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Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/07/2023 02:09pm • 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 Activists in Kenya burn tires and block roads to protest taxes. Police detain more than 20 people 07/07/2023 12:53pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Anti-government demonstrators in Kenya lit bonfires and barricaded major roads in the capital Friday as part of nationwide protests against the government’s plans to increase taxes. Police detained more than 20 protesters. Hundreds of protesters turned up in Nairobi, as wel WTOP – 2023 TOP Kids Awards Contest Official Rules 07/07/2023 12:02pm • NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.   BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES.   Eligibility: Entrants who are 18 years of age or older and reside in MD, VA or D.C. may nominate a Brazil's lower house finds compromise in a major reform of the country's ‘dysfunctional’ tax system 07/07/2023 09:34am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a major reform of the nation’s notoriously complicated tax system early Friday, showing compromise is possible between the conservative Congress and leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The long-awaited tax reform aims to Dodgers beat the Pirates 5-2 to pull within a half-game of NL West-leading Arizona 07/07/2023 02:06am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy and Freddie Freeman homered and Julio Urias pitched six innings to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday night. The Dodgers took three of four from Pittsburgh to pull within a half-game of slumping Arizona for the NL West lead with tw The UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti's armed gangs 07/06/2023 09:30pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a robust international force to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs and restore security in the impoverished nation, saying that a U.N. expert’s estimate that Haiti needs up to 2,000 additional anti-gang police offic 7 Best Growth ETFs to Buy Now 07/06/2023 08:00pm • When it comes to investing, investors can slice and dice their portfolios in a variety of ways to suit their particular views or theses on what they expect to outperform. For example, tilts toward a particular geography of stocks, such as U.S. stocks, or toward a specific sector, such as technology, Biden makes his economic case in deep-red South Carolina, says his policies add jobs in GOP states 07/06/2023 05:47pm • WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Making his case for 2024, President Joe Biden declared in deep-red South Carolina on Thursday that Republican-led states are gaining factory jobs because of economic measures he pushed through Congress despite stiff GOP opposition. In a nod toward next year's elections, Wisconsin governor's 400-year veto angers opponents in state with long history of creative cuts 07/06/2023 04:37pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's governor attempted to lock in a school funding increase for the next 400 years by issuing a partial veto that angered his Republican critics and marks the latest creative use of the unique gubernatorial powers in the state. Wisconsin allows governors to alter certa New Jersey governor signs tax break for Orsted's offshore wind farm 07/06/2023 04:22pm • PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill Thursday giving a tax break to Danish offshore wind developer Orsted for the first of two energy projects it plans in the waters off New Jersey. The governor, a Democrat, said the financial aid ensures that offshore wind projects and Global software firm 360insights moving U.S. headquarters to New Orleans from Delaware 07/06/2023 02:42pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A global software firm is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Delaware to New Orleans, state economic officials confirmed Thursday. The move by 360insights will add at least 50 new jobs with an average annual salary of $85,000 to the New Orleans workforce, Louisiana Economic D Backers of effort to repeal Alaska's ranked voting system accused of campaign finance violations 07/06/2023 02:27pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Backers of an effort to repeal Alaska's ranked choice voting system violated campaign finance rules and obscured the source of their funding, including forming a church that could have allowed donors to gain tax advantages for their contributions while skirting disclosure Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/06/2023 01:31pm • 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 Aretha Franklin's sons battle over handwritten wills 5 years after her death 07/06/2023 10:38am • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Five years after her death, the final wishes of music superstar Aretha Franklin are still unsettled. An unusual trial begins next Monday to determine which of two handwritten wills, including one found in couch cushions, will guide how her estate is handled. The Queen of Soul 83,000 Hawaii homes dispose of sewage in cesspools. Rising sea levels will make them more of a mess 07/06/2023 10:08am • HONOLULU (AP) — The town of Hauula packs hundreds of homes into a narrow strip of land sandwiched between verdant, towering cliffs of the Koolau mountain range and the Pacific. But the stunning views obscure an environmental problem beneath the ground. This rural part of the island of Oahu is not