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Storms bring floods and damaging wind across the South; 1 dead in Mississippi 04/10/2024 08:10pm • SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans with hours of steady rain that snarled traffic and strained the city’s antiquated drainage system. Sev Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for details of $600 million derailment settlement 04/10/2024 08:05pm • The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad's disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio want residents to talk with them before deciding the historic deal isn't enough. They said Wednesday that the settlement for everyone within 20 miles (32 kilometers) of Should You Use a Credit Card Travel Portal? 04/10/2024 08:00pm • You have many options for booking travel, whether you want to book directly with airlines and hotels, use an online travel agency or book with your credit card's travel portal. Using a credit card travel portal may allow you to take advantage of cardholder benefits and credits and give you additiona 6 Best Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy Under $10 04/10/2024 08:00pm • A quarterly dividend payment from a high-quality stock may be as close to a sure thing as an investor can find on Wall Street. Even during periods of broad market weakness, the lower a stock's price falls, the higher its dividend yield rises. Unfortunately, companies often cut their dividend payment How to Prepare Your Home for Spring Thunderstorms 04/10/2024 08:00pm • There is something awe-inspiring about watching a spring thunderstorm roll in. Unless your house gets flooded, zapped with lightning or pummeled by the wind. Then the magic fades and reality sweeps in. There are ways you can prepare your home for a severe thunderstorm. Chances are, you aren't going Deadly Chicago traffic stop where police fired 96 shots raises serious questions about use of force 04/10/2024 06:49pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A deadly traffic stop where plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 shots in under a minute has raised serious questions about the use of force and role of tactical officers in departments. As family and community members mourn 26-year-old Dexter Reed, a police oversi Agency probes Philadelphia fatal crash involving Ford that may have been running on automated system 04/10/2024 05:18pm • DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a March crash near Philadelphia that killed two people and involved a Ford electric vehicle that may have been operating on a partially automated driving system. A Mustang Mach E sport utility vehicle hit two stationary passe The Latest | Israeli strike kills 3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh 04/10/2024 04:42pm • An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, according to Israel's army and the militant group's official media, with Haniyeh accusing Israel of acting in “the spirit of revenge and murder.” The Israeli military confirmed it carried out the attack Wednesday, sa Man pleads not guilty to terrorism charge in alleged church attack plan in support of Islamic State 04/10/2024 04:41pm • COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho. (AP) — An 18-year-old man accused of planning to attack churches in a northern Idaho city in support of the Islamic State group has pleaded not guilty to a federal terrorism charge. Alexander Mercurio appeared Wednesday in Idaho’s U.S. District Court and pleaded not guil What is financial wellness (and why does it matter)? 04/10/2024 04:12pm • This content is provided by WAEPA. Since 1943, WAEPA has remained committed to the health, welfare and financial well-being of Civilian Federal Employees. With more than eight decades of experience, nobody knows Fed life like WAEPA. And WAEPA knows that Fed life doesn’t follow just one path, wh Higher gas and rents keep US inflation elevated, likely delaying Fed rate cuts 04/10/2024 03:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer inflation remained persistently high last month, boosted by gas, rents, auto insurance and other items, the government said Wednesday in a report that will likely give pause to the Federal Reserve as it considers how often — or even whether — to cut interest rates th Top NASCAR driver Kyle Larson uses Indianapolis 500 testing to learn on the fly 04/10/2024 03:43pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kyle Larson embraces the challenge of racing in any car on any track at any time. He's now facing his trickiest quest yet — preparing for his Indianapolis 500 debut next month. Larson returned to the historic 2.5-mile oval Wednesday for the first of two days of open testing a Potomac Yard was supposed to be a sports fan's paradise. Now a rental car company wants to put up a parking lot 04/10/2024 02:30pm • In the weeks since plans to bring the Wizards and Capitals to a new entertainment district in Alexandria’s Potomac Yard neighborhood fell apart, a rental car company has made an offer to turn the Northern Virginia property into a parking lot. Such proposals, Councilman Canek Aguirre said, are f A look at consumer prices in March, by the numbers 04/10/2024 12:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Consumer inflation rose more than expected in March, boosted by gas, rents, auto insurance and other items, the government said Wednesday. A look at some of the numbers. (Figures from the Bureau of Labor statistics, unless otherwise specified.) 3.8% The increase in the so-called co Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail for lying 04/10/2024 12:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Allen Weisselberg, a retired executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, was sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for lying under oath during his testimony in the civil fraud lawsuit brought against the former president by New York’s attorney general. Weisselberg, 76,