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Elementary students open savings accounts after completing financial literacy program

OMAHA, Nebraska (KMTV) -- For the past few weeks, students at Wakanda Elementary School have been learning about bills and unexpected life expenses what they call "money out."Now, they're getting a better understanding of "money in" as they set up accounts at the Carver Legacy Center.Omaha Cares and AKA Sorority each contributed $25 to give each student a total of $50 to start their accounts.Christie McDonald of AKA said the moment was memorable for everyone involved."To see them, the excitement of opening up that $50 account was amazing at the end of the journey," McD

Netanyahu's office says he visited UAE secretly during the Iran war

Hungary summons Russian ambassador over drone strikes on western Ukraine

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US Justice Department drafts legal opinion backing demands for state voter rolls

The Department of Justice has issued a formal legal justification for the federal government's demands that states share their unredacted voter rolls, even though half a dozen federal courts have already ruled that states have no obligation to provide those lists. The May 12 opinion from the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel - which provides advice to the White House and federal agencies - is not binding on states, dozens of which have resisted the Trump administration's demands that they hand over lists including sensitive information such as voters' partial social security numbers and driver's

Video shows Kentucky State House candidate take campaign flyer from someone's mailbox

Republican resistance to Iran war grows in the Senate as Murkowski flips

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Nigerian court sentences ex-power minister Mamman to 75 years in prison for fraud

A Nigerian court on Wednesday sentenced former power minister Saleh Mamman to 75 years in prison after convicting him of laundering 33.8 billion naira ($24.71 million), the country's anti-graft agency said, a rare conviction against corrupt officials in the West African nation. * Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced Mamman after finding him guilty on all 12 counts filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the agency said in a post on X. * The EFCC charged Mamman with laundering 33.8 billion naira through private companies, funds that prosec

BoE to hold rates at 3.75% this year, but growing minority expect a hike: Reuters poll

Fed chair nominee Warsh set to get US Senate nod as inflation intensifies

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US freezes Medicare enrollments for new home healthcare and hospice providers

The Trump administration will block new home healthcare and hospice providers from enrolling in Medicare for at least the next six months, according to a government statement posted on Wednesday, citing concerns about widespread fraud.The moratorium will temporarily bar new providers in those categories from signing up for reimbursement from Medicare, a U.S. government health insurance program for Americans aged 65 and older and those with disabilities. It will not impact providers already registered with Medicare, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees

Taiwan anxiously eyes Trump’s summit in China, with $14 billion in US arms sales up in the air

As President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, Taiwan will be nervously monitoring from afar to ascertain whether its political status and critical arms purchases come up in discussions between the two leaders.While Taiwanese officials have publicly expressed confidence in the strength of their partnership with the US, some current and former US officials and analysts have questioned if the transactional Trump could offer Xi concessions on Taiwan, especially if he seeks the Chinese leader’s help with negotiating an end to the Iran war.Under the longstanding “One

Maple Leafs fire coach Craig Berube after two seasons, last-place finish in Atlantic Division

As Trump heads to China, past US flubs on US policy toward Taiwan can be a warning

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Tennessee Democrats stripped of House committee seats over redistricting protests

The Republican speaker of Tennessee's House of Representatives on Tuesday stripped Democratic lawmakers of all committee assignments as punishment for their role in boisterous protests during last week's special session on redistricting.The move came five days after the Republican-controlled Tennessee House approved a new congressional map dismantling a Black-majority district in the U.S. House of Representatives built around the predominantly African American city of Memphis.Last Thursday's vote, likely to result in flipping the Democratic-held seat to the Republicans in November's midterm e

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Trump promises US-Cuba talks but gives no details

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Cuba is asking for help and "we are going to talk," without providing any more information about U.S. plans. Trump has heaped pressure on the Caribbean island nation since returning to office last year, and threatened that Cuba "is next" after U.S. forces captured Nicolas Maduro, the president of longtime Cuban ally Venezuela, in January."No Republican has ever spoken to me about Cuba, which is a failed country and only heading in one direction - down! Cuba is asking for help, and we are going to talk!!! In the meantime, I'm off to China!" Trump wrote i

Man hit by Frontier Airlines plane taking off at Denver airport intended to kill himself, officials say

Kouri Richins set to be sentenced for her husband’s murder on what would have been his 44th birthday

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Cruise ship stopped from disembarking in France over likely stomach flu

Local authorities in southwest France stopped passengers and crew from leaving a cruise ship in Bordeaux on Wednesday, as a precautionary measure after dozens of cases of possible gastroenteritis on board.There is no reason to link what looks like a stomach flu outbreak on a ship that came from Belfast and Liverpool with the hantavirus cluster on the luxury Hondius ship that travelled between Argentina and the Canary Islands, the regional health authority said in a statement.One 92-year-old British passenger had passed away on board of cardiac arrest during a stop in Brest, Brittany, on May 1

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Gunshots fired as chaos erupts at Philippine Senate

Volleys of gunshots were heard at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday and people were told to run for cover, Reuters witnesses heard, as chaos mounted in anticipation of an attempt to arrest a top senator wanted by the International Criminal Court. It was unclear what was happening or who fired the shots. More than 10 military personnel in camouflage fatigues had earlier arrived at the Senate building, some carrying assault rifles, Reuters journalists saw.It was not immediately clear why troops were there and military officials could not immediately be reached for comment. It was unclear if o

Locked in a stalemate with Iran, Trump heads to China

1,700 passengers held on cruise ship over potential acute stomach bug sickness

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Gunshots heard in Philippine Senate, where senator wanted by ICC is resisting arrest

Gunshots have been heard in the Philippine Senate building, Senate authorities said on Wednesday, where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court has been holed up to resist arrest.No casualties have been reported and details of the shooting remain murky. Multiple senators told local media it was unclear who fired the rounds.Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos insisted the incident was not carried out by government personnel, but rather an apparent shootout between an unidentified armed group and Senate security personnel. Marcos said no government forces attempted to enter the Se

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America is in for yet another long spell of price pain

President Donald Trump’s latest Iran war pitch to American consumers: Short-term pain will bring long-term gain. But Tuesday’s ugly consumer inflation report, Wednesday’s uglier wholesale inflation report and some worrying bond market signals all point to one thing.The pain will not be short-lived.Wednesday’s Producer Price Index report showed the war with Iran is raising costs for US businesses at a rate not seen in nearly four years, increasing the likelihood that companies will pass on those higher costs to consumers.PPI, a measure of wholesale inflation, increased in April to 6% on

As the US starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help

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US freezes Medicare enrollments for new home healthcare and hospice providers

The Trump administration will block new home healthcare and hospice providers from enrolling in Medicare for at least the next six months, according

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Trump arrives in Beijing for talks with China's Xi on Iran war, trade and US arms sales to Taiwan

The welcoming ceremony for U_S_ President Donald Trump as he arrived in Beijing for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has included a military honor guard, a military band and hundreds of Chinese youths waving flags and chanting, “Warm welcome!”

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From 'The Hills' villain to LA mayoral contender: Spencer Pratt’s viral video-fueled campaign

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Florida plans to close 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention center, New York Times reports

Florida intends to shut down the controversial federal migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz", the New York Times

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Exclusive: CIA escalates secret war on cartels with deadly operations inside Mexico

What is the Schengen Shuffle and who’s doing it?

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Trump says US FDA Commissioner Makary is out

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'He was having some difficulty': Trump reacts to resignation of his FDA chief

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is leaving the Trump administration, according to three people familiar with the situation, after President Donald Trump signed off on a plan to fire him last week.

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls