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What to watch for as China's major political meeting of the year gets underway 03/03/2024 11:14am • BEIJING (AP) — One burning issue dominates as the 2024 session of China's legislature gets underway this week: the economy. The National People's Congress annual meeting, which opens Tuesday, is being closely watched for any signals on what the ruling Communist Party might do to reenergize an econ LeBron James reaches 40,000 points to extend his NBA career scoring record 03/03/2024 02:19am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James reached 40,000 points Saturday night, still going strong in his 21st NBA season as he tries to put the career scoring record out of reach. James drove past Michael Porter Jr. and hit a layup with 10:39 left in the second quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 124-114 Acing drills at the NFL scouting combine can lead to riches but don't forecast football greatness 03/02/2024 10:23pm • The big question surrounding former Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy now is whether he'll star on Sundays like he crushed it at the NFL scouting combine. Worthy ran the fastest 40-yard dash in the event's history Saturday, blazing through the annual gathering's premier event in 4.21 seconds. That DC-area doctor calls rise of syphilis in pregnant women across US 'concerning' 03/02/2024 01:25pm • Women giving birth in the U.S. are now three times more likely to have syphilis than they were in 2016, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. “The increase in maternal syphilis has led to a concerning rise in congenital syphilis,” said Dr. Amy Banulis, an O How (and where) to watch Oscar-nominated films online 03/01/2024 10:53pm • The winner in the Oscar race this year is “Oppenheimer” with 13 nominations, followed by the otherworldly “Poor Things” with 11 and the period epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10. This year's Oscars race come after a bruising 2023 that was marred by strikes and work stoppages for t Missouri police charge man with 2 counts first-degree murder after officer, court employee shot 03/01/2024 06:08pm • A Kansas City-area man whose home was sold as he struggled to pay delinquent taxes killed a court employee who tried to serve an eviction notice and a police officer who responded, authorities said Friday in announcing charges. Larry Acree, of Independence, Missouri, is charged with two counts of fi Caitlin Clark eager to enjoy the rest of the ride at Iowa after decision to enter the WNBA draft 03/01/2024 03:33pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark knew with Iowa's final regular-season home game looming, it was time to make her decision about whether to enter the WNBA draft or stay in college for a fifth season. That’s why Clark announced on Thursday that she would go to the WNBA at the end of the seaso How to Lose Weight by Shifting Your Mindset 02/29/2024 07:00pm • Get your mind right for weight loss.Every diet and weight loss strategy has its pros and cons, but for any to really work, you've got to get your mind right."Without the right mindset, your weight loss journey will be more difficult to start, and your goals will be more difficult to achieve," says S Analysis: Big Ten and SEC power play undermines credibility of playoff, marginalizes ACC and Big 12 02/29/2024 04:18pm • The College Football Playoff unveiled a 12-team format in the spring of 2021 that looked like an exciting step in the evolution of the postseason, with potential to lift the sport's national profile even further while boosting all five power conferences and keeping the other five relevant. Three yea Mitch McConnell's decision to step down as GOP leader reverberates in Kentucky 02/29/2024 01:54pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Mitch McConnell's decision to step down as Senate Republican leader in November is reverberating back home in Kentucky, setting off a wave of speculation about the future of his seat as well as the loss of influence for the Bluegrass State. McConnell was cagey enough in his a Winfrey leaving WeightWatchers board, donating all of her interest in the company to a museum 02/29/2024 12:13pm • Former talk show host Oprah Winfrey is leaving WeightWatchers board of directors and donating all of her interest in the company to a museum. Shares of WW International Inc. tumbled more than 23% in Thursday morning trading. Winfrey, who told People magazine in December that she was using a we Aid groups appeal to the European Union to release urgent funds for Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA 02/29/2024 09:18am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Humanitarian aid groups appealed on Thursday to the European Union to release tens of millions of euros in funding due to the main U.N. agency that delivers most aid to people in the Gaza Strip as the organization teeters on the brink of financial collapse. The European Commission, Dave Myers, TV chef known as one half of the "Hairy Bikers" duo, has died at 66 02/29/2024 06:28am • LONDON (AP) — Dave Myers, best known as one half of Britain's adored “Hairy Bikers” TV chef duo, has died after a battle with cancer, his co-star and long-time friend Si King said Thursday. He was 66. Myers and King found fame in the U.K. and beyond with their “Hairy Bikers” TV series, an Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street slips lower and bitcoin bounces higher 02/28/2024 10:22pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday after a lackluster day on Wall Street, where selling of technology stocks pulled benchmarks lower. U.S. futures were flat and oil prices fell. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.7% to 38,953.49 after data showed factory output falling in January No. 5 Marquette trounces Providence 91-69 despite losing Kolek to oblique injury 02/28/2024 10:06pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette didn’t need Tyler Kolek down the stretch to breeze to its third straight blowout victory Wednesday night. Now the fifth-ranked Golden Eagles must hope they won’t be without the reigning Big East player of the year much longer. Kam Jones had 17 points to lead a balanc