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Kimberly Palmer: 5 ways to calm financial stress

Mar. 25, 2024 08:35 AM EDT

Financial stress is so common that certified financial planner Katie Lindquist says almost every client she has tells her they are feeling it. “They don’t know what they should be doing with their money, and they feel like they should know. They feel shame around their money...

Greek authorities seize 3.75 million capsules of contraband nerve pain drug pregabalin

Mar. 23, 2024 18:32 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities said Saturday they seized more than three tons of the prescription nerve pain drug pregabalin and impounded a yacht registered in the United Kingdom. The operation took place Thursday night at the port of Lavrio, 70 kilometers (43 miles)...

Vermont leading scorer TJ Long helped off court after injuring right leg late in NCAA loss to Duke

Mar. 22, 2024 23:14 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Vermont guard TJ Long injured his right leg late in the Catamounts' first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Duke and had to be helped off the court. Long, the team's leading scorer, grabbed a long pass and was in the clear to go up for an easy layup. But when he landed...

Foreigners trapped in violence-torn Haiti wait desperately for a way out

Mar. 08, 2024 21:40 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of foreigners, including many from the United States and Canada, are stranded in Haiti, desperately trying to leave the violence-torn country where anti-government gangs are battling police and have already shut down both of the country's international...

A Missouri boarding school employee is charged with abuse

Mar. 06, 2024 12:34 PM EST

An employee of a rural Missouri boarding school is accused of bloodying a boy's face while boxing — the third person associated with the same school to be charged this month. Caleb Sandoval, 22, was charged Monday with abuse or neglect of a child. His initial court appearance is...

Lawmakers fault Defense Secretary Austin for a failure of leadership over his secret hospital stay

Feb. 29, 2024 18:21 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faced pointed bipartisan criticism at a congressional hearing Thursday for his failure to promptly notify President Joe Biden and other U.S. leaders about his hospital stay last month. Republicans demanded to know why no one has been disciplined. ...

Israel-Hamas war brings back pain to Argentine Jewish community decades after major bombing attack

Feb. 29, 2024 08:27 AM EST

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — On Oct. 7, when Hamas militants attacked numerous targets in Israel, killing hundreds and abducting others, Marina Degtiar felt she had traveled back in time, to July 18, 1994. What happened in Buenos Aires 30 years ago broke her apart. A bomb-laden...

Lawsuit seeks up to $11.5M over allegations that Oregon nurse replaced fentanyl drip with tap water

Feb. 27, 2024 19:19 PM EST

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — The first lawsuit brought amid reports that a nurse at a southern Oregon hospital replaced intravenous fentanyl drips with tap water seeks up to $11.5 million on behalf of the estate of a 65-year-old man who died. The wrongful death suit was filed Monday...

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

Feb. 22, 2024 12:48 PM EST

Post and Courier. February 17, 2024. Editorial: Medical marijuana can relieve needless suffering; SC bill can make it safe If you’re looking for a losing strategy for persuading the South Carolina Legislature to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana, check out the...

A Republican plan to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is dead

Feb. 15, 2024 11:26 AM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is dead. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Thursday that there will still be a public hearing to build support for passage next session, but it won't occur until after the Assembly has adjourned for...