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Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum, dies at 47 04/19/2024 06:57pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died. She was 47. A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the singer was found dead in her home in Nashville, Tennes Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week 04/19/2024 05:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The worst week for big technology stocks since the COVID crash in 2020 dragged Wall Street on Friday across the finish line of another losing week. The S&P 500 dropped 0.9% to close out its third straight losing week. That’s its longest such streak since September, before it Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist 04/19/2024 05:12pm • VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jeffrey Gibson’s takeover of the U.S. pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show is a celebration of color, pattern and craft, which is immediately evident on approaching the bright red facade decorated by a colorful clash of geometry and a foreground d Amateur rivals Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia meet as pros. Overweight Garcia can't win Haney's belt 04/19/2024 04:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time when Ryan Garcia was a better fighter than Devin Haney. Haney himself concedes that, though he figures they were around 10 years old at the time. That was at the start of an amateur rivalry that spanned six fights, with each winning three times. Now both are profe How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/19/2024 04/19/2024 04:18pm • The worst week for big technology stocks since the COVID crash in 2020 dragged Wall Street across the finish line of another losing week. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% Friday to close out its third straight losing week. The Nasdaq composite tumbled 2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which has less o Texas spring signals time for Ewers to slow down and enjoy football in 2024 before NFL draft 04/19/2024 03:58pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers figured his football career had always been in such a rush that it was time to slow down. Enjoy the spring. Enjoy the 2024 season, and Texas' move into the Southeastern Conference. The NFL, which is still his goal and dream, can wait a year. And t History with Maple Leafs could help Bruins snap short playoff slump 04/19/2024 03:04pm • BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins may have found just the solution to their playoff slump: A first-round matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins haven't lost a playoff series to Toronto since 1959, winning six straight series that have helped extend their Original Six rival's Stanley Cup dr Hungary's Orbán launches EU election campaign with pledge to 'occupy Brussels' 04/19/2024 12:12pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday painted a grim picture of a continent teetering on the edge of armed conflict in a speech opening his party's campaign for European Union elections. He called for a changing of the guard among the bloc's leaders. As Orbán AP Was There: Shock, then terror as Columbine attack unfolds 04/19/2024 10:32am • LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE — On April 20, 1999, two teenage boys dressed in black trench coats went on a killing rampage at Columbine High School in suburban Denver. They shot and killed 12 classmates and a teacher and wounded two dozen others before taking their own lives. Twenty-f 15 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy for 2024 04/18/2024 08:00pm • The stock market's rally took a pause in the month of April. Persistently high inflation readings have caused economists to question whether the Federal Reserve can deliver on anticipated interest rate cuts. As if that weren't enough, geopolitical tensions are rearing their head again, and troubling 5 Best Tech ETFs to Buy in 2024 04/18/2024 08:00pm • The technology sector is off to a strong start in 2024 with the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector Index up nearly 10% year to date. This is hardly a surprise with the rise of artificial intelligence and increasing global dependence on technology. Technology has been a resilient sector and is likely to al Rod Brind'Amour aimed to build a perennial contender. He's made the Carolina Hurricanes exactly that 04/18/2024 04:50pm • MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Rod Brind'Amour remembers those early days as a first-time head coach for a franchise that had gone nearly a decade without reaching the playoffs. He realizes now just how much he didn't know back then. “But I didn't know I didn't know it," he said, “and that was big b Europe wants 2 things from China. It may not get far on either of them. 04/18/2024 03:53am • BEIJING (AP) — Europe wants two things from China: First, a shift in its relatively pro-Russia position on the war in Ukraine. Second, a reduction in the trade imbalance — Chinese goods exports to the EU exceeded its imports from the 27-nation bloc by 291 billion euros ($310 billion) last year. New Black congressional district in Louisiana bows to politics, not race, backers say 04/18/2024 12:20am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Politics and race are both factors in a pending court challenge of Louisiana's new congressional maps. How much weight each carries is a major question before three federal judges whose ruling could affect the balance of power in the next Congress. At issue is a congressional m Stock market today: Asian shares gain despite Wall Street's tech-led retreat 04/18/2024 12:12am • Asian shares advanced on Thursday even after sinking technology stocks sent Wall Street lower in the S&P 500's worse losing streak since the start of the year. U.S. futures were lower, while oil prices gained. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 climbed 0.3% to 38,090.87 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong gained 1.