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5 of the Top Hedge Funds in 2024 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Hedge funds are pooled investment products that seek to profit from valuation discrepancies across a wide range of financial assets and markets. Hedge funds are known for complex risk management strategies and operating more sophisticated portfolio management techniques than other types of investmen 7 of the Best Long-Term Stocks to Buy 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Investing is a bit like predicting the weather. With so much information and technology these days, there's a high likelihood that consensus predictions for the next few hours will provide the correct conditions. But after a few days, forecasting gets harder -- and once you skip ahead a few years, i Triple-digit temperatures scorch Texas as millions across Southwest under excessive heat warnings 08/21/2024 07:54pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Summer heat scorched Texas and the Southwest on Wednesday, pushing Phoenix to nearly 90 consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures and putting millions of people under excessive heat warnings. Meanwhile, energy demand in Texas hit an unofficial all-time high Tuesday, accord Military veteran pleads guilty to illegal possession of ricin 08/21/2024 07:36pm • A Marine Corps veteran who authorities said tried to fake his own death after a falling out with a Virginia-based militia group pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegal possession of ricin, a biological toxin. Russell Richardson Vane IV, 42, of Vienna, Virginia, had been in jail since his arrest in Ap Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli tank and drone strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza 08/21/2024 07:18pm • Israeli tank and drone strikes in Gaza on Wednesday killed at least 17 people, according to hospital staff and Associated Press journalists who counted the bodies. The strikes happened in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and Khan Younis in the south. Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Wednesday launched more tha Kentucky meets conditions for lawmakers to cut income tax in 2026 08/21/2024 07:10pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has met the financial conditions needed to set in motion another cut in the state's personal income tax rate that could take effect in 2026, top Republican lawmakers said Wednesday. State budget officials confirmed the financial triggers were satisfied, clearing the Key mediator Egypt expresses skepticism about the Gaza cease-fire proposal as more details emerge 08/21/2024 06:36pm • CAIRO (AP) — Key mediator Egypt expressed skepticism Wednesday about the proposal meant to bridge gaps in cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas as more details emerged a day before negotiations were expected to resume in Cairo. The challenges around the so-called bridging proposal appeared to Wyndham Clark gets a Colorado homecoming at the BMW Championship 08/21/2024 06:35pm • CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Wyndham Clark is feeling more pressure than usual at the BMW Championship. Hometown events are not all that unusual on the PGA Tour — Max Homa and Collin Morikawa in Los Angeles, Xander Schauffele in San Diego — but they are rare in Clark's hometown of Denver. “I g Montgomery Co. first grade teacher charged with selling fentanyl after fatal overdose 08/21/2024 06:25pm • A Montgomery County Public Schools first grade teacher has been arrested and charged with selling fentanyl. Police began looking into Sarah Katherine Magid, who teaches at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, after a man fatally overdosed on fentanyl in March at a dru Florida quietly removes LGBTQ+ travel info from state website 08/21/2024 06:16pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Key West, Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors and St. Petersburg are among several Florida cities that have long been top U.S. destinations for LGBTQ+ tourists. So it came as a surprise this week when travelers learned that Florida's tourism marketing agency quietly removed the Sports on TV for Thursday, Aug. 22 08/21/2024 05:55pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Aug. 22 AUSTRLIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN'S) 5:30 a.m. (Friday) FS2 — AFL: Collingwood at Melbourne COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN'S) 7 p.m. ACCN — Rice at Florida St. BTN — Arkansas at Michigan St. GOLF 7 a.m. GOLF — DP World Tour Rookie Bo Nix wins Broncos' starting QB job over Jarrett Stidham and Zach Wilson 08/21/2024 04:53pm • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver's unconventional quarterback competition concluded Wednesday with one final plot twist when Broncos coach Sean Payton walked up to his QBs during warmups and informed them rookie Bo Nix had won the starting job. “He smiled," Payton said of the 12th overall pick out No. 23 USC hopes defensive overhaul can spark College Football Playoff bid 08/21/2024 04:33pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Offense was not the problem during Lincoln Riley’s first two seasons at Southern California. Even with 2022 Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams running the show, leading a unit that averaged more than 41 points per game, the Trojans couldn’t make it to the College Football Human bones found near carousel in waterfront park in Brooklyn 08/21/2024 03:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City authorities are investigating after human bones were discovered twice this week on the shoreline of the East River near a waterfront carousel known for its spectacular views of the Brooklyn Bridge. A city parks department officer found a skull and other bones on the s 85 years ago today: Alexandria Library sit-in sought seat at table for all readers 08/21/2024 02:21pm • Exactly 85 years after five Black men were arrested at a Northern Virginia library during a civil rights protest, the Alexandria Library unveiled a new traveling exhibition, detailing the events, participants and legacy of the 1939 sit-in. "It's all about access," said Rose Dawson, director o