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15 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy for 2024 07/16/2024 08:00pm • Inflation continues to decelerate. The consumer price index fell on a month-over-month basis in June, marking the indicator's first outright decline in several years. Meanwhile, the annual inflation rate has slipped to just 3%. This has set the stage for a series of Federal Reserve interest rate cut Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as Egypt's foreign agent 07/16/2024 07:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted of all charges Tuesday in a sweeping corruption trial in which he was accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as an agent for the Egyptian government. A jury in Manhattan deliberated for parts of A dam fails after rain, wind, tornadoes pound the Midwest. The Chicago area is cleaning up 07/16/2024 05:49pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of people in a southern Illinois town were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as water rolled over the top of a dam, just one perilous result of severe weather that raged through the Midwest overnight with relentless rain and tornadoes and hit the Chicago area especially hard. Hun Financial Planning For Post-College Life 07/15/2024 08:00pm • For many recent college graduates and young adults, personal finances are a source of anxiety. Rising tuition costs have led to higher average student loan debt, leaving many graduates feeling behind financially before they even start their career, experts say. Many say they feel unprepared to face Beware of Hidden Wedding Costs 07/15/2024 08:00pm • Whether you want a grand affair or something simple, weddings can be far more expensive than you think. Even if you plan ahead, in many cases hidden costs abound. They can even lead to debt. A 2023 The Knot study found that 56% of couples spent more than they anticipated by an average of $7,900. I'm 10 Apps to Use Now to Make Taxes Easier Next Year 07/14/2024 08:00pm • Taxpayers gave a collective sigh of relief after the April tax deadline passed. Another year of scrambling to gather receipts and calculate expenses is over. However, tax season doesn't have to be a mad dash. Instead of waiting until next spring to get organized, start now. Mobile apps make it quick Former Georgia insurance commissioner sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to health care fraud 07/12/2024 07:18pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in prison after Oxendine pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones had one question for the 62-year-old Republican, Review: 'Beale Street' alum KiKi Layne shows surprising singing chops in music drama 'Dandelion' 07/12/2024 12:52pm • It was an Audience Award nominee at the South by Southwest Film Festival back in March. This Friday, the IFC indie music drama “Dandelion” opens in select theaters in the D.C. area. The film follows a struggling singer/songwriter named Theresa (a.k.a. Dandelion), who leaves Cincinnati Car Review: Honda Passport’s off-road variant is ready to tackle DC road construction 07/12/2024 07:43am • The new rough-and-tumble version of the Honda Passport SUV is great off-road, or on what passes for a road in the D.C. area. I didn’t go tearing through mud or driving over rocks, but I got a pretty good idea of the Passport TrailSport’s ability to soak up nasty bumps while navigating a partia When Should You Hire a Car Accident Lawyer? 07/11/2024 08:00pm • Motor vehicle accidents cause an estimated $340 billion in economic costs annually, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. While most car accident losses are resolved through insurance claims, sometimes those involved in crashes (including pedestrians and other third partie US inflation cools again, potentially paving way for Fed to cut interest rates soon 07/11/2024 01:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States cooled in June for a third straight month, a sign that the worst price spike in four decades is steadily fading and may soon usher in interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. In a better-than-expected report, consumer prices declined 0.1% from May Louisiana lawmakers work to address 'silent danger' of thousands of dead and beetle-infested trees 07/10/2024 08:05pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Dead pine trees, weakened by last summer's drought and hungry beetles, are a major public safety concern for Louisiana residents, with fears that fragile tree limbs may come crashing down on homes, roads, power lines and businesses without warning, officials say. As more re In swing-state Pennsylvania, a Latino-majority city embraces a chance to sway the 2024 election 07/10/2024 03:34pm • READING, Pa. (AP) — Religion and politics frequently overlap in Reading, an old industrial city in one of the most pivotal swing states of this year’s presidential election. In Pennsylvania, there is early precedent for this kind of thing. The state began as a haven for Quakers and other Europea Iran's presidential candidates discuss economic sanctions and nuclear deal ahead of Friday runoff 07/02/2024 10:26pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian presidential candidates on Tuesday discussed the impact of economic sanctions imposed on their country by the United States and other Western nations and presented their proposals for reviving a nuclear deal with world powers. It was the second — and last — live deb Street medicine teams search for homeless people to deliver lifesaving IV hydration in extreme heat 07/01/2024 12:10am • PHOENIX (AP) — Alfred Handley leaned back in his wheelchair alongside a major Phoenix freeway as a street medicine team helped him get rehydrated with an intravenous saline solution dripping from a bag hanging on a pole. Cars whooshed by under the blazing 96-degree morning sun as the 59-year-old h