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17 Florida sheriff's deputies accused of stealing about $500,000 in pandemic relief funds 10/12/2023 04:45pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Seventeen Florida sheriff's deputies appeared in court Thursday on charges that they stole about half a million dollars in pandemic relief funds. The Broward County deputies, who are charged separately, are accused of a range of crimes, according to court records. Most Arkansas lawmakers OK plan to audit purchase of $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders 10/12/2023 04:12pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ��� Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday voted to audit the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, delving into an unusual controversy that's prompted questions about the seemingly high cost of the item and claims that the governor's office violated the state What to know about the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment 10/12/2023 03:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Tens of millions of older Americans will see a modest increase in benefits this January when a new cost-of-living adjustment is added to Social Security payments. The 3.2% raise is intended to help meet higher prices for food, fuel, and other goods and services. The average recipie Orsted puts up $100M guarantee that it will build New Jersey's first offshore wind farm by 2025 10/12/2023 02:40pm • OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� The Danish wind energy company Orsted has put up a $100 million guarantee that it will build New Jersey's first offshore wind farm. But it will lose that money if the project is not operating by Dec. 2025 ��� a year after the deadline approved by state utility regulators. N Gap between US income taxes owed and paid is set to keep growing, IRS says 10/12/2023 01:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The amount of tax money owed but not paid to the IRS is set to keep growing, according to projections published by the federal tax collection agency on Thursday. For tax years 2021 and 2020, the latest to receive such IRS estimates, the projected gross ���tax gap��� soared to $688 Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 10/12/2023 01:01pm • 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 Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2% in 2024 as inflation moderates 10/12/2023 12:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, far less than this year's historic boost and reflecting moderating consumer prices. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, means the average recipient will receive more than $50 more ev The IRS says Microsoft may owe about $29 billion in back taxes. Microsoft disagrees 10/12/2023 11:31am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� The Internal Revenue Service says Microsoft owes the U.S. Treasury $28.9 billion in back taxes, plus penalties and interest, the company revealed Wednesday in a securities filing. That figure, which Microsoft disputes, stems from a long-running IRS probe into how Microsoft al The US government sanctions two shipping companies for violating the Russian oil price cap 10/12/2023 10:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Treasury Department said Thursday that it has imposed its first set of sanctions on two companies that shipped Russian oil in violation of a multinational price cap. The United States, along with the European Union, countries in the Group of Seven and Australia, imposed a $60 $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California 10/12/2023 09:28am • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� A player in California won a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, ending a long stretch without a winner of the top prize. The winning numbers were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10. The winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park, acc Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone handed suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud 10/12/2023 08:03am • LONDON (AP) ��� Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone was given a suspended prison sentence Thursday after he pleaded guilty to a fraud charge over his failure to declare millions of dollars held in a trust in Singapore to Britain's government. The 92-year-old billionaire agreed to a civil settl Japan's government will ask court to revoke legal status of Unification Church 10/12/2023 07:04am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan's government said Thursday it would ask a court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe���s assassination raised questions about the group's fundraising and recruitment tactics. Education Minister Masahito Moriyama said the min More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, an AP-NORC poll shows 10/12/2023 06:01am • A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit's Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers' other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll found that 36% of Ame Sri Lanka says it has reached an agreement with China's EXIM Bank on debt, clearing IMF funding snag 10/12/2023 03:06am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sri Lanka says it has reached an agreement with the Exim Bank of China on key terms and principles for restructuring its debt, a key step toward unlocking a second instalment of a $2.9 billion package from International Monetary Fund aimed at rescuing the island nation fr Mets owner Steve Cohen hopes to build casino adjacent to Citi Field 10/11/2023 08:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Mets owner Steve Cohen hopes to construct a casino adjacent to Citi Field as a way to attract people to the area near the ballpark. Cohen, who bought the Mets before the 2021 season, wants to create attractions near the stadium in Queens in the manner of other teams. ���There���s n