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Republicans challenge North Carolina decision that lets students show university's mobile ID 09/12/2024 09:06pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� The Republican Party sued North Carolina's elections board on Thursday to block students and employees at the state���s flagship public university from offering a digital identification as a way to comply with a relatively new photo voter ID law. The Republican National Commit 12 Seasonal Jobs for Retirees 09/12/2024 08:00pm • Retirees hoping to earn extra income while staying active may find temporary work an ideal fit. "Seasonal work can be fun, as you know it's just for a specified amount of time," said Dawn-Marie Joseph, founder of Estate Planning & Preservation in Williamston, Michigan, in an email. Seasonal work 9 Blue-Chip Powerhouse ETFs to Buy 09/12/2024 08:00pm • When it comes to broad stock market indexes like the S&P 500, many investors may not realize that a handful of large-cap companies hold a disproportionately large share of the index. This concentration is the result of the methodology behind market-capitalization weighting. In a market-capitaliz 7 High-Return, Low-Risk Investments for Retirees 09/12/2024 08:00pm • Preserving capital is at least as important to retirees as growing their accounts. Nobody wants to outlast their retirement funds. That's why it's crucial to have retirement investments allocated in a way that generates income as well as growth. Retirees and those approaching their final working ye From Chinese to Italians and beyond, maligning a culture via its foods is a longtime American habit 09/12/2024 06:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� It's a practice that's about as American as apple pie ��� accusing immigrant and minority communities of engaging in bizarre or disgusting behaviors when it comes to what and how they eat and drink, a kind of shorthand for saying they don't belong. The latest iteration came at Tues Hundreds gather on a Seattle beach to remember an American activist killed by the Israeli military 09/12/2024 03:10pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� For her 26th birthday in July, human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi gathered friends for a bonfire at one of her favorite places, a sandy beach in Seattle where green-and-white ferries cruise across the dark, flat water and osprey fish overhead. On Wednesday night, hundreds of pe Bizarro Apple Cup arrives as Washington State and Washington meet in rivalry showdown 09/12/2024 10:55am • Washington State (1-0) vs. Washington (1-0) at Lumen Field in Seattle, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (Peacock) BetMGM College Football Odds: Washington 4 1/2. Series record: Washington leads 76-33-6. WHAT'S AT STAKE? For the first time since 1961, the Apple Cup is a non-conference matchup ��� this time bet Pair of rare Amur tiger cubs debuting at Minnesota Zoo are raising hopes for the endangered species 09/12/2024 06:36am • APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) ��� A pair of rare Amur tiger cubs are making their public debut at the Minnesota Zoo, raising hopes for preserving an endangered species that's native to far eastern Russia and northern China. Andrei and Amaliya got to venture outside and feel the grass of their new home un Wisconsin is going for its highest-ranked nonconference win in 50 years when No. 4 Alabama visits 09/12/2024 06:10am • Things to watch this week in the Big Ten Conference: Game of the week No. 4 Alabama (2-0) at Wisconsin (2-0), Saturday, noon ET (Fox) The Badgers are hosting an SEC opponent for the first time since 1971 (LSU) and trying to beat its highest-ranked nonconference opponent since upsetting No. 4 Nebrask 7 Best Dividend ETFs to Buy Now 09/11/2024 08:00pm • A diversified portfolio balances the need for growth along with the need for stability. After all, small-cap biotech stocks and software startups may deliver a big payday if all goes well, but they can go right to zero if things go poorly. Only those investors who are willing to risk ruin would put Natural Energy Boosters: Foods That Give You Energy 09/11/2024 08:00pm • The best energizing foods can help sustain vitality, boost your mood, sharpen your focus and enhance your physical well-being. To keep your body operating at optimal levels, maintaining a balanced energy level throughout the day is essential. The best way to do that is by eating the right energy foo The 7 Best Fidelity Mutual Funds to Buy and Hold 09/11/2024 08:00pm • A buy-and-hold investment strategy revolves around three key components: a long time horizon, a high risk tolerance and a focus on capital appreciation. First, the time horizon -- buying and holding typically refers to investing for a period of 10, 20 or even 30 years into the future. You're not rea Century-old rivalry games in Week 3? Welcome to the new reality of college football 09/11/2024 05:35pm • A matchup between the Big Ten and the Pac-12 traditionally would be a clash of differing styles between schools from the Midwest and the West Coast. Better yet, it could invoke images of the San Gabriel Mountains and the manicured grass of the Rose Bowl in ���The Granddaddy of Them All.��� This year Round House Theatre's 'Sojourners' argues immigration is vital to the American Dream 09/11/2024 03:16pm •   Immigration is front and center in the heartfelt new dramatic play "Sojourners," which opens Wednesday night at the prolific Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland, running now through Oct. 6. "It's a timely topic," director Valerie Curtis-Newton told WTOP. "There's a lot of conv College football picks: Welcome to rivalry weekend in September for divorced Pacific Northwest foes 09/11/2024 11:42am • Welcome to rivalry weekend in September. As college football fans adapt to the new world order brought on by conference realignment and playoff expansion, among the changes are a pair of rivalries that used to cap off regular seasons now taking place before summer ends. Despite a nasty divorce last