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Vast coin collection of Danish magnate is going on sale a century after his death 05/13/2024 01:54pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The vast coin collection of a Danish butter magnate is set to finally go on sale a century after his death, and could fetch up to $72 million. Lars Emil Bruun, also known as L.E. Bruun, stipulated in his will that his 20,000-piece collection be safeguarded for 100 years Civil War General William T. Sherman's sword and other relics to be auctioned off in Ohio 05/10/2024 05:02pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general who led a scorched-earth campaign across Georgia and coined the phrase “War is hell.” General William Tecumseh Sherman’s wartime sword, likely used betw 'FLiRT' COVID variants are spreading. Scientists share what we know so far. 05/10/2024 10:31am • ▶ Watch Video: Marking 4 years since the start of the COVID pandemic More than a third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of so-called "FLiRT" variants, nicknamed for their small but distinctive changes relative to the JN.1 Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame 05/09/2024 02:07pm • ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The World Video Game Hall of Fame inducted its 10th class of honorees Thursday, recognizing Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima for their impacts on the video game industry and popular culture. The inductees debuted across decades, advancing technologies along Should You Buy Solana? 3 Pros, 3 Cons 05/08/2024 08:00pm • Cryptocurrency Solana (SOL) has been a top performer in the past year, rising through the ranks of altcoins to become the fourth most valuable cryptocurrency in the world. Solana is now valued at about $64 billion, and its growing community of investors are excited about how Solana's technology comp 5 of the Best Gold Stocks to Buy Now 05/08/2024 08:00pm • Investors surveying the market landscape today are forced to conclude that economic uncertainty is high and geopolitical tensions are elevated. Further, inflation in the U.S. and around the developed world is proving much more stubborn than anyone would like it to be. Stock market investors and cons FTX will return money to most customers less than 2 years after catastrophic crypto collapse 05/08/2024 10:07am • FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more than that. FTX said in a court filing late Tuesday that it owes about $11.2 billion to its creditors. The exchange estimates that it 9 of the Best Bond ETFs to Buy Now 05/06/2024 08:00pm • Bill Gross, often referred to as the "Bond King," issued a cautionary view on the state of bond funds recently. As a pioneering fixed-income manager and co-founder of Pimco, where he ran the influential Pimco Total Return Fund (ticker: PTTRX), Gross once set a high standard for active bond investing Menopause: Maryland gynecologist wants to people to talk about the 'other' PMS 05/05/2024 04:35pm • Most people are familiar with premenstrual syndrome, or PMS, symptoms. But a Montgomery County, Maryland-based integrative gynecologist wants people to know more about changes that come with menopause. The Other PMS: Menopause Dr. LaKeischa W. 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Don't get used to it 04/29/2024 03:18pm • DENVER (AP) — Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found. Don’t get used to it because with climate change the 2023 California snow bonanza —a record for snow on the grou 5 Areas Where Inflation Is Highest 04/28/2024 08:00pm • For more than three years, readings from the U.S. consumer price index, or CPI, have been well above the Federal Reserve's long-term inflation target of 2%. Americans have likely noticed prices surging for goods and services ranging from groceries to insurance to housing to transportation. Unfortuna