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In Hawaii, concerns over 'climate gentrification' rise after devastating Maui fires 08/18/2023 11:40am • Kim Cuevas-Reyes, a 38-year-old cellphone store owner, snuck into Lahaina last Friday to see the remnants of her home with her own eyes. She took backroads and walked. What she saw stunned her. “When you step into the house, it’s like an inch or two of ash. There is nothing," she said, adding t What to Do if You Fall Behind on Bills 08/17/2023 08:00pm • Falling behind on paying your bills is one of the more stressful situations anyone can find themselves in -- and it's a circumstance many consumers can relate to. According to a study released in March 2023 from PYMNTS.com and LendingClub, 62% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. If that's This 100-year-old Ivy City church was also devastated in Monday's flood. Why is no one talking about it? 08/16/2023 10:11pm • When heavy rains led to flash flooding in D.C. on Monday, Rhode Island Avenue Northeast wasn’t the only area to see devastation. Ten minutes down the road in Ivy City, stormwater mixed with sewage rose from storm drains outside Bethesda Baptist Church. The water would rise to almost 3 feet, How Long Do Hard Inquiries Stay on Your Credit Report? 08/15/2023 08:00pm • What Is a Hard Inquiry?When you apply for a credit card or a loan, the lender requests your credit report from one or more credit bureaus. The lender then does a deep dive into your report to assess your creditworthiness. This action is called a hard inquiry, and it can take up to five points off yo Rethinking the Biggest Traditional Expenses 08/15/2023 08:00pm • When you're trying to get ahead financially, you may scan your budget to identify and trim nonessentials. Spending categories like vacations, cafe beverages, and tickets to concerts and sporting events may all be on the chopping block. These items, however, make life enjoyable, so reducing or elimin What Is a Prime Credit Score? 08/14/2023 08:00pm • When you apply for a loan, the lender checks your credit. Often, lenders sort applicants into categories based on their credit scores, including subprime, prime and superprime. If your credit score is in the prime tier, you likely have good credit. What Credit Scores Qualify As Prime?FICO scores and Ways to save money on a tight budget 08/14/2023 05:57am • More than half of Americans are currently living paycheck to paycheck, and when funds are tight, it can be easy to get distraught and feel like the situation is permanent. But even in tough financial times, there are strategies you can employ every day to save money. You've probably heard the cli Where in the world is Wagner warlord Prigozhin? At large and in charge, apparently 08/13/2023 12:21am • (CNN) — Late last week, imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was handed a harsh judgment: After a court hit him with a new 19-year sentence in a penal colony, he was sent immediately to a punishment cell. It was a stark contrast to the fate of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Inflation may be cooling — but drivers can’t seem to catch a break 08/12/2023 06:08am • New York (CNN) — If you’re sitting in rush-hour traffic in Arlington, Virginia, there’s a good chance you’ll spot Hunter Scott in his helmet and elbow pads scooting right past you on an adjacent path.For the past year, Scott, a 38-year-old Navy pilot doing work for the government until h Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/11/2023 01:02pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov 'Nothing left': Future unclear for Hawaii residents who lost it all in fire 08/11/2023 11:27am • WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Retired mailman and Vietnam veteran Thomas Leonard lived in the historic former capital of Hawaii for 44 years until this week, when a rapidly moving wildfire burned down his apartment, melted his Jeep and forced him to spend four terrifying hours hiding from the flames behi You've got to be Kia-dding me: DC woman's Kia broken into 3 times, stolen twice 08/10/2023 07:45pm • A woman in Northeast D.C. is completely fed up after her 2020 Kia Sportage was stolen this week. It marked the second time her SUV was stolen this year and the third time that someone has broken into it. "You feel really helpless," explained Emmi Tewksbury-Volpe. "It's really disheartening, an Rising flood risks threaten many water and sewage treatment plants across the US 08/10/2023 02:23pm • LUDLOW, Vermont (AP) — The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days last month. And it was before the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Now a coming rainstorm can Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/10/2023 02:01pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Norwegians prepare for more flooding and destruction after days of heavy rain 08/10/2023 10:50am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Rescuers on Thursday evacuated inundated areas of southeastern Norway and residents braced for more landslides and flooding as rivers swollen by days of heavy rain carried large amounts of water through the mountainous landscape. People living near waterways were moved t