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Debby downgraded to tropical depression as DC region sees damaging winds, heavy rain, isolated flooding 08/08/2024 07:44pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Tropical Storm Debby was downgraded to a tropical depression Thursday afternoon and it's expected to continue weakening as it moves north this week — but not before it rolls through the D.C. area bringing the risk of flooding and th 7 Best Small-Cap Growth Stocks to Buy 08/07/2024 08:00pm • Having exposure to small-cap stocks is a smart idea. Small-cap companies with market capitalizations of roughly between $250 million and $2 billion have unique advantages that can help diversify a portfolio and offer excellent growth potential. Smaller companies are often in the early stages of the Tropical weather brings record rainfall. Experts share how to stay safe in floods. 08/07/2024 12:00pm • The extreme weather seen in places across the United States in recent weeks shows that it doesn't take a catastrophic hurricane to cause significant damage — the torrential rain from Tropical Storm Debby in parts of the Southeast is just one example. The slow-moving system lingering over Georgia Software upgrades for Hyundai, Kia help cut theft rates, new HLDI research finds 08/07/2024 06:28am • Anti-theft software upgrades provided for Hyundai and Kia vehicles regularly targeted by thieves has cut theft rates by more than half, according to new research from the Highway Loss Data Institute. Theft rates of the affected automobiles soared after thieves discovered that certain car models lack 'We're going to survive and it's going to come back': A year after Maui wildfire, survivors press on 08/04/2024 02:45am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — They have combed the ashes for mementos, worried about where they would sleep, questioned their faith and tried to find a way to grieve amid the great, unsettling devastation. Residents have faced a year of challenges, practical and emotional, since the deadliest U.S. wildfi A year after Maui wildfire, chronic housing shortage and pricey vacation rentals complicate recovery 08/04/2024 12:45am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Josephine Fraser worried her young family's next home would be a tent. Fraser and her partner, their two sons and their dog had moved nine times in as many months, from one hotel room to another, since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century razed her hometown of Lahaina, o Florida flooding emergency declared as tropical threat draws near 08/02/2024 05:04pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A storm system brewing over Cuba on Friday will likely dump torrential rains over the Florida peninsula this weekend, a forecast that’s especially concerning for low-lying coastal and urban areas that were inundated by dangerous floods this year. The National Hurricane C Connecticut man bitten by rare rattlesnake he tried to help ends up in coma 08/01/2024 01:30pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When Joseph Ricciardella saw the snake in the road, he stopped his car and tried to help it avoid getting run over. The attempted good deed landed him in a Connecticut hospital in a medically induced coma after the timber rattlesnake, which is rare in the Northeast, bit his Firefighters make progress against massive blaze in California ahead of warming weather 07/30/2024 10:26pm • FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews worked Tuesday to hold on to the progress made against the largest blaze in California this year ahead of warming temperatures forecast for later this week. Authorities said containment was 14% and lifted evacuation orders in some communities of Butte County How to Invest When Short-Term CDs Are Higher Than Long-Term CDs 07/30/2024 08:00pm • If you're looking for a low-risk, high-yield investment option, certificates of deposit, or CDs, may be a good choice. They are typically insured up to $250,000 (per depositor, per institution) by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and can beat out traditional savings rates. CDs are unique be Savings Interest Rate Forecast 07/30/2024 08:00pm • Higher interest rates mean borrowing becomes more expensive. But on the flip side, your savings account can earn more. Interest rates have held steady in 2024 and are unlikely to decline substantially anytime soon, though the Federal Reserve is widely expected to make a cut to rates when it meets in California man defends his home as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West 07/30/2024 11:02am • COHASSET, Calif. (AP) — In the small forest community of Cohasset, Ron Ward watched as flames hundreds of feet high from California’s deadly Park Fire approached his family ranch. He had lost insurance coverage on it just a month earlier as companies increasingly drop California homeowners due t Israel-Hamas war latest: US cautions Israel over escalation with Hezbollah after weekend attack 07/29/2024 03:00pm • The United States on Monday cautioned Israel about escalation with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah as Israel weighs its response to a rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend that killed 12 youths in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights. The attack increased concerns about a wider regional conflict, Virginia free clinics hope for funding boost from the state 07/29/2024 01:22pm • Jobs come and go, but free health clinics have been something Florence Roane-Bell could always count on. The lifelong Richmond resident has tapped into the Health Brigade — formerly known as the Fan Free Clinic — when she needed it. It was there that she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia (after How Much Would $10,000 Invested in Tesla Stock at IPO Be Worth Today? 07/28/2024 08:00pm • Electric vehicles giant Tesla Inc. (ticker: TSLA) is a household name today. At a market capitalization of roughly $730 billion, it's one of the 10 largest public companies in the U.S. That said, the stock's medium-term performance has been lackluster. Despite a sharp rebound in 2023, investors who