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US-Apple-Books-Top-10 08/13/2024 12:25pm • Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 2. Shadow of Doubt by Brad Thor (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 3. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 4. Arkangel by James Rollins (William Morrow) 5. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin���s Publis Apple TV app - Top Movies 08/13/2024 12:05pm • Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Despicable Me 4 2. A Quiet Place: Day One 3. The Fall Guy (2024) 4. Bad Boys: Ride or Die 5. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 6. Civil War 7. The Twisters 8. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 9. Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 10. IF (Imaginary Frien Apple Podcasts��� Top New Shows 08/13/2024 12:05pm • Top New Shows (US): 1. Karen, Wondery 2. Betrayal, iHeart True Crime 3. Noble, Wavland 4. Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams, Crooked Media 5. Tested, CBC STORIES 6. Middling with Eden and Brock, Eden Sher & Brock Ciarlelli 7. Anna���s Guide, Anna Sitar 8. Bongino Report Early Edition with Evi Hong Kong's top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest 08/12/2024 10:18pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Hong Kong's top court on Monday upheld the convictions of seven of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019. Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper; Martin Lee, the founding cha 10 Best Tech Stocks to Buy for 2024 08/12/2024 08:00pm • The artificial intelligence-fueled tech stock rally hit some speed bumps in recent weeks. For example, the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (ticker: XLK) has now underperformed the S&P 500's total return so far in 2024. For more than a decade, brief periods of tech-sector underperformance have 7 Best Tech ETFs to Buy in 2024 08/11/2024 08:00pm • It's been a bumpy ride in the stock market lately. A poor jobs report and global market sell-off sent stocks into a tailspin on Aug. 5. Unfortunately, this only continued the rough summer for the technology sector. After reaching an all-time high in mid-July, the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector Index b Today in History: August 11, first prisoners reach Alcatraz 08/11/2024 12:00am • Today is Sunday, Aug. 11, the 224th day of 2024. There are 142 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 11, 1934, the first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island, a former military prison, in San Francisco Bay; the island would be home to more than 1,500 prisoners over the next three Arraez's RBI groundout in 10th lifts surging Padres to 9-8 win over Marlins 08/10/2024 09:21pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Luis Arraez had two hits and drove in three runs, including a go-ahead RBI groundout in the 10th inning, and the surging San Diego Padres beat the Miami Marlins 9-8 on Saturday. David Peralta singled twice and doubled for the Padres, who have won seven straight and 16 of their last 18 Review: Affleck & Damon banter like Butch & Sundance in Apple's heist comedy 'The Instigators' 08/09/2024 04:41pm • "Affleck & Damon" has been a Hollywood brand since their Oscar-winning script for "Good Will Hunting" (1997). That was back when Matt Damon first showed main-character energy and Casey Affleck was still breaking in his baseball glove in a supporting role. While older brother Ben Affleck got Wall Street rallies to its best day since 2022 on encouraging unemployment data; S&P 500 jumps 2.3% 08/08/2024 05:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. stocks rallied Thursday in Wall Street���s latest sharp swerve after a better-than-expected report on unemployment eased worries about the slowing economy. The S&P 500 jumped 2.3% for its best day since 2022 and shaved off all but 0.5% of its loss from what was a brutal s The Trump Trade vs. The Harris Trade 08/07/2024 08:00pm • Volatility in early August has sparked the interest of Washington, D.C. pundits lately as the ups and downs of the stock market have become predictably politicized. After all, voters consistently rank the economy as their No. 1 concern -- and battleground states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisco Alabama approved a medical marijuana program in 2021. Patients are still waiting for it. 08/07/2024 07:11pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� When Amanda Taylor lived in Arizona, she used medical cannabis to relieve the symptoms of her multiple sclerosis, gastroparesis and other ailments. She returned to Alabama to advocate for medical cannabis in her home state. Taylor thought victory was in view in 2021 when Al Wall Street slips after a morning rally evaporates as some of the market's AI darlings drop 08/07/2024 05:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after a morning rally evaporated, but the losses on Wall Street weren���t as bad as the manic moves that wracked markets worldwide over the last week. The S&P 500 slipped 0.8% after an earlier jump of 1.7% petered out. The Dow Jones Industrial Aver Addicted to the Olympics? A turnaround for the Peacock streaming service probably contributed 08/07/2024 03:16pm • Four boxes with live Olympics action filled Peacock's screen during its ���Gold Zone��� show one afternoon this week ��� one showing women hammer toss competitors, another with long jumpers going aloft, a third with racers leaping hurdles and the last showing the minutes counting down in the U.S.-Ge Paris Olympics food donations seek to help needy, contribute to sustainability and set an example 08/07/2024 02:55pm • PARIS (AP) ��� It is quite literally the food of champions. Paris Olympics organizers are determined that it not go to waste. Food that goes uneaten at the Games ��� by the athletes, the spectators and the workers ��� is helping those in need around the French capital, part of an effort to cut down