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Danish EU commissioner pulls out of the race for the top job at the European Investment Bank 12/08/2023 09:28am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� The European Union���s powerful antitrust chief has withdrawn as a candidate for the presidency of the European Investment Bank, the Danish government said Friday after EU finance ministers gave their support to someone else. Margrethe Vestager, who took unpaid leave in Asian Development Bank approves a $200M loan to debt-stricken Sri Lanka 12/08/2023 09:14am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� The Asian Development Bank said Friday that it has approved $200-million concessional loan to debt-stricken Sri Lanka to help stabilize the country���s finance sector following an unprecedented economic crisis that engulfed the Indian Ocean island nation last year. The ba Key events in Vladimir Putin's more than two decades in power in Russia 12/08/2023 06:28am • Significant dates in Vladimir Putin���s 24 years in power in Russia: Dec. 31, 1999 ��� In a surprise address to the nation, President Boris Yeltsin announces his resignation and makes Putin, the prime minister he appointed four months earlier, the acting president. May 7, 2000 ��� After winning elec High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons 12/08/2023 01:08am • Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly in his cell at a federal penitentiary in Florida. The assaults of two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners by fellow inmates in recent months have renewed co Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax-related charges in California, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe 12/07/2023 08:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax-related charges in California, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe. Christmas Tree Prices Are Through the Roof: Here Are 7 Alternatives 12/07/2023 07:00pm • If you plan on buying a Christmas tree in 2023, get ready for a hefty price tag. According to a 2023 Real Christmas Tree Board survey, most growers say their costs have increased by up to 10% this year, and a quarter said they would likely raise their wholesale price between 5% and 15%. "The U.S. is 7 Most Active Stocks to Watch 12/07/2023 07:00pm • With the holiday season upon us and the tumultuous year of 2023 drawing to a close, it's time to start thinking about next year. For stock market investors that means deciding which stocks to watch in 2024, and which ones to put on the back burner. One popular metric for determining where to put you Adults can now legally possess and grow marijuana in Ohio ��� but there's nowhere to buy it 12/07/2023 06:11pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Ohioans woke up Thursday in a land of limbo for recreational marijuana use: Adults can now legally grow and possess cannabis at home, but cannot legally buy it. On Wednesday night, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine urged lawmakers to quickly set parameters for Issue 2, the citizen Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial offshore wind power onto US grid 12/07/2023 05:15pm • NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) ��� Despite some recent financial setbacks, U.S. offshore windpower has hit a milestone. An 800-foot tall turbine is now sending electricity onto the grid from a commercial-scale offshore wind farm on pace to be the country's first. The moment is years in the making and at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue: Combining public safety and volunteer service 12/07/2023 04:26pm • This content is sponsored by the Fairfax County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. John Butler is the fire chief of one of the leading fire departments in the United States, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FCFRD). With more than 2,000 uniformed personnel, civilian staff and A Jan. 6 rioter praised Vivek Ramaswamy at his sentencing for suggesting riot was an 'inside job' 12/07/2023 04:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A former California police chief convicted of a conspiracy charge in the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in prison after giving a speech that praised Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's suggestion the Jan. 6, 2021, attack could have Mexico focuses on looking for people falsely listed as missing, ignores thousands of disappeared 12/07/2023 10:00am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico's government is pouring resources into detecting what it suggests are ���fake��� missing people ��� cases reported by political opponents to embarrass the government, or kidnapped people who return home but don't notify authorities. Yet officials make no significant effor Md. counties reel from transportation gut punch 12/07/2023 09:46am • A day after a public announcement to cut more than $3 billion in transportation projects, county officials are pushing for answers and a way to avert the gutting of local road and transit priorities. Leaders from the state���s 24 major political subdivisions arrived in Cambridge for the annual Ma A Danish court orders a British financier to remain in pre-trial custody on tax fraud 12/07/2023 09:30am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� A British hedge fund trader extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Denmark where he was wanted for allegedly orchestrating a more than 9 billion kroner ($1.3 billion) tax fraud, was ordered Thursday to remain in pre-trial custody until Jan. 3. Sanjay Shah was convic China's exports in November edged higher for the first time in 7 months, while imports fell 12/07/2023 12:26am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� China���s exports rose in November, the first increase since April, while imports fell, according to customs data released Thursday. Exports rose 0.5% from a year earlier to $291.9 billion, a sign that demand may be picking up after months of decline. But imports fell 0.6%, to $2