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5 of the Best Stocks to Buy Now 02/01/2024 07:00pm • The stock market has been on a major winning streak over the past quarter. With the Federal Reserve possibly starting interest rate cuts in 2024, investors are bidding up equities across the board. Several major stock indexes have reached new record highs and excitement is in the air. These sorts of Apple ends yearlong sales slump with slight revenue rise in holiday-season period but stock slips 02/01/2024 06:45pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Apple snapped out of a yearlong sales funk during its holiday-season quarter, propelled by solid demand for the latest model of its iPhone and still-robust growth in a services division facing legal threats that could undermine its prospects. 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The average estim Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds 02/01/2024 10:51am • Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access Now said Thursday. The hacking with spyware made by Israel's NSO Group occurred from 2019 until last Se Stock market today: Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street slips to its worst loss in 4 months 02/01/2024 01:30am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after Wall Street fell to its worst loss since September as the Federal Reserve indicated cuts to interest rates are not imminent. U.S. futures and oil prices rose. Hong Kong���s Hang Seng advanced, but ceded much of its early gains. It was up 0 Movie Review: 'Argylle' won't blow your socks off 01/31/2024 08:52pm • A checkered mesh of mysteries have accompanied the release of Matthew Vaughn���s ���Argylle.��� There is the promoted one: Who is the ���real��� Agent Argylle? Then there���s all the (baseless) conjecture over whether argyle aficionado Taylor Swift had anything to do with the film. But most of all: Law Films You Won't Want to Miss 01/31/2024 07:00pm • Legal-themed films are Hollywood mainstays. The best of these films both entertain and educate viewers about legal issues and society as a whole. Part of the reason why legal themes are at the center of so many films is the nature of storytelling. 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That news should help the U.S. stock market, which has gained 1.6% as measured by the S&P 500 index on a year-to-date basis 'The Woman King,' 'Love & Basketball,' 'Swagger' filmmakers join WTOP to salute 'Genius: MLK/X' 01/31/2024 02:29pm • The Civil Rights Movement has become synonymous with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Their lives are explored in Season 4 of ���Genius" subtitled "MLK/X," which premieres on National Geographic on Thursday, Feb. 1 before streaming on Hulu and Disney on Friday, Feb. 2 to kick off Black H Jay Pharoah, Seth MacFarlane, Monica headline February entertainment in DC area 01/31/2024 05:11am • February brings more than just the Grammys, the Super Bowl and Valentine's Day. Tons of exciting local events are coming to D.C., Maryland and Virginia next month. 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The new law could expand the government's ability to prosecute residents for o Apple-Podcasts-Top-Podcasts 01/30/2024 11:44am • Top New Shows (US): 1. Murder 101, iHeartPodcasts 2. The True Detective: Night Country Podcast, HBO 3. Native Land Pod, iHeartPodcasts 4. The Godmother, iHeart True Crime 5. Varnamtown, PodcastOne 6. The Salty Podcast, Devin Cordle 7. The High Roller Heist, Wavland 8. God���s Country, iHeartPodcasts