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New work requirements for federal aid? GOP pushes proposals in debt talks 05/17/2023 04:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Work requirements for federal aid programs have emerged as a sticking point in ongoing negotiations over raising the nation���s debt ceiling, and President Joe Biden has signaled openness to a possible compromise even as many in his party have balked. Legislation passed by the Ho British financier ordered by UAE high court to repay $1.7 billion bilked in tax fraud 05/17/2023 02:36pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� The United Arab Emirates' highest court Tuesday ordered a British hedge fund trader convicted of orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud to pay that amount to Denmark's tax authority. Financier Sanjay Shah was convicted in a lower court of masterminding a scheme Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/17/2023 01:24pm • 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 To play his father in a movie, comedian Sebastian Maniscalco enlisted Robert De Niro 05/17/2023 11:50am • Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco wanted to make a movie for and about his father. Salvo Maniscalco had immigrated from Sicily to America in 1960 when he was 15. At 18, he became a hairdresser and raised and supported a family in Chicago. As a man from a different generation and culture, he could be agg Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss warns of China threats during Taiwan visit 05/17/2023 08:49am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss warned of economic and political threats to the West posed by China during a visit Wednesday to Beijing's democratic rival Taiwan. Truss is the first former British prime minister since Margaret Thatcher in the 1990s to visit the self-g Residential proposals get go-ahead from Prince William Planning Commission 05/17/2023 08:26am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner,��InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. Two housing developments got the go-ahead from the Prince William County Planning Commission last week, while plans for a restaurant an South Korean, Canadian leaders vow cooperation on clean energy, North Korea threat 05/17/2023 07:58am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� The leaders of South Korea and Canada on Wednesday vowed to strengthen their security and economic cooperation to address challenges posed by North Korea and expand Canadian supplies of minerals crucial to South Korea���s technology industry as they held a summit in Seoul Today in History: May 17, Brown v. Board of Education ruling 05/17/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 17, the 137th day of 2023. There are 228 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On May 17, 1954, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision which held that racially segregated public schools w Money Habits to Start Right Now 05/16/2023 08:00pm • If you often wish for money in your bank account, there are only two ways to make that happen. The first, according to lore, involves finding a magic lamp with a genie. The second strategy for those of us who don't have that kind of luck is to implement better money habits. Developing better money h 7 Best Marijuana Stocks to Buy in 2023 05/16/2023 08:00pm • The market for cannabis stocks remains in a profound slump, creating an opportunity for long-term investors who want to buy on the cheap and hold until industry headwinds abate. The New Cannabis Ventures Global Cannabis Stock Index is down more than 60% over the past year as of May 16, compared with 20 Big Companies That Hire Remote Workers 05/16/2023 08:00pm • Remote work is not going anywhere -- at least for these companies.As COVID-19 begins to fizzle out, you may be wondering if your sweatpants and Zoom-meeting lifestyle is about to come to a screeching halt. Thankfully, not yet. While some companies like Twitter and Microsoft have ordered their staff 35 Types of Law That J.D. Graduates Can Practice 05/16/2023 08:00pm • What can you do with a law degree?Before applying to law school, prospective attorneys should assess their career goals and research different types of law to figure out which legal jobs they are most interested in. From there, they can determine which J.D. programs will best prepare them for that p Is it economic growth or sprawl? Prince George���s Co. battles over building housing 05/16/2023 06:56pm • ���If you build it they will come��� is a famous movie quote from "The Field of Dreams" that has applied to baseball and even baseball stadiums for decades. But if you build more housing, do the wider roads and other amenities come too? The building and development industry in Prince George's Cou California pledges to build channel for threatened fish to bypass Gold Rush-era dam 05/16/2023 06:46pm • MARYSVILLE, Calif. (AP) ��� California officials on Tuesday said they will spend about $60 million to build a channel along the Yuba River so that salmon and other threatened fish species can get around a Gold Rush-era dam that for more than a century has cut off their migration along the chilly wat Virginia legislators say budget talks hinge on US debt limit standoff 05/16/2023 06:17pm • Even a short-term breach in the federal debt limit would rattle an already fragile state economy, Virginia finance staffers on Tuesday told lawmakers, who say that looming uncertainty is now the main reason no budget deal is imminent. Since the politically divided General Assembly's regular sessi