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The Federal Reserve is finally lowering rates. Here's what consumers should know 09/18/2024 03:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate from its 23-year high, with consequences for debt, savings, auto loans, mortgages and other forms of borrowing by consumers and businesses. On Wednesday, the Fed announced that it reduced its key rate by an unusually large ha Treasury rule would expand tax credits for installing electric vehicle chargers 09/18/2024 02:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration is moving to clarify how homeowners and businesses can receive lucrative tax credits for installing electric vehicle chargers. A rule proposed Wednesday by the Treasury Department would make credits worth up to $1,000 for individuals and $100,000 for busi AP PHOTOS: Germany springs to life in vivid scenes of nature 09/18/2024 02:30pm • As the sun bleeds into daylight or fades toward night, AP photographer Michael Probst is often on the hunt for serene scenes near his home in Frankfurt, Germany that evoke a sense of wonder. Nature comes alive in the vibrant yellow of a pollen-laden bee approaching a sunflower or a fuzzy-headed gosl False reports of explosives found in a car near a Trump rally spread online 09/18/2024 12:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Law enforcement officials on Long Island worked quickly on Wednesday to publicly knock down social media posts falsely reporting that explosives had been found in a car near former President Donald Trump���s planned rally in New York. The false reports of an explosive began circula Two years after Mahsa Amini death, Western allies sanction a dozen Iranian officials 09/18/2024 11:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S., Canada and Australia hit a group of Iranian officials with sanctions Wednesday for their participation in suppressing protests and detaining people in relation to the death of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman who died in the custody of Iran's morality police two years ago Today in Sports - Jerry Rice���s run of 274 straight games with a receptions ends 09/18/2024 10:10am • Sept. 19 1925 ��� Bill Tilden wins his sixth straight U.S. Open tennis championship with a five-set victory over Bill Johnston. Tilden wins 4-6, 11-9, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. It���s the fourth consecutive year that Tilden beats Johnston in the final. 1942 ��� Alsab, runner-up in the 1942 Kentucky Derby, beat GM offering adapters to help electric vehicle owners access Tesla chargers 09/18/2024 09:31am • General Motors is now offering adapters to help its electric vehicle owners access Tesla chargers. The Detroit automaker said Wednesday that it is opening up access to more than 17,800 Tesla Superchargers for its customers, with the use of a GM approved NACS DC adapter. Customers in the United State French soccer star Wissam Ben Yedder stays free ahead of trial on charges of sexual assault 09/18/2024 08:00am • French soccer star Wissam Ben Yedder will stay free ahead of his trial on charges of sexual assault while intoxicated, one of his lawyers told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Marie Roumiantseva said Ben Yedder will remain under strict judicial supervision after a woman filed a lawsuit for sexual Edmunds: How automakers are making recalls easier 09/18/2024 07:26am • Vehicle recalls are an important part of automotive safety. But they can also be quite a hassle for owners. Taking your vehicle to the dealership for an unexpected repair or fix is just one more thing you have to plan for. Pleasingly, things are changing. With many of the newest vehicles, some recal Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands 09/18/2024 12:21am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel Hundreds of homes near Houston still under evacuation orders as pipeline fire burns for second day 09/17/2024 11:15pm • DEER PARK, Texas (AP) ��� A pipeline fire that erupted in a suburban Houston neighborhood burned throughout a second day and into the night Tuesday with still no definitive word on when the blaze would finally go out, when nearby residents may be able to return home or why a car drove through a fenc Trump holds first event since an apparent assassination attempt while Harris does a rare interview 09/17/2024 10:49pm • FLINT, Mich. (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday made his first public appearance since Sunday���s second apparent assassination attempt against him, speaking to an crowd chanting ���God bless Trump!��� and ���Fight, Fight, Fight��� as U.S. Secret Service agents surrounded the stage to Trump pledges tariffs and repeats false claim of Chinese automakers building big Mexican factories 09/17/2024 10:16pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated false claims that Chinese automakers are putting up large factories in Mexico, vowing during a stop in the automaking state of Michigan to slap 200% tariffs on any vehicles the unbuilt plants make and ship to the United States. Tr Vance touts deportation plan in Wisconsin city where tensions flared over refugee resettlement 09/17/2024 09:49pm • EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) ��� Stephanie Hirsch remembers growing up in the western Wisconsin city of Eau Claire when the community welcomed newly arriving Hmong refugees from Southeast Asia. So Hirsch, now the Eau Claire city manager, said she was surprised at the hostility, fear and anger she saw last Family of DC man killed by police outside a McDonald's in Southeast calls for federal probe 09/17/2024 09:17pm • The family of a man who was shot and killed by police outside a McDonald's in Southeast D.C. earliest this month is calling for the U.S. Justice Department to launch a civil rights investigation into his killing. The relatives of Justin Robinson believe police didn���t do enough to de-escalate the s