If you’re retired or about to retire, think carefully about your tax strategy
By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Coming up with the best tax strategy in retirement can be much trickier than it seems, and tax…
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Simon Harris is installed as Ireland’s new prime minister. He’s the country’s youngest leader
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Irish lawmaker Simon Harris has been elected prime minister by a vote in parliament. At 37,…
Continue Reading A Moroccan activist was sentenced to 5 years for criticizing the country’s ties to Israel
By SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — An activist who criticized Morocco’s decision to normalize relations with Israel has been…
Continue Reading New EPA rule says 218 US chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200 chemical plants nationwide will be required to reduce toxic emissions that are…
Continue Reading Amanda Knox faces a new slander trial in Italy that could remove the last legal stain against her
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy that could remove the last allegation…
Continue Reading At least 38 migrants are dead and others are missing off Djibouti after a shipwreck
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations migration agency says 38 migrants are dead and 22 others have been…
Continue Reading Many eclipse visitors to northern New England pulled an all-nighter trying to leave
By NICK PERRY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — Thousands of visitors to northern New England communities in the path of…
Continue Reading Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books
By HILLEL ITALIE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press Across the country, book bans and attempted bans have soared to the highest levels in decades.…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern agrees to $600M settlement in fiery Ohio derailment. Locals fear it’s not enough
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train…
Continue Reading Truck driver fatally shot in confrontation with police officer in Michigan
ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials say the driver of a semitrailer-truck rammed a police vehicle in southwestern Michigan, crashed it into…
Continue Reading UN atomic watchdog says status of Ukrainian nuclear plant occupied by Russia is ‘extremely serious’
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N.’s atomic watchdog says an explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at…
Continue Reading 3 Tanzanian soldiers were killed as violence persists in eastern Congo
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three Tanzanian soldiers have been killed and three others injured…
Continue Reading Protesters demanding restoration of Nepal’s monarchy clash with police
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of protesters demanding the restoration of the monarchy in Nepal have clashed with riot police in Kathmandu.…
Continue Reading US wildfires are getting bigger and more complex, prompting changes in firefighting workforce
By TY ONEIL Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in…
Continue Reading Turkey and Israel announce trade barriers on each other as relations deteriorate over Gaza
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Israel announced trade barriers on each other Tuesday as relations deteriorated…
Continue Reading Pakistan deploys more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces ahead of Eid al-Fitr
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistani authorities have deployed more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces…
Continue Reading Explosive device thrown onto porch of Satanic Temple in Massachusetts. No injuries were reported
: SALEM, Mass. (AP) — Someone threw an explosive device onto the porch of The Satanic Temple in Massachusetts at a time when no one was inside, and…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Is financial trauma holding you back from living your best life?
By ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Know you should be investing but can’t quite bring yourself to do it? Feeling nervous about investing and other…
Continue Reading Serbia says it’s close to a deal to buy French-made fighter jets. That would be a shift from Russia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian president says his country is close to signing a deal on the purchase of 12 French Rafale multi-purpose fighter…
Continue Reading Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for…
Continue Reading China’s Xi meets with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in show of support against Western democracies
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a sign of mutual support amid Moscow’s invasion…
Continue Reading Norway’s top authority revokes a decision by a city to only take Ukrainian refugees
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A top authority in Norway has revoked a decision by a city council to only take Ukrainian refugees and not others,…
Continue Reading Golfers follow the sun. Now they are paying closer attention how to protect themselves from it
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Golfers are in the sun as much if not more than players in other sports. It can be as many as…
Continue Reading Content creation holds appeal for laid-off workers seeking flexibility
By BROOKE SCHULTZ With a compact mirror in one hand and an eyelash curler in the other, Grace Xu told her roughly 300,000 TikTok followers she was…
Continue Reading Who’s really left-handed? In baseball, it can be hard to tell
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s Yordan Alvarez might be the top left-handed hitter in Major League Baseball. Teammate…
Continue Reading Germany rejects allegations that it’s facilitating acts of genocide in Gaza at UN court
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Germany is strongly rejecting a case brought by Nicaragua at the United Nations’…
Continue Reading Blinken and Cameron urge Congress to approve aid for Ukraine, calling it critical for world security
By MATTHEW LEE and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron…
Continue Reading Russia aborts planned test launch of new heavy-lift space rocket
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian space officials have aborted a test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from a far-eastern launch pad just two minutes before…
Continue Reading New WIC rules include more money for fruits and veggies. They also expand food choices
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The federal program that helps pay for groceries for millions of low-income mothers, babies and young kids will…
Continue Reading One of China’s top leaders will lead a delegation to North Korea this week
BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese leader will lead a delegation to North Korea this week. China’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Zhao Leji…
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