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Violence plagued all levels of American politics long before the attempt on Trump's life 07/16/2024 09:37pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Long before a would-be assassin wounded former President Donald Trump, the fuse of political violence had been burning across America. Members of Congress have been shot. One lawmaker's staffers in Virginia were attacked with a baseball bat. In Louisville, a bullet grazed the Torrential rains hit Canada's largest city, closing a major highway and other roads 07/16/2024 09:33pm • TORONTO (AP) — A major highway, several other thoroughfares and a key transit hub were flooded in Toronto as torrential rains washed over Canada's largest city Tuesday, causing power outages in multiple areas. Toronto police said part of the Don Valley Parkway, which runs from the north part of th Israel's military will begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men on Sunday. It could rattle the government 07/16/2024 08:59pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Tuesday said it would begin sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men on Sunday — a step that could destabilize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. The announcement followed a landmark Supreme Court order for young religious men to be DC woman accused of stealing, crashing car with ill woman inside found incompetent to stand trial 07/16/2024 08:11pm • The woman accused of stealing an SUV outside a D.C. hospital with an ill patient in the passenger seat was found incompetent to stand trial Tuesday. Kayla Kenisha Brown, 22, of Southeast, is accused of crashing the stolen car into a downtown D.C. building in early June. The passenger, 55-year-old Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between two presidents 07/16/2024 08:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad — you name it — leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscap Can You Make a Car Payment With a Credit Card? 07/16/2024 08:00pm • Most lenders don't accept credit cards for auto loan payments, but even if your lender does, you need to think twice before using that option. If you aren't careful, you could end up paying more than your original auto loan amount. But I've got your back! Up ahead, we'll cover everything you need to 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 8 Ways to Manage Money Stress 07/16/2024 08:00pm • It's easy to get stressed about money. Life is expensive. Even in the best of times, your own finances may not be all that healthy, and there's always something around the corner that you're going to want or need to spend money on, from summer vacations to car repairs to back-to-school season to hos Will the Stock Market Crash in 2024? 6 Risk Factors 07/16/2024 08:00pm • Even with company earnings on the upswing and Wall Street buzzing about the Federal Reserve curbing interest rates, some stock market investors are still on edge. On the plus side, the S&P 500 is up 18.8% year to date through July 16, an encouraging number at the halfway point of 2024. The index When a Retirement Hardship Withdrawal Makes Sense 07/16/2024 08:00pm • Faced with rising household costs, many Americans are turning to their retirement accounts to save their homes from foreclosure. According to a recent report from Vanguard, 3.6% of American retirement savers raided their 401(k) plan to cover significant household shortfalls in 2023, up from 2.8% the 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 Mahomes joins rookies, select veterans at Chiefs camp and chase a 3rd straight Super Bowl title 07/16/2024 05:00pm • ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes is bringing along a TV to training camp at Missouri Western for the first time in his NFL career. Two reasons: He wants to watch the upcoming Paris Olympics and play the new EA Sports College Football 25 video game. Whether there is time for any of that remai Few residents opt out of $600 million class action settlement in East Palestine, Ohio, derailment 07/16/2024 04:37pm • Few people ultimately opted out of the $600 million class action settlement Norfolk Southern offered to people affected by last year's disastrous East Palestine train derailment despite the questions residents raised about the deal, lawyers said. The plaintiffs' attorneys said only 22 of the nearly Judge considers bond for off-duty officer awaiting murder trial after South Carolina shooting 07/16/2024 03:45pm • MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — A judge is considering whether to grant bond to a former police officer as he awaits a murder trial after an off-duty fight led to a shooting in a South Carolina fast food restaurant parking lot. Anthony DeLustro, 65, has remained jailed since his arrest on April 10. Cir