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Teachers criticize Newsom's budget proposal, say it would 'wreak havoc on funding for our schools' 05/17/2024 06:19pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California's largest teachers union on Friday turned up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom, announcing a public campaign aimed at blocking part of his plan to balance the budget because they say it ���would wreak havoc on funding for our schools.��� Newsom says his plan �� New endangered listing for rare lizard could slow oil and gas drilling in New Mexico and West Texas 05/17/2024 05:50pm • Federal wildlife officials declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species Friday, citing future energy development, sand mining and climate change as the biggest threats to its survival in one of the world���s most lucrative oil and natural gas basins. ���We h Shohei Ohtani Day to be annual event in Los Angeles for duration of his Dodgers career 05/17/2024 04:10pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� It's Shohei Ohtani Day in Los Angeles. The Japanese two-way superstar was honored at Los Angeles City Hall on Friday and presented with a city council resolution that declared May 17 as Shohei Ohtani Day for the duration of his Dodgers career. Ohtani signed a record $700 million Porto fined $1.6M by UEFA and threatened with one-season European ban over unpaid debts 05/17/2024 01:05pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� Two-time European champion Porto was fined 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million) by UEFA on Friday and threatened with a one-year ban from European competitions because of unpaid debts this season. UEFA said its club finance monitoring panel put Porto on probation for two years and the ba Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness 05/17/2024 04:07am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump's lawyers accused the star prosecution witness in his hush money trial of lying to jurors, portraying Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen on Thursday as a serial fabulist who is bent on seeing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee behind bars. As Trump looke NRA kicks off annual meeting as board considers successor to longtime leader Wayne LaPierre 05/17/2024 01:15am • DALLAS (AP) ��� The National Rifle Association is kicking off its annual meeting Friday in downtown Dallas, gathering for the first time in decades without Wayne LaPierre at the helm as board members prepare to elect his replacement. Though beset by financial troubles and following a trial in which Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing 05/17/2024 12:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Whether it's tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China ��� the world's No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary. That has translated to the world���s biggest maker of comput Montgomery Co. Council votes to add $26.3M to schools in $7.1B budget plan 05/16/2024 11:00pm • Without raising taxes, the Montgomery County Council voted to add $26.3 million dollars to the Maryland county executive's proposed budget plan for FY2025. While the 11-member council was able to reach a consensus in its "straw" vote ��� the action before next week's final decision ��� some conce How to Access Your Home's Equity 05/16/2024 08:00pm • Home equity values have soared in recent years, offering homeowners the opportunity to access cash from their homes. According to a May 2024 report from real estate data company ICE Mortgage Technology, 48 million U.S. homeowners with mortgages have tappable equity of $206,000 per borrower, up from Financial Checklist for Newlyweds 05/16/2024 08:00pm • Getting married is exciting. Still, a legal partnership requires you to merge your life with your spouse's in more ways than one. 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(AP) ��� As California faces a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, lawmakers must make tough decisions about which of the more than 1,000 measures still alive in the Legislature this year will not make the cut. On Thursday, they stopped hundreds of bills from advancing to the Sen