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Iran fires on targets across the Mideast while Israel and US hit Tehran as war nears end of 5th week

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on targets Friday across the Middle East, damaging a desalination plant and setting a refinery ablaze in Kuwait, while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic as the war neared the end of its fifth week.

Tehran has kept the pressure on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors, despite U.S. and Israeli insistence that Iran’s military capabilities have been all but destroyed. In a sign that part of Iran’s theocracy could be willing to negotiate, the country's former top diplomat published a proposal for ending the... Read More

Trump offers murky path forward for Republicans as Iran war clouds midterm elections

NEW YORK (AP) — This is not the run up to the midterm elections that Republicans wanted.

A year and a half after winning the White House by promising to lower costs and end wars, Donald Trump is a wartime president overseeing surging energy costs and an escalating overseas conflict that many in his own party do not like.

He offered little clarity to a nation eager for answers this week during a prime-time address from the White House, his first since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran more than a month ago, simultaneously suggesting that the war was ending and... Read More

Russia strikes targets in Kyiv region as Ukraine holds door open for Easter truce

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a “massive” missile and drone strike on Friday near the Ukrainian capital, killing one person and injuring eight, regional authorities reported, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled Kyiv's openness to a potential Easter truce. The holiday is celebrated on April 12 in both Ukraine and Russia.

Another person died Friday after a Russian bomb struck an apartment block in northern Ukraine, according to local officials.

“The Kyiv region is once again under a massive Russian missile and drone attack," said Mykola... Read More

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to crack down on 'bad landlords.' First he has to find them

NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent weeknight, three tenants of an aging Bronx building were trading apartment horror stories inside a packed ballroom lined with city bureaucrats.

The occasion was the third in a series of “rental rip-off hearings,” a new forum launched by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for disgruntled renters to air their complaints directly to housing officials — and in some cases, the mayor himself.

As she waited in line, Gulhayo Yuldosheva said she worried that noxious mold in her apartment had worsened her child’s asthma. Nearby, her downstairs... Read More

5 Financial Freebies Every Investor Should Claim

In the world of tax law, truly “free” lunches are rare. Usually, a tax break in one area requires a sacrifice in another. However, if you know where to look, the tax code contains several freebies—legal provisions that allow you to increase wealth, generate income, and gift money without the IRS taking a single penny.

Here are five of the most powerful financial freebies available to investors today.

1) The 0% capital gains rate

Most investors assume that selling a winning stock always triggers a tax bill. However, for those in the lower income brackets... Read More

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Iran fires on targets across the Mideast while Israel and US hit Tehran as war nears end of 5th week

Trump offers murky path forward for Republicans as Iran war clouds midterm elections

Russia strikes targets in Kyiv region as Ukraine holds door open for Easter truce

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to crack down on 'bad landlords.' First he has to find them

5 Financial Freebies Every Investor Should Claim

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