavorable rating returned as recently as July Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is running for the US Senate 02/09/2024 02:35pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he will run for U.S. Senate, giving Republicans a prominent candidate who is well-positioned to run a competitive campaign for the GOP in a state that hasn't had a Republican U.S. senator in 37 years. The decision mark Israel is holding up food for 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, the main UN aid agency there says 02/09/2024 11:41am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel has imposed financial restrictions on the main U.N. agency providing aid in the Gaza Strip, a measure which prevented a shipment of food for 1.1 million Palestinians from reaching the war-battered enclave, the agency's director said Friday. The restrictions deepened a cris Viewpoint: How to transform D.C. into an arts and entertainment hub 02/09/2024 09:08am • Downtown D.C. will never again be what it was pre-pandemic. That���s not a bad thing, but it requires our plans for the future to be visionary rather than attempting to go back in time.�� Remote work and artificial intelligence are permanently altering how and where people work. Though these are hi Expanding the economy is Prince George���s Co.'s No. 1 priority. What���s hindering it? 02/09/2024 05:13am • Leaders in Prince George���s County, Maryland, have been warning that the upcoming budget process is going to involve hard choices that will leave lots of people unhappy. To provide more, the county needs to increase tax revenues. But unlike most jurisdictions which see commercial tax sources gen Maryland Gov. Wes Moore outlines a data-driven plan to reach goals for the state 02/09/2024 05:08am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore rolled out a data-driven plan he will use to help meet his administration's goals during a town hall with state employees on Thursday. Moore, the former head of the anti-poverty Robin Hood Foundation, described the nonprofit as a data-driven organiz Indonesian presidential vote highlights tradeoffs between fast growth and a healthy environment 02/09/2024 01:05am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� A presidential election in Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy, is highlighting choices to be made as the country seeks to profit from its rich reserves of nickel and other resources that are vital to the global transition away from fossil fuels. President Joko Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel's report that questioned his memory, handling of docs 02/08/2024 10:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal charges were not w How to Pay Taxes on Investment Income 02/08/2024 07:00pm • If you sold investments for a profit in 2023, you could be facing a tax bill unless you sold other investments at a loss to offset that profit. In either case, just how much of your investment income is taxable and how it will be taxed can be a challenge to figure out. Here is a rundown on paying ta FAFSA Changes: What Is the Student Aid Index? 02/08/2024 07:00pm • The first step prospective and current college students can take toward receiving financial aid is filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA. But due to the bipartisan FAFSA Simplification Act passed in 2020, families are seeing major changes on the 2024-2025 form. 6 of the Best AI ETFs to Buy Now 02/08/2024 07:00pm • Meta Platforms Inc. (ticker: META), once known as Facebook, has emerged as one of Wall Street's most remarkable comeback stories in recent years. Following a challenging pivot to the metaverse and a bearish market throughout 2022, Meta experienced a dramatic revival. On Feb. 1, the company unveiled If You Want to Retire in 2024, Here's What You Need to Prep Now 02/08/2024 07:00pm • Retirement is a significant milestone and marks the transition from work to a freed-up schedule. If you plan to retire in 2024, a good starting point could be to lay out a road map. This typically includes thinking about where your income will come from, now that you won't receive a salary. As you p PHOTO GALLERY: A look at Lahaina in the six months since a wildfire destroyed the Maui town 02/08/2024 06:55pm • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) ��� It has been six months since a wildfire leveled most of Lahaina, a centuries-old town on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Authorities say 100 people were killed and three are still missing from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Nearly 5,000 residents who lost Attorneys for West Virginia governor's family want to block planned land auction to repay loans 02/08/2024 05:14pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� Attorneys for the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are seeking to block a Virginia bank from plans to auction off land at the governor's posh resort to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans. A complaint seeking an injunction was filed Wednesday