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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards set a Jan. 19 deadline to reach a tax deal with House Republican leaders to close a $1 billion budget gap. If no deal is reached, the Democratic governor says he won't call a February special legislative session. Lawmakers would then have to craft a budget that strips the entire amount through cuts or let it linger unfinished until a June special session. No one has offered a specific proposal for slashing that much spending. The budget gap hits July 1. Читать дальше...

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• The stock market rally benefits mostly wealthy Americans, according to a report from Credit Suisse.
• Just over half of Americans own any stock at all, and the bulk of holdings accrue to top earners.
• "Only higher net worth households tend to own appreciating financial assets."

President Donald Trump is fond of pointing to the stock market’s rally in the last year as a sign of his administration’s success.

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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A former Oklahoma day care owner has been formally sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the death of an infant in her care. The Norman Transcript reports that a judge on Wednesday followed a jury recommendation in sentencing 47-year-old Melissa Dawn Clark. Clark was convicted of first-degree murder in October for the 2016 death of 4-month-old Braelyn Zachary. Prosecutors say Clark shook the infant at her day care center in Noble, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City. Читать дальше...

Johnson's trip will constitute the first official visit by a British Foreign Secretary to Moscow ever since Hague met with the Russian Foreign Minister in 2012.

White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short told MSNBC's Hallie Jackson on Wednesday that President Donald Trump "may" sign the controversial Republican tax bill at his Mar-a-Lago resort over the Christmas holiday.

There is a lot of circumstantial evidence pointing to electoral fraud in Honduras’ presidential election. Yet neither the opposition nor international electoral observers have conclusively demonstrated that such has occurred. In other words, there is a lot of gun smoke in the room, but no smoking gun.

Virgin's motto "Be Anywhere. Move Anything. Connect Everyone" seems to be more than viable now that the final tests have yielded truly jaw-dropping results.

Four current NCAA players have been named to Team Canada’s roster for the Spengler Cup, which will be held from Dec. 26-31 in Davos, Switzerland. It is the fifth and final tournament in which Team Canada will compete as it prepares for the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. Northeastern sophomore defenseman Jeremy Davies and senior forward Dylan Sikura will play for Canada, along with Notre Dame senior forward Jake Evans and Boston University […]

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BEND, Ore. (AP) — A report by a state workplace safety agency shows employees of a chimpanzee sanctuary in central Oregon were harmed by the animals by way of "amputations, choking, grabbing and biting." The Bulletin reports the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division found 10 safety and policy violations that could result in more than $20,000 in fines for Chimps Inc. in Tumalo. The agency inspected the sanctuary three times earlier this year after three separate complaints were filed. The... Читать дальше...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for a Tennessee woman serving a life sentence for killing a man who solicited her for prostitution when she was 16 have petitioned the state parole board to commute her sentence. The Tennessean reports attorneys for 29-year-old Cyntoia Brown filed the request Tuesday to reduce her first-degree murder sentence to second-degree murder, which could allow for her release next year. Supporters say she's been unjustly punished, forced as a child into prostitution. Brown... Читать дальше...

Over time, the Democratic and Republican parties have became more ideologically coherent, making politics more competitive and legislation harder to pass.

Courchevel (dpa) - Mikaela Shiffrin hat den Parallel-Slalom von Courchevel gewonnen. Die Amerikanerin feierte am Mittwochabend ihren insgesamt 35. Sieg im alpinen Ski-Weltcup. Bei dem Flutlicht-Event im K.o.-Format setzte sie sich im Finale knapp gegen Petra Vlhova durch. Die Slowakin hatte im Achtelfinale die deutsche Starterin Marina Wallner ausgeschaltet. Dritte wurde die Italienerin Irene Curtoni, die ebenfalls im Achtelfinale Jessica Hilzinger bezwungen hatte. Als dritte DSV-Athletin war auch... Читать дальше...

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson heads to Moscow this week on the first official visit by a minister from London in five years.

NEW YORK (AP) — Three women who have accused Dustin Hoffman of sexual misconduct say they are still able to watch his movies because they are able to separate the artist from his actions. One of his alleged victims, Cori Thomas, said she still has admiration for him — though she now sees him as a fallen idol. "I wanted to be a method actor like him. I was so impressed with his performances in 'Midnight Cowboy' and that sort of thing. So I really wanted to do that kind of work. And so I think I feel, felt just disappointed. Читать дальше...

Trump threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft United Nations resolution against his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

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No one can predict how the future will shake out, but we can make some educated guesses.

Global design and strategy firm frog has shared with Business Insider its forecasts for the technologies that will define the upcoming year. Last year, the firm correctly predicted that buildings would harness the power of nature and that businesses would continue using artificially-intelligent bots to run efficiently.

Get ready to step into the future.

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The Patriots beat the Bills 23-3 three weeks ago, but it was more of a struggle than the score indicates.

Monique Greene didn't want to testify against Nelly in her criminal rape case, but the hostess still wants justice.

The corps marshal of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, has disclosed that plans are currently underway to compel traffic offenders pay the sum of N100,000 as penalty.

Economists are tallying the damage from the fires and the hurricanes, and finding their true costs immeasurable.

Shall we?

Klew Kansas City Royals Light Blue/Royal 2015 World Series Champions Sweater (Sale: $67.44)

Yes, ugly sweaters are still a thing in the Royals store. If you've been on the fence in past about whether or not to adorn yourself in mainstream hipster ironic fashion, here's your chance to come over to the dark side; we have cookies obnoxiously brazen references to the fact that our small market franchise has recently won a World Series championship while yours probably has not. Читать дальше...