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13-year-old gamer becomes the first to beat the 'unbeatable' Tetris ��� by breaking it 01/04/2024 02:27pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially ���beat��� the original Nintendo version of the game ��� by breaking it. Technically, Willis ��� aka ���blue scuti��� in the gaming world ��� made St. Petersburg seeks profile boost as new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark negotiations continue 01/04/2024 01:41pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ��� Officials in the city of St. Petersburg, Florida, want to make it clear that their city is the current and future home of the Tampa Bay Rays as negotiations continue on details surrounding a proposed new $1.3 billion ballpark that would be ready for the 2028 season open Germany's government waters down a cost-cutting plan that infuriated the country's farmers 01/04/2024 10:29am • BERLIN (AP) ��� The German government on Thursday watered down cost-saving plans that have infuriated farmers, announcing that it is giving up a proposal to scrap a car tax exemption for farming vehicles and will stagger cuts to tax breaks for diesel used in agriculture. The cuts were part of a pack Drugstore chain Walgreens cuts quarterly dividend to get more cash to grow its business 01/04/2024 09:33am • Walgreens is chopping its dividend nearly in half as the drugstore chain looks to strengthen its balance sheet. The health care giant said Thursday that reducing its quarterly payout to shareholders to 25 cents per share will help free up capital to spend growing its pharmacy and health care busines With 2024 being a UK election year, the opposition wants an early vote. PM Rishi Sunak is in no rush 01/04/2024 09:19am • LONDON (AP) ��� The politician favored to become Britain���s next prime minister accused the governing Conservatives on Thursday of leading the country into decline and despair during their 14 years in power, and urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ���bring it on��� and hold an early election. Sunak China's BYD is rivaling Tesla in size. Can it also match its global reach? 01/03/2024 11:09pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� A less flashy Chinese electric vehicle maker is fast closing the gap with Tesla, the longtime, market-leading pioneer. BYD Co., based in the southern China tech hub of Shenzhen, dethroned Texas-based Tesla Inc. as the top seller of electric cars in the last three months of 2023, acc New Mexico regulators reject utility's effort to recoup some investments in coal and nuclear plants 01/03/2024 08:31pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� Regulators rejected on Wednesday an effort by New Mexico���s largest electric utility to recoup from customers millions of dollars of investments made in a coal-fired power plant in the northwestern corner of the state and a nuclear power plant in neighboring Arizona. The How to Find A Financial Advisor If You're Not Rich 01/03/2024 07:00pm • Too many people are afraid to engage with a professional financial advisor because they do not believe they have enough assets.You may have just started your first career job or recently gotten engaged to be married. Perhaps a family member has passed away and left a small inheritance. No matter wha 9 of the Best REITs to Buy for 2024 01/03/2024 07:00pm • Real estate investments can be an excellent way to earn returns, generate cash flow, hedge against inflation and diversify an investment portfolio. But buying physical properties can be costly, difficult and risky. Instead, investors can buy shares of diversified real estate investment trusts, or RE Nebraska lawmakers reconvene for new session that could shape up to be as contentious as the last 01/03/2024 06:12pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� The Nebraska Legislature returned to the Capitol in Lincoln on Wednesday for the start of the short 2024 session that could end up as contentious as last year���s historically combative session, with a key lawmaker reviving her efforts to target LGBTQ+ youth. As one of her fir Tennessee judge denies release of more records in sexual harassment complaint against ex-lawmaker 01/03/2024 05:18pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� A Tennessee judge has squashed an attempt to release more records involving a sexual harassment complaint against a former state lawmaker, including information about how tax dollars may have been spent as part of the investigation. Davidson County Chancellor Russell Perkin DC Council introduces new fund to support the future maintenance of Nationals Park 01/03/2024 02:04pm • Even a ballpark needs a piggy bank for extra funds for a rainy day. The D.C. Council could be creating a Ballpark Maintenance Fund to do just that for Nationals Park. On Tuesday, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson introduced a new amendment that would create the maintenance fund. Any leftover fundin Mexican cartel forces locals to pay for makeshift Wi-Fi under threat of death 01/03/2024 01:28pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� A cartel in the embattled central Mexico state of Michoacan set up its own makeshift internet antennas and told locals they had to pay to use its Wi-Fi service or they would be killed, state prosecutors said Wednesday. Dubbed ���narco-antennas��� by local media, the cartel's sy Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/03/2024 01:14pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov State tax cutting trend faces headwinds from declining revenues and tighter budgets 01/03/2024 12:08am • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Income, sales, property and gas taxes: Almost every U.S. state cut at least one such broad-based tax as budget surpluses soared over the past three years. Some states made permanent tax reductions. Others passed one-time rebates or temporary suspensions. One way or anot