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Month: February 2024

O’s Hays, Angels’ Ward and Astros’ Dubón win salary arbitration cases

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Baltimore outfielder Austin Hays, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward and Houston utilityman Mauricio Dubón won their salary arbitration cases on Tuesday, giving players a 3-2 advantage with 13 cases still pending. Hays was awarded the $6.3 million he asked for over the Orioles’ proposed $5.85 million. Brian Keller, Allen Ponak

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A computer scientist says he’s the mystery creator of bitcoin. A London judge aims to find the truth

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An Australian computer scientist who says he’s the mystery creator behind bitcoin has testified in a London court about the cryptocurrency’s origins. Craig Wright said Tuesday that he used the pseudonym “Satoshi Nakamoto” to protect his privacy and not to remain anonymous. A nonprofit group of tech

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House will vote on Homeland Security secretary impeachment: How did we get here, what does it mean?

REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It’s not clear whether Republicans have the votes to impeach but if they do it would mark the first time in nearly 150 years that a Cabinet secretary has been

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Minnesota woman accused of trying to get twin sister to take fall for fatal Amish buggy crash

PRESTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman is accused of trying to deceive authorities into believing her identical twin sister was the driver who hit a horse-drawn Amish buggy last fall, killing two of the four children inside. Thirty-five-year-old Samantha Jo Petersen, of Kellogg, was charged Monday with 21 counts including criminal vehicular homicide and

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Census Bureau pauses changing how it asks about disabilities following backlash

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Facing growing backlash, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday paused plans to change how it asks people about disabilities in its most comprehensive survey, a move that would have overhauled how disabilities are defined by the nation’s largest statistical agency. Disability advocates had argued that the proposed changes would artificially

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