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John Force Racing picks Beckman to sub for injured Force as team chases Funny Car title 07/31/2024 11:34am • BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Drag racing Hall of Famer John Force may contend for another Funny Car title, even though he won't drive the rest of the season as he recovers from a traumatic brain injury after a crash in Virginia last month. John Force Racing president Robert Hight announced this week pa At the Olympic beach volleyball venue, the Eiffel Tower stars in a très French show 07/31/2024 10:58am • PARIS (AP) — The biggest beach volleyball star at the Paris Olympics can’t set, spike or dive around the sand. But she sure is pretty. The Eiffel Tower has been stealing the show from the competition below at the Summer Games so far, with fans and players alike ooh-la-la-ing over the nonpareil s How Hungary's Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark 07/31/2024 10:22am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were warned that casting a ballot against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would be a vote for all-out war. The right-wing Fidesz party cast the June 9 election as an existential struggle, one that Edmunds: The best cars you can still get with a manual transmission 07/31/2024 09:38am • Much like film cameras losing out to digitals, the disappearance of the manual transmission from cars seems inevitable. Modern automatic transmissions are better for quick and efficient shifting and, as such, automakers have largely switched to them entirely for their vehicles. The vast majority of Paychecks grew more slowly this spring, a sign inflation may keep cooling 07/31/2024 09:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Pay and benefits for America’s workers grew more slowly in the April-June quarter than in the first three months of the year, a trend that could keep price pressures in check and encourage the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve. Compensation as measured by the governmen Parenting your parents: Could you or your parents pay for assisted living if you needed it? 07/31/2024 04:25am • It may be tough to find affordable assisted living with the demand for senior housing at a record high, according to experts. Most communities offer seniors nearly all the comforts of home. But a recent study by Seniorly.com found D.C. was the second most expensive place in the country at $6,800 Harris is calibrating her policy pitch for going to battle with Trump 07/31/2024 12:23am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing the delicate task of calibrating her policy pitch to American voters, a standard task for any White House hopeful but one that comes with additional challenges this year. First, Harris is running for president while serving under President J Taylor HRs in 2nd straight game, Falter is strong in return to rotation as Pirates stop Astros 6-2 07/30/2024 11:39pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Michael Taylor homered for the second straight game, Bailey Falter returned to the rotation and threw one-run ball into the sixth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Houston Astros 6-2 on Tuesday night. Taylor hit a 403-foot, two-run homer off Astros starter Hunter Brown (9-7) Little-known paper sheets are key to declaring victory in Venezuela's election 07/30/2024 08:57pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela was tense on Tuesday as incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s main opposition coalition both claimed that they had won Sunday’s presidential election. The national electoral authority proclaimed Maduro the winner. The opposition, represented, Planned life sciences hub in North Bethesda gets millions more federal dollars 07/30/2024 08:00pm • Plans to create a new transit and life sciences hub in Montgomery County materialized into a signed agreement between Metro and the Maryland county, bringing millions of federal dollars to the table. "The county has put $36.6 million in state, local and federal funding into this project," Montgom Chase to Ban Payments to Third-Party BNPL Services 07/30/2024 08:00pm • Buy now, pay later services have rapidly grown in popularity, with 9% of consumers using them as of fall 2023. Some consumers may use credit cards to pay for popular BNPL plans such as Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm. However, Chase recently announced on cardholder statements that effective Oct. 10, 202 This Is How Much the Average Wedding Costs 07/30/2024 08:00pm • If a nuptial event is in your future and you haven't yet priced out the costs, get ready for sticker shock. A 2024 Zola report found that the average total wedding expenditure in the United States is around $33,000, a slight increase from the previous year's $29,000. This figure can go substantially Most Overvalued U.S. Housing Markets 07/30/2024 08:00pm • Prior to the rise of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge of desire for more living space in suburbs and in smaller towns, the U.S. housing market was reasonably balanced. In the early days of 2020, thanks to a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rate of 3.6%, a typical homeowner was payi What Is a Good Interest Rate on a Certificate of Deposit? 07/30/2024 08:00pm • Interest rates for certificates of deposit have soared in recent years along with rates for savings accounts, mortgages and other financial products. But not all CDs are created equal. Some offer low annual percentage yields while others deliver generous rates. Amid the mix of CDs, how do you know w Savings Interest Rate Forecast 07/30/2024 08:00pm • Higher interest rates mean borrowing becomes more expensive. But on the flip side, your savings account can earn more. Interest rates have held steady in 2024 and are unlikely to decline substantially anytime soon, though the Federal Reserve is widely expected to make a cut to rates when it meets in