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The Basics of Baby Savings Accounts 04/23/2024 08:00pm • Congratulations! The stork just delivered a bouncing baby boy or girl. But alas, the big-beaked bird failed to deliver advice on how to save money for your new arrival. So, what about opening a baby bank account? "It's a great idea," says Judith Corprew, executive vice president and chief compliance Sweep Accounts: What They Are and How to Open One 04/23/2024 08:00pm • Bank savers are on a roll these days, with many certificates of deposit, money market accounts and high-yield savings accounts offering around 5% returns due to a high-interest-rate environment. The rush for a competitive yield has enveloped the sweep account, which has operated in a quiet, under-th VDOT, FBI warn of new scam targeting toll road drivers 04/23/2024 06:31pm • You're probably aware of scams known as “phishing,” but are you familiar with “smishing?” The FBI and the Virginia Department of Transportation say you should be, especially if you use toll roads. It's a scam, but unlike phishing, which uses emails and websites to try to dupe you, smis Bears GM Ryan Poles says 'tune in on Thursday' for No. 1 overall pick at the NFL draft 04/23/2024 05:56pm • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears know who they're taking with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft and so does just about everyone else too. General manager Ryan Poles just wasn't ready to announce it's Caleb Williams on Tuesday. He opted to leave that to commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursda Ex-gang leader's account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says 04/23/2024 05:03pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client's accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain a murder conviction. "He himsel The Latest | Pecker says he wanted to keep tabloid's agreement with Trump 'as quiet as possible' 04/23/2024 03:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified Tuesday that he offered to be the “eyes and ears” of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, a pledge that led to an agreement to give Trump's personal lawyer advance notice of allegations and negative stories that mi Starbucks appears likely to win Supreme Court dispute with federal labor agency 04/23/2024 02:52pm • The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to side with Starbucks Tuesday in a case that could make it harder for the federal government to seek injunctions when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns. Justices noted during oral arguments that Congress requires the National Labor Relati AP finds grueling conditions in Indian shrimp industry that report calls 'dangerous and abusive' 04/23/2024 11:12am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the freezer and saw “Product of India,” she wr Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia 04/23/2024 08:21am • NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel's war with Hamas. M Matt About Town: Meet 17-year-old Page, who used his Make-A-Wish experience to inspire others through his love of film 04/23/2024 07:53am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 20px 10px;background: #D30000;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;border-r Donovan Mitchell scores 23 as Cavaliers power to 96-86 win over Magic and 2-0 lead in series 04/22/2024 11:17pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Through two games, the Cavaliers have been tough guys in these playoffs. This year, they're the bullies. Donovan Mitchell scored 23 points, Jarrett Allen had 20 rebounds and Cleveland outlasted the Orlando Magic 96-86 on Monday night in a second straight slugfest to take a 2-0 lea Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels 04/22/2024 09:31pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A $12 billion passenger bullet train linking Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area was dubbed the first true high-speed rail line in the nation on Monday, with the private company building it predicting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. “People have been dr Yankees manager Aaron Boone is ejected 5 pitches into a game. He says a fan berated the umpire 04/22/2024 08:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Boone didn't tie the record for fastest ejection. The New York Yankees manager did think it was among the most unjust dismissals. Boone was thrown out of Monday's 2-0 loss to Oakland five pitches in by Hunter Wendelstedt over a remark the Yankees maintained was yelled by a fa Why Your Contractor Needs to be Licensed 04/22/2024 08:00pm • If you're hiring a home contractor, you've probably heard the advice, many times -- make sure your contractor is licensed, bonded and insured. HThere are a lot of reasons you'll want to pay attention to those three words. A Licensed Contractor Is Probably ExperiencedFirst, it helps to know the terms 5 Top Options for Affordable Retirement in Europe 04/22/2024 08:00pm • The culture and relative safety of many European cities can be appealing to American retirees, but those living on a fixed income must stretch their U.S. dollars as far as possible. Major cities such as London may check all your boxes, but the cost of living may be too high for anything more than a