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The 13 Best Carry-on Luggage Pieces of 2024 12/20/2023 07:00pm • Things aren't always as they seem -- especially when it comes to luggage. In our quest to find the best carry-on bags, we discovered that some suitcases may look good but they don't always hold up well to the demands of travel. Some designs have attractive features that add bulk but not additional f How to Finance Assisted Living 12/20/2023 07:00pm • Ask some senior living experts how to pay for assisted living, and they'll tell you, "Have money." While that clearly isn't a real answer, the truth is that the cost of care in this setting is significant. The average expense, according to Genworth Financial's Cost of Care survey from 2021, is about What Is the Social Security Administration? 12/20/2023 07:00pm • Almost all working Americans eventually receive Social Security benefits. These funds are collected and distributed by the Social Security Administration, a federal agency that serves to fight poverty. The SSA's programs pay benefits to almost 67 million people, including retirees, children, widows, Is Refinancing a Mortgage Expensive? 12/20/2023 07:00pm • Refinancing a mortgage means getting a new loan to replace your current mortgage, which could lower your monthly payment or your interest rate. But lenders will charge you fees to refinance, just as they did when you got your initial loan. Here's what you need to know if you're considering whether a Justice Department sues Texas developer accused of luring Hispanic homebuyers into predatory loans 12/20/2023 06:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department filed its first predatory mortgage lending case Wednesday against a Texas developer accused of luring tens of thousands of Hispanic homebuyers into “bait and switch” sales through platforms like TikTok. The lawsuit focuses on a massive development north Texas police officer indicted in fatal shooting of man on his front porch 12/20/2023 06:07pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An Austin, Texas, police officer has been indicted for deadly conduct in the fatal shooting of a man standing on his own front porch. A grand jury indicted Austin police Officer Daniel Sanchez on Wednesday in Rajan Moonesinghe's death. Video and audio show Austin police offic Tennessee judge pushes off issuing ruling in Ja Morant lawsuit 12/20/2023 05:18pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge on Wednesday said she won't immediately hand down a ruling on whether Ja Morant's legal team successfully argued that the NBA star is immune from being sued by a teenager he punched during a pickup game in 2022. According to The Commercial Appeal, Shelby Cou Takeaways on AP's investigation into cocoa coming from a protected Nigerian rainforest 12/20/2023 03:52pm • OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation driven by planting cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is whittling down Omo Forest Reser Cocoa grown illegally in a Nigerian rainforest heads to companies that supply major chocolate makers 12/20/2023 03:48pm • OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill where sprawling plantations lay tucked in a Nigerian rainforest whose trees have been hacked away to make room for cocoa bound for places like Europe and the U.S. Kehinde Kumayon and his a Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 16 12/20/2023 02:22pm • If you win this week, you’re playing for a title and hitting on the right start/sit decisions can be a big help. Every week I’ll be listing out every fantasy-relevant player, sorted by position and bucketed into tiers with the higher-tiered players deemed more start-worthy. For specific start/si Is your car road ready for the holidays? Here's some tips on how to avoid disaster on the highway 12/20/2023 01:16pm • It's the holiday season, which means you may be getting ready for a road trip. Do you have what you need? You should have a checklist before that holiday road trip. If you haven't had the car in the shop for its check up, make sure you're getting that done before pressing that gas pedal. And t ‘Smash-and-grab’ robberies fuel new laws, but Virginia critics question the need 12/20/2023 11:24am • Even before Virginia lawmakers passed a tough new law against organized retail crime earlier this year, Bradley Haywood, a public defender in Arlington, Virginia, challenged the rationale. The idea that retailers in the state had lost billions to organized theft was a myth manufactured by retailers Three of the biggest porn sites must verify ages to protect kids under Europe's new digital law 12/20/2023 10:59am • LONDON (AP) — Three of the world's biggest porn websites face new requirements in the European Union that include verifying the ages of users, the 27-nation bloc said Wednesday, expanding the reach of its digital law designed to keep people safe on the internet. Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat hav Ja Morant scores 34 in return from ban, hits game-winner at horn to lift Grizzlies over Pelicans 12/20/2023 12:45am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ja Morant ended his regrettable absence from professional basketball with a comeback for the ages. Morant capped a stirring, 34-point season debut with a spinning dribble in the lane to set up a game-winning floater as time expired in the Memphis Grizzlies' 115-113 victory over Kirill Marchenko scores 3 during 7-goal goal surge in Blue Jackets' 9-4 win over Sabres 12/19/2023 11:39pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Kirill Marchenko scored three consecutive times, and the Columbus Blue Jackets enjoyed their most productive outing in more than seven years with a 9-4 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. It came at the expense of a spiraling team that left an unhappy fanbase booing