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UK home secretary won't face investigation over speeding ticket meddling claims 05/24/2023 09:49am • LONDON (AP) ��� The U.K. interior minister won���t face investigation over allegations that she tried to pull strings after getting a speeding ticket, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday, in an attempt to lay to rest one of several ethics claims dogging the Conservative government. Sunak said Stock market today: Asian stocks slide as debt worries mount 05/24/2023 12:44am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Asian stock markets slid Wednesday as the U.S. government crept closer to a potentially disruptive default on its debt. Tokyo's main market index lost more than 1%. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul also declined. Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index fell 1.1% after Speaker Kevin Debt ceiling talks grind on, but Republicans say there's a 'lack of urgency' from White House 05/23/2023 11:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Debt ceiling talks showed few signs of outward progress Tuesday as negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy traded more budget-cutting ideas but Republicans warned of a ���lack of urgency��� at the White House to resolve the standoff in time to avert a Royals snap 4-game skid with 4-1 win over Tigers 05/23/2023 11:07pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Maikel Garcia had three hits, an RBI and a run and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Mike Mayers allowed one run on six hits in 4 2/3 innings in his first start for the Royals. He struck out a career-high Texas governor sent bill abolishing position of Harris County elections chief 05/23/2023 09:11pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Shaking up elections in Texas' largest county, the GOP-controlled Legislature on Tuesday approved abolishing a position in Harris County that oversees more than 2 million voters around Houston months before the city chooses a new mayor. At the same time, Republicans advanced JPMorgan Chase defends lawsuit by blaming US Virgin Islands for Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes 05/23/2023 08:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� JPMorgan Chase defended itself on Tuesday against a lawsuit by the U.S. Virgin Islands accusing it of empowering Jeffrey Epstein to abuse teenage girls by arguing in court papers that it was the islands, not the bank, that enabled the financier to commit his crimes. Lawyers for the Veteran Benefits for Assisted Living: What You Need to Know 05/23/2023 08:00pm • If you served as a member of the United States Armed Services, you may be entitled to certain benefits that could make getting older a little easier. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers some funding programs that can help offset the costs of specific kinds of care later in life. For some What Is a DRIP Stock? 05/23/2023 08:00pm • When finances are tight and households are making every dollar count, that's when stock dividends really shine. Dividends are payments made by publicly traded companies to shareholders who own those companies' stocks. The payments come in the form of either more shares of stocks or cash payments, an Controversial Capital Gains Tax Upheld 05/23/2023 08:00pm • On March 24, 2023, the Washington Supreme Court ruled to uphold a controversial capital gains tax on long-term investment profits. The 7% tax applies to sales of stock, bonds, mutual funds and other investments taxpayers have held for more than a year but it doesn't apply to real estate sales or ret South Korean supplier plans $40 million auto parts plant in Georgia near new Hyundai complex 05/23/2023 07:27pm • STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) ��� A South Korean company will build a $40 million factory in coastal Georgia to make heating and cooling systems near a Hyundai Motor Group auto assembly plant. Hanon Systems announced Tuesday that it would build the plant in Statesboro, with plans to hire at least 160 new emp Delaware committee approves state pay raises, adds funds for marijuana industry 05/23/2023 06:48pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) ��� Members of the Delaware legislature���s budget-writing committee began marking up Gov. John Carney���s spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year on Tuesday by approving across-the-board pay raises of up to 9% for state employees. The Joint Finance Committee approved Carney���s Business Highlights: Amazon workers plan walkout over layoffs; UPS strike looms 05/23/2023 04:34pm • ___ Car seats and baby formula are regulated. Is social media next? The U.S. surgeon general is warning there is not enough evidence to show that social media is safe for young people. Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling on tech companies, parents and caregivers to take ���immediate action to protect kids n More than 30 women in Cameroon abducted by separatist fighters for protesting illegal taxes 05/23/2023 03:47pm • YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) ��� More than 30 women were abducted by separatist rebels in Cameroon, for protesting illegal taxes imposed on them by the fighters, said the government on Tuesday. The women were taken from Babanki, a farming village in the Northwest region along the border with Nigeria, said Italy OKs aid mega-package for flooded north, with museum ticket surcharge to help pay for it 05/23/2023 11:52am • ROME (AP) ��� The Italian government on Tuesday approved more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in aid for the flood-stricken region of Emilia-Romagna in the north, including for farmers and business owners in one of the country's most productive regions. The government is envisioning raising by 1 High blood pressure plagues many Black Americans. Combined with COVID, it's catastrophic 05/23/2023 10:38am • DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) ��� Charles Thomas was unwell but he had no time for rest. He was on the cusp of a management promotion and a move to Florida to begin a new chapter that would alter his family���s financial future and break the cycle of generational poverty. Yet, as his family���s prospe