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Hit Japanese video game is now a streaming series aiming for global appeal 07/31/2024 07:44am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Amazon Prime Video���s ���Like a Dragon: Yakuza,��� which premieres in October, has all the glorious fare of a classic mobster story ��� bloody fistfights, beautiful women, expensive cars, muscle and flashy suits. Based on a popular Sega video game that debuted in 2005, the story cent US BMX star Alise Willoughby aims for first gold at her fourth Olympics after triumph and tragedy 07/31/2024 07:33am • MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) ��� Alise Willoughby is back at the Summer Olympics for the fourth time, trying to win the gold medal that not only has escaped her own grasp but that of her husband, Sam, a standout BMX racer in his own right until a fluke crash left him paralyzed. They've experi Formula 1 team Alpine hires 36-year-old Oliver Oakes as team principal to lead a turnaround 07/31/2024 07:17am • ENSTONE, England (AP) ��� Alpine named 36-year-old Oliver Oakes as its team principal on Wednesday as he aims to lead the team ���back to competitiveness��� in Formula 1. Alpine said Oakes, who is British, would be the second-youngest team principal in F1 history. He brings experience from founding Israel has a long history of targeted killings. Here's a look at some of them 07/31/2024 05:06am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� A pair of strikes on militant leaders in Beirut and Tehran has escalated tensions in a region already on edge and adds to a long list of targeted killings attributed to Israel. Hamas said Israel was behind the assassination of its supreme leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital, a She became a mother after Islamic State captivity. A decade on, Yazidi community shuns her children 07/31/2024 01:42am • DOHUK, Iraq (AP) ��� The day they came to take her children, the young mother bundled them up against the cold. She asked her nearly 6-year-old son to take care of his younger sister. ���Don���t let anyone hit her,��� she told the boy. ���OK, Mama,��� she remembers him replying. Much else was left u She became a mother after Islamic State captivity. A decade on, Yazidi community shuns her children 07/31/2024 01:41am • DOHUK, Iraq (AP) ��� The day they came to take her children, the young mother bundled them up against the cold. She asked her nearly 6-year-old son to take care of his younger sister. ���Don���t let anyone hit her,��� she told the boy. ���OK, Mama,��� she remembers him replying. Much else was left u Chisholm's second straight 2-homer game helps Yanks top Phils 7-6 in 12 innings for 4th straight win 07/30/2024 11:35pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Jazz Chisholm had five RBIs in his second straight two-homer game, Gleyber Torres hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 12th inning and the New York Yankees outlasted the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 on Tuesday night for their first four-game winning streak since early June. Chishol Firefighters make progress against massive blaze in California ahead of warming weather 07/30/2024 10:26pm • FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) ��� Fire crews worked Tuesday to hold on to the progress made against the largest blaze in California this year ahead of warming temperatures forecast for later this week. Authorities said containment was 14% and lifted evacuation orders in some communities of Butte County Japanese automaker Nissan aims for sustainability, worker inclusivity 07/30/2024 08:44pm • YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) ��� Nissan has outlined a ���sustainability plan��� to become a greener and more inclusive company, promising to recycle batteries, empower its workers and create safer cars. Nissan Motor Co. won���t be trying to beat rivals in the effort but hopes to work with various partners, Tesla in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist was using self-driving system, authorities say 07/30/2024 08:32pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Authorities in Washington have determined that a Tesla that hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle in April was operating on the company's ���Full Self Driving��� system at the time of the crash. Investigators from the Washington State Patrol made the discovery after downloadin Police clash with a violent crowd gathered near the site of UK stabbing attack that killed 3 girls 07/30/2024 08:30pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Far-right protesters fueled by anger and false online rumors hurled bottles and stones at police, wounding more than 20 officers Tuesday outside a northwest England mosque near where three girls were fatally stabbed a day earlier. Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the ���thuggery Chase to Ban Payments to Third-Party BNPL Services 07/30/2024 08:00pm • Buy now, pay later services have rapidly grown in popularity, with 9% of consumers using them as of fall 2023. Some consumers may use credit cards to pay for popular BNPL plans such as Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm. However, Chase recently announced on cardholder statements that effective Oct. 10, 202 How to Invest When Short-Term CDs Are Higher Than Long-Term CDs 07/30/2024 08:00pm • If you're looking for a low-risk, high-yield investment option, certificates of deposit, or CDs, may be a good choice. They are typically insured up to $250,000 (per depositor, per institution) by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and can beat out traditional savings rates. CDs are unique be Savings Interest Rate Forecast 07/30/2024 08:00pm • Higher interest rates mean borrowing becomes more expensive. But on the flip side, your savings account can earn more. Interest rates have held steady in 2024 and are unlikely to decline substantially anytime soon, though the Federal Reserve is widely expected to make a cut to rates when it meets in More flooding hits Vermont with washed-out roads, smashed vehicles and destroyed homes 07/30/2024 07:41pm • LYNDON, Vt. (AP) ��� Thunderstorms and torrential rain brought another wave of violent floods Tuesday that caved in roads, crushed vehicles, pushed homes off their foundations and led to dramatic boat rescues in northeastern Vermont, nearly three weeks after flooding from Hurricane Beryl. Flash floo