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9 Ways to Grow Your Assets in 2024 05/16/2024 08:00pm • With inflation continuing to take a toll on household cash flows, getting financially ahead can feel almost impossible. But by implementing even a few smart strategies you can boost your net worth faster than you may think, even in tough economic conditions. If your aim is to create a secure nest eg How to Access Your Home's Equity 05/16/2024 08:00pm • Home equity values have soared in recent years, offering homeowners the opportunity to access cash from their homes. According to a May 2024 report from real estate data company ICE Mortgage Technology, 48 million U.S. homeowners with mortgages have tappable equity of $206,000 per borrower, up from 7 Best Money Market Funds for 2024 05/16/2024 08:00pm • There's a compelling argument for maintaining a portion of your portfolio in less risky assets, even for the most ardent and risk-tolerant stock market enthusiasts. Consider the importance of maintaining an emergency fund. Unexpected events, like job loss or medical emergencies, can significantly im A Guide to Seller-Paid Mortgage-Rate Buydowns 05/16/2024 08:00pm • At a time when mortgage rates are expected to stay higher for longer than previously thought, home shoppers may be able to lock in better terms with an interest rate buydown. And if you've been in the market for a home, you might have noticed a trend: many sellers are advertising homes with competit Angels acquire right-hander Roansy Contreras from Pirates 05/16/2024 07:58pm • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels acquired right-hander Roansy Contreras from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash on Thursday. The Pirates designated the 24-year-old Contreras for assignment on Saturday to create room on the roster for Paul Skenes ahead of the prized pitcher's major league They shared a name — but not a future. How two kids fought to escape poverty in Baltimore 05/16/2024 07:33pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Growing up in the streets of east Baltimore surrounded by poverty and gun violence, two kids named Antonio became fast friends. Both called “Tone,” they were similarly charismatic and ambitious, dreaming of the day they would finally leave behind the struggles that defined the Jeremy Wells leads the way for club pros at PGA Championship 05/16/2024 06:27pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A club professional played like he fit right in with the tour pros on Thursday in the PGA Championship. No, it wasn't Michael Block. Jeremy Wells made a 15-foot birdie putt on the 13th hole, got a tough par on the 266-yard 14th and then nearly holed out from the 15th fairway Sen. Bob Menendez reveals his wife has breast cancer as his trial focuses on FBI raid of his home 05/16/2024 05:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez said Thursday that his wife will undergo a mastectomy after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, a revelation made just as the first evidence — pictures of 13 gold bars and over $480,000 in cash seized from the couple's home — was shown to jurors at his New Y Theft of more than 400 vehicles in Michigan leads to the arrest of 6 men 05/16/2024 05:25pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Six men working as part of a criminal organization in Michigan have been arrested in connection with the theft of more than 400 vehicles worth about $8 million, authorities said Thursday. The men, between the ages of 18 and 25, were arrested Wednesday by a police task force A's acquire right-hander Brandon Bielak from Astros for cash 05/16/2024 04:51pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics acquired right-hander Brandon Bielak from the Houston Astros on Thursday for cash. Oakland designated left-hander Easton Lucas for assignment to create 40-man roster room for Bielak, who had been designated himself on Saturday to created space for right Pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand rally ahead of the government's plan to recriminalize the plant 05/16/2024 06:00am • NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates gathered Thursday at the health ministry on the outskirts of the Thai capital, Bangkok, to oppose the government’s plan to relist the plant as a narcotic, two years after it was decriminalized. The rally came after Prime Minister Srett Asian soccer body scraps 12-year limit for senior officials and lets Sheikh Salman stay beyond 2027 05/16/2024 04:27am • Asian soccer leaders can have unlimited years in power after their governing body voted to scrap a key pillar of reforms passed after the corruption crisis that rocked FIFA in 2015. Saudi Arabia and Qatar were among four of the 47 Asian Football Confederation members who put the proposal to their an Butorac's goal in the 2nd overtime gives Minnesota a 1-0 win over Toronto to force a Game 5 05/15/2024 11:58pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Claire Butorac scored early in the second overtime to give Minnesota a 1-0 win over Toronto on Wednesday night to force a decisive fifth game in the semifinal series. It was the fourth-straight shutout in the series but the first to go into overtime. The home team has won ea Díaz's 2-run single in 6th sends Rays to 4-3 win over Red Sox at Fenway 05/15/2024 11:24pm • BOSTON (AP) — Yandy Díaz snapped a sixth-inning tie with a two-run single and the Tampa Bay Rays held off the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Wednesday night. Taj Bradley (1-1) pitched five solid innings in his second major league start this year, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk with six strikeo Lawyer opens defense of US Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife 05/15/2024 08:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez blamed the politician’s wife Wednesday for his legal problems, telling a jury at the start of a corruption trial that the Democrat wasn’t aware his spouse had taken gifts from a trio of businessmen and didn't know about cash and gold bars hid