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Alabama lawmakers approve tax breaks for businesses that help employees afford child care 05/07/2024 08:56pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation to provide state tax breaks to businesses that help their employees afford childcare. The Alabama Senate voted 31-0 for the bill that now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature. Supporters said that childcare A Guide to Social Security Disability 05/07/2024 08:00pm • One in 4 Americans will become disabled by age 67, according to the Social Security Administration. "That means you could lose your greatest asset -- your ability to earn an income," said Steve Azoury, a financial advisor and owner of Azoury Financial in Troy, Michigan, in an email. Social Security Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress 05/07/2024 07:38pm • DENVER (AP) — A bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre. The western st Recreational marijuana backers try to overcome rocky history in South Dakota 05/07/2024 06:57pm • Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota, a mission with a rocky history, submitted thousands of signatures to election officials on Tuesday in the hopes of once again getting the issue on the conservative state's November ballot. Supporters of the initiative turned in about 2 With 2024 presidential contest looming, Georgia governor signs new election changes into law 05/07/2024 05:46pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Tuesday that makes additional changes to Georgia's election laws ahead of the 2024 presidential contest in the battleground state, including defining probable causes for removing voters from the rolls when their eligibility is challenged. Republica Editorial Roundup: United States 05/07/2024 01:46pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 6 The Washington Post on Medicare and Social Security reforms President Biden and former president Donald Trump don’t agree on much, but both have pledged not to touch Social Security benefits. This is a reflection of political r Scrutiny of Everton's prospective buyer intensifies after airline collapse and New York fraud case 05/07/2024 12:09pm • GENEVA (AP) — A grounded airline in Australia. A lawsuit in a New York federal court alleging fraud in connection to a $600 million loan. And angry soccer fans in England resisting a takeover of Premier League club Everton. These are troubled times for Miami-based 777 Partners, the investment grou Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate 05/07/2024 11:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money. The goal is to neutralize Democrats' roughly 2-to-1 financial advantage, among the few bright spots for a party de Putin begins his fifth term as president, more in control of Russia than ever 05/07/2024 10:51am • President Vladimir Putin began his fifth term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration Tuesday, embarking on another six years as leader of Russia after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and concentrating all power in his hands. At the ceremony in the gilded Gran Key events of Vladimir Putin's 24 years in power in Russia 05/07/2024 07:30am • Significant dates in Vladimir Putin’s 24 years in power in Russia: Dec. 31, 1999 — In a surprise address to the nation, Russian President Boris Yeltsin announces his resignation and makes Putin, the prime minister he appointed four months earlier, the acting president. May 7, 2000 — After winn Why voters in southern India are more resistant to Modi's Hindu-centric politics 05/07/2024 12:05am • CHENNAI, India (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wielded near-total control over Indian politics since coming to power 10 years ago, with one exception: He has failed to win over the country’s wealthier southern region. Five states across southern India account for roughly 20% of the count Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as ex-employee recounts reimbursements 05/06/2024 08:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and, in his sternest warning yet, told the former president that future gag order violations could send him to jail. The reprimand opened a revelatory day of testimony, as jurors for the first time heard the Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates are pushed back in a 'measure of good news' 05/06/2024 05:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report Monday. Still, officials warn that policy changes are neede Liberal icon Bernie Sanders is running for Senate reelection, squelching retirement rumors 05/06/2024 05:17pm • Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced Monday he will run for reelection this year, squelching speculation that the 82-year-old progressive icon might retire at a time when the Democratic Party is anxious about the advancing age of its top leaders. Hailing from a Democratic stronghold, Sanders' de The Latest | 12th day of Donald Trump's hush money trial adjourns early 05/06/2024 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial heard for the first time how and why Michael Cohen's reimbursement for payment the Stormy Daniels' payment was entered as a legal expense. Former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney testified Monday about conversations he had wit