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Trial for ex-Baltimore prosecutor is moved outside the city due to potential juror bias, judge says 09/08/2023 03:56pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s former top prosecutor, who was charged last year with perjury and mortgage fraud, will be tried outside the city because potential jurors may have been biased by extensive media coverage of the case, a federal judge ruled Friday. Over two terms as Baltimore state’s More online gaming in the cards for Maryland? 09/08/2023 03:20pm • Just in this century, voters in Maryland have legalized slot machines, and then table games, followed by in-house and online sports betting. Could online table games be next? It's something being studied by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, and their report is expected sometime in N The IRS plans to crack down on 1,600 millionaires to collect millions of dollars in back taxes 09/08/2023 02:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS announced on Friday it is launching an effort to aggressively pursue 1,600 millionaires and 75 large business partnerships that owe hundreds of millions of dollars in past due taxes. IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said that with a boost in federal funding and the help of Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 09/08/2023 01:21pm • 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 Two men questioned in Lebanon at Turkey's request over 2019 escape of former Nissan tycoon Ghosn 09/08/2023 10:17am • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese judicial authorities have questioned two people at the request of Turkey on suspicion of being involved in the 2019 escape of auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn from Japan to Lebanon via Istanbul, officials said Friday. The news came a week before a hearing in Lebanon as part of a $1 Maui beckons tourists, and their dollars, to stave off economic disaster after wildfires 09/07/2023 10:30pm • KAHULUI, Hawaii (AP) — Richie Olsten has been in Maui's helicopter tour business for a half century, so long he's developed a barometer for the tourism-dependent economy: rental cars parked at the island's airport. There are so many since wildfires killed at least 115 people in the historic town Texas heat brings the state's power grid closest it has been to outages since 2021 winter storm 09/07/2023 10:19pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling summer heat. The request carried fresh urgency, coming the day after the system was pushed to the brink of outages for the first time since a d Slave descendants on Georgia island fighting to keep protections that helped them keep their land 09/07/2023 09:34pm • DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Descendants of enslaved people who populate a tiny island community are once again fighting their local government, this time over a proposal to eliminate protections that for decades helped shield the Gullah-Geechee residents from high taxes and pressure to sell their land to d Biden to use G20 summit and Vietnam visit to highlight US as trustworthy alternative to China 09/07/2023 09:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to show the world at the Group of 20 summit in India and during a stop in Vietnam that the United States and its like-minded allies are better economic and security partners than China. White House officials said Biden, who departed Thursday evening for Disney to Raise Disney+ Price for Ad-free Plan 09/07/2023 08:00pm • Whether you want to binge old episodes of "Dance Moms," the kids can't get enough of "Monsters at Work" or you have "Hamilton" on a loop, Disney+ has a lot to offer viewers of all ages. As a steaming service, Disney+ earns top marks for family friendly entertainment. Changes are brewing, though. Dis How Much Money to Have Saved for Retirement by Age 40 09/07/2023 08:00pm • Once you hit the big 4-0, the march to retirement becomes more real -- and more urgent. Unfortunately, most Americans don't have a lot of cash saved for their golden years after about 20 years in the workforce. In fact, the average retirement account balance for Americans between ages 35 and 44 in 2 How to Retire as a Teacher Without Social Security 09/07/2023 08:00pm • For millions of retirees, monthly Social Security payments provide predictable, guaranteed income. But in a handful of states, teachers won't be among those receiving benefits. "It's definitely surprising for some people," says Andrew Katz-Moses, a former teacher and current financial planner with K Wisconsin GOP threatens to impeach justice over donations, but conservatives also took party cash 09/07/2023 07:05pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans talking about impeaching a state Supreme Court justice before she’s heard a case are pointing to the nearly $10 million she received from the Democratic Party as proof that she can’t fairly rule on redistricting cases that could weaken the GOP’s hol California lawmakers approve new tax for guns and ammunition to pay for school safety improvements 09/07/2023 06:54pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday voted to raise taxes on guns and ammunition to pay for security improvements at public schools and gun violence prevention programs. The federal government already taxes the sale of guns and ammunition nationwide. The government gives tha Donors pledge half a billion dollars to boost the struggling local news industry 09/07/2023 05:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The MacArthur Foundation is leading a group of donors that have pledged $500 million to help the struggling local news industry, hoping to seed outlets that can make up for those that have closed or been hollowed out over the past two decades. Led by $150 million donations by the j