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Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment 05/03/2024 03:52am • The military defector was killed in a hail of gunfire and then run over by a car in Spain. The opposition figure was struck repeatedly with a hammer in Lithuania. The journalist fell ill from a suspected poisoning in Germany. Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks a How to be a 'Fall Guy': Stunt performers on their rough-and-tumble life 05/03/2024 12:37am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� There are two things to keep in mind while being burned alive for a movie scene. The first, says stunt performer Ben Jenkin, is not to breathe in a flame. That would be bad. Jenkin was reminded of that over and over before doing his first fire burn (and then seven more) in David Le Stock market today: Asian shares advance ahead of US jobs report 05/03/2024 12:21am • Asian shares were mostly higher Friday ahead of a report on the U.S. jobs market, while several major markets including Tokyo and Shanghai were closed for holidays. Oil prices and U.S. futures were higher. The Japanese yen strengthened slightly against the U.S. dollar amid signs of heavy central b I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says 05/02/2024 07:06pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� The major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed in Connecticut for days after a tanker fire damaged a bridge over Interstate 95, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. The tanker truck filled with gasoline burst into flames in a three-vehicle crash Thursday Review: Nature and human nature mingle in the beguiling 'Evil Does Not Exist' 05/02/2024 05:18pm • The films of Ryusuke Hamaguchi unspool with elegant everyday ease and yet anything can happen. Lives take sudden detours. Seemingly minor characters become primary ones. People are brought together by mysterious connections. There are even, as in the case of his ���Asako I & II,��� doppelgangers The Fed indicated rates will remain higher for longer. What does that mean for you? 05/02/2024 04:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Mortgage rates, credit card rates, auto loan rates, and business loans with variable rates will all likely maintain their highs, with consequences for consumer spending, after the Federal Reserve indicated Wednesday that it doesn���t plan to cut interest rates until it has ���great Qualcomm, Carvana rise; DoorDash, Qorvo fall, Thursday, 5/2/2024 05/02/2024 04:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: Qualcomm Inc., up $15.99 to $180.10. The chipmaker gave investors an encouraging earnings and revenue forecast. DoorDash Inc., down $13.15 to $114.31. The delivery company's first-quarter loss was bigger than Ricky Stenhouse Jr. signs multiyear extension with JTG Daugherty Racing for NASCAR Cup Series 05/02/2024 02:31pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) ��� Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has signed a multiyear contract extension with JTG Daugherty Racing, which he took to victory lane in the Daytona 500 two years ago, to continue driving the No. 47 car in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team announced the deal on Thursday. No details were pr Tiger Woods gets special exemption to US Open at Pinehurst 05/02/2024 01:53pm • Tiger Woods accepted a special exemption for the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, the first time the three-time champion has needed an exemption to play. Woods has been exempt for every U.S. Open since he first played in 1995 as the reigning U.S. Amateur champion. His five-year exemption from winning t Off-track soap opera follows F1 into first 2023 stop in U.S. Andrettis plan to meet with series 05/02/2024 01:08pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) ��� Five races into the Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen and the globe-trotting series have arrived in the United States for the first of three appearances in a year the Red Bull driver already seems to have under wraps. Verstappen has four wins through five races headed in Companies shift profits into record dividends, but show more caution on stock buybacks 05/02/2024 08:10am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Companies continued rewarding investors with healthy dividends in 2023 even as they tread more cautiously with returning profits through stock buybacks. Dividends hit a record $1.66 trillion globally last year, while stock buybacks eased. Investors can likely expect more dividend g Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says 05/01/2024 11:16pm • MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) ��� Police shot and killed a student outside a Wisconsin middle school Wednesday after receiving a report of someone with a weapon, the state's attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on gunshots that sent children fleeing and prompted an hourslong lockdown EAH Programs: How an Employer Can Help You Buy a Home 05/01/2024 08:00pm • In a climate where housing has become less affordable and companies are having trouble getting in-person talent, organizations that help employees pay for their homes might have a competitive edge. That's the idea behind employer-assisted housing programs and other home-cost-related benefits that so Want to spend the night in a Paris museum or a house owned by Prince? Airbnb plans to list them 05/01/2024 07:58pm • In a mad mix of game-show glitter and marketing flash, Airbnb is offering customers a chance to spend a night in a Paris museum, stay in houses mocked up to look like movie settings, or sleep surrounded by eight Ferrari racing cars. Those and other chimerical listings are part of a splashy new campa A list of mass killings in the United States this year 05/01/2024 06:26pm • The latest mass killing in the U.S. happened Monday, April 29, in Charlotte, North Carolina, where four officers were fatally shot in the deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since 2016. The officers were killed when a task force made up of officers from different agencies arrived in the reside