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How to Spend Money on a Summer Vacation You Haven't Budgeted For 08/27/2023 08:00pm • It's the end of the summer, and you've decided to travel somewhere -- whether you can afford to or not. How do you pay for and plan a vacation this quickly without completely destroying your budget? It isn't going to be easy, but money experts say there are strategies to use. Don't Go FarThe farther What Is a Good DTI for a Mortgage? 08/27/2023 08:00pm • If you plan to buy a home or car -- or make any purchase that requires a loan -- it is essential to have a good debt-to-income ratio. Your DTI reveals how much of your income goes toward debt payments each month, and this ratio gives lenders a snapshot of your financial condition and how likely you Scott Dixon wins Bommarito 500, ending Josef Newgarden's five-race oval winning streak 08/27/2023 07:54pm • MADISON, Ill. (AP) — IndyCar ironman Scott Dixon capitalized on needing to make only three pit stops and kept his championship hopes alive in winning Sunday’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500. The victory was the 55th of Dixon’s career, and it came in his record-extending 320th consecutive start Verstappen wins rainy Dutch GP to equal Vettel's F1 record with 9th straight victory 08/27/2023 01:22pm • ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Runaway Formula One leader Max Verstappen won a rain-marred Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday to equal Sebastian Vettel's F1 record of nine straight victories, and increased his huge championship lead to 138 points as he races toward a third straight world title. The Red Bul Large hailstones cause extensive damage in a small German town as a storm hits Bavaria 08/27/2023 11:55am • BERLIN (AP) — A storm with large hailstones damaged four-fifths of the buildings in a small town in the southern German state of Bavaria, local authorities said Sunday. The storm swept across the southern part of Bavaria on Saturday. In Kissing, just outside Augsburg, police said 12 people were in NASCAR driver Ryan Preece gets medical clearance to return home after terrifying crash at Daytona 08/27/2023 11:17am • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR driver Ryan Preece, whose car rolled about a dozen times during a terrifying crash at Daytona International Speedway, was on his way home about 12 hours later after being discharged from a hospital Sunday. Stewart-Haas Racing said Preece was headed back to North C Recent winners Chris Buescher and William Byron open NASCAR playoffs as unwitting favorites 08/27/2023 10:57am • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Chris Buescher and William Byron have this in common: Neither wants to declare himself the favorite heading into the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Both have a strong case, though. Buescher won three of the last five regular-season races, including the finale Saturday night Former Olympian Alexandra Paul killed in car crash at 31, Skate Canada says 08/27/2023 10:26am • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Former Canadian Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul died in a collision involving seven vehicles in Ontario earlier this week, according to Skate Canada. She was 31. Paul was in a vehicle with her baby on Tuesday when police say a transport truck entered a construction zone The science and art of lightning 08/27/2023 09:12am • ▶ Watch Video: The secrets of lightning It's not easy to photograph something that's visible for only a few millionths of a second. So, when Arizona photographer Lori Bailey is tracking a lightning storm, she relies on sensors for her cameras: "'Cause Lori's br AI has a giant carbon footprint. Can the technology also fight climate change? 08/27/2023 07:00am • As the use of artificial intelligence grows and societies ponder how to use the powerful tool to improve our lives, increase productivity and tackle our most pressing challenges, few have considered its effects on the environment. While some have highlighted the technology's potential to help tac Buescher wins at Daytona, eliminating Elliott and helping Wallace land final NASCAR playoff berth 08/27/2023 12:38am • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Chris Buescher has become a NASCAR title contender in less than a month. Buescher won the Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night, eliminating fan favorite Chase Elliott from playoff contention and sending Bubba Wallace into t Today in History: August 27, catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa 08/27/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2023. There are 126 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions. The resulting tidal waves in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait claimed som Newgarden looks to continue oval dominance in Bommarito 500 after rain moves qualifying to Sunday 08/26/2023 10:49pm • MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Josef Newgarden will be looking to make IndyCar history Sunday as he seeks his sixth consecutive win on an oval track at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. Newgarden is looking to become the second driver to win six straight races on oval tracks and the first since A.J. Foyt A white man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime, then kills himself 08/26/2023 10:45pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A masked white man fatally shot three Black people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in a predominately African-American neighborhood on Saturday, in an attack where he used a gun painted with a swastika, officials said. The shooter, who had also posted DC's newest high school will soon open its doors. WTOP got a sneak peek 08/26/2023 10:17pm • Thousands of students will head back to class Monday and in D.C., some will be going to a brand new school. WTOP got a sneak peek of the new MacArthur High School in Northwest D.C. during a tour Saturday. Dozens of nervous yet excited students and their parents toured the halls of the high school