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Minnesota man gets 20 years for fatally stabbing teen, wounding others on Wisconsin river 07/31/2024 06:36pm • HUDSON, Wis. (AP) ��� A Minnesota man convicted in the slaying of a high school student and stabbings of four other people who were tubing on a western Wisconsin river was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison. A judge also ordered Nicolae Miu, 54, to serve six years of extended supervision foll NYC's latest crackdown on illegal weed shops is finally shutting them down 07/31/2024 05:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Thousands of marijuana shops boldly opened without a license in New York City after the state legalized recreational use of the drug, but after more than a year of lax enforcement, new state rules are finally allowing officials to padlock their doors. New York City's sheriff���s of FDA warns about more ground cinnamon tainted with lead. Here's what you need to know 07/31/2024 02:30pm • U.S. health officials are warning that several types of ground cinnamon sold at certain discount and specialty grocery stores are contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded. The Food and Drug Administration has issued its third alert this year, adding at least 10 types of package Black Eyed Peas, Imagine Dragons and Missy Elliott heat up August entertainment in DC area 07/31/2024 08:43am • The summer weather won't be the only thing heating up in August! The calendar of entertainment events is on fire in the D.C. area: August Entertainment Guide Aug. 1: The Struts at The Anthem Aug. 1: Missy Elliott at CFG Bank Arena Aug. 1-4: "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha" at Woolly Mammoth Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline ahead of central bank meetings 07/29/2024 10:07pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Asian shares mostly declined in cautious trading Tuesday ahead of central bank meetings around the world. The Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan are holding monetary policy meetings this week. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.5% in morning trading to 38,26 9 Best Mutual Funds to Buy Now 07/29/2024 08:00pm • With the rise of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, that let you buy and sell throughout the trading day, mutual funds have fallen out of the limelight. But don't write off the old stalwart of simple, diversified investing just yet. The following list of the best mutual funds to buy now may prove to sk How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 7/29/2024 07/29/2024 04:18pm • U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed close ahead of a week full of earnings reports from Wall Street���s most influential companies and a Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Monday, coming off its first back-to-back weekly losses since April. The Dow Jones Industria Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits 07/29/2024 10:31am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Three years into the new age of college sports, where athletes are allowed to profit from their successes through name, image and likeness deals, everyone is still trying to find out what the new normal will be. Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, called it �� 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 Donald Trump Stocks: 8 Stocks Owned by the GOP Nominee 07/28/2024 08:00pm • Former President Donald Trump is now officially the Republican candidate for president in 2024, and he is leading presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in most national polls. If Trump is elected president for a second time, it could have a major impact on the stock market. Trump has been giv Technology's grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines 07/27/2024 09:53pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� ���Move fast and break things,��� a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation. It now seems more like an elegy for a society perched on a digital foundation too fragile to withs Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with store employees in Maryland 07/27/2024 12:13pm • Apple has reached a tentative collective bargaining contract with the first unionized company store in the country. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers��� Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, which represents the employees at a retail location in Maryland, announ 10 Best-Performing ETFs of 2024 07/25/2024 08:00pm • The stock market tacked on 26% across all of last year, and as the S&P 500 has tacked on 13.2% from January through late July, it appears Wall Street could rival those gains again in 2024. Thanks to this sustained optimism, "risk-on" stocks have been at the top of the heap in the current bull ma Processed and Ultraprocessed Foods: Examples and Health Risks 07/25/2024 08:00pm • When it comes to dietary demons, processed foods are getting a lot of buzz these days. Processed foods are being blamed for everything from an increased risk of developing obesity and heart disease to cancer and Type 2 diabetes, as well as a variety of other detrimental health effects. But is this v 2024 Election Latest: Harris decries suffering in Gaza, calls for cease-fire to free hostages 07/25/2024 07:18pm • Likely Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters that she is ���ready��� to debate Donald Trump and accused her Republican rival of ���backpedaling��� on their faceoff. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a long-awaited White House visit to meet with President