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8 Free Investment Classes and Resources for Adults and Teens 06/24/2024 08:00pm • "The most important investment you can make is in yourself," Warren Buffett, one of the greatest stock market investors of all time, once said. Becoming a successful investor is not a matter of luck; it is the result of knowledge acquired and applied over time. When asked about the secret to his suc Applying to Graduate School With a Low GPA 06/24/2024 08:00pm • How admissions officers weigh an applicant's undergraduate GPA in the admissions process varies per graduate program. Some programs, for instance, weigh a major GPA more heavily than a cumulative GPA, according to Crystal Hall Buckley, director of graduate admissions at George Mason University in Vi The Blue Zones Diet: Benefits, What to Eat and Recipes 06/24/2024 08:00pm • Diets that focus on what to eat instead of what to avoid are gaining popularity. The Blue Zones diet is one of those diets. Similarly to the Mediterranean diet, the Blue Zones diet celebrates the eating patterns and lifestyles of specific regions of the world. The focus is on adding foods eaten most Cliffhanger Virginia race between Good and Trump-backed challenger is too close to call 06/24/2024 07:18pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A tightly contested race in Virginia between one of America's most conservative congressmen and a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump is too close to call, The Associated Press said Monday. The AP issued an advisory saying that the margin separating U.S. Re Made in France: How French basketball turned so many young talents into NBA players 06/24/2024 06:29pm • PARIS (AP) — Darius Pollock is hitting 3-pointers on a court behind the centuries-old Saint Paul church near Place de la Bastille and its famed column. The 20-year-old Parisian is one of many players who can be found on courts around the French capital any day of the week. And at the center of bas Mass shootings across the US mark the first weekend of summer 06/24/2024 05:59pm • The first weekend of summer brought a tragic yet familiar pattern for American cities wracked by gun violence as mass shootings left dozens dead or wounded at a party in Alabama, an entertainment district in Ohio and a grocery store in Arkansas. It was the second straight weekend that saw an outbrea In one affluent Atlanta suburb, Biden and Trump work to win over wary Georgia voters 06/24/2024 05:24pm • FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will meet for their first general election debate Thursday in Georgia, the battleground that yielded the closest 2020 margin of any state and became the epicenter of Trump’s efforts to overturn Biden’s election. Now Philadelphia pastor elected to lead historic Black church in New York City 06/24/2024 05:00pm • New York’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church has elected its new senior pastor, likely bringing an end to a national search to replace the late Rev. Calvin O. Butts, who had served the church for a half-century before his death in 2022. The Rev. Kevin R. Johnson, the founder of the independent Da Iowa receiver Kaleb Brown arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence, fake license 06/24/2024 04:44pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa receiver Kaleb Brown was arrested for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and possessing a fake driver's license early Sunday, police said. Iowa City police said in a report that Brown, 20, was seen driving a heavily damaged SUV that had a wheel tur For former NBA player Chase Budinger, a second career in beach volleyball was a path to the Olympics 06/24/2024 04:39pm • After seven years in the NBA, Chase Budinger still had some goals left on his dream board. The former Rockets and Timberwolves forward has wanted to compete in the Olympics ever since he was a child, when his family would pore over the TV schedule to decide which events to watch. “There were even Why are the Texas Rangers the only MLB team without a Pride Night? 06/24/2024 04:20pm • All but one of the 30 of the Major League Baseball teams are hosting Pride Nights this season, most during Pride Month, which celebrates and supports LGBTQ+ culture and rights. The Texas Rangers are the only team without a Pride Night. They say they are committed to making everyone feel welcome at Freddie Mercury tribute band Killer Queen is 'guaranteed to blow your mind' at Capital One Hall 06/24/2024 03:53pm • It's the last week of Pride Month and lifelong fans of Freddie Mercury are ready to rock. The Queen tribute band Killer Queen hits Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia on July 2. WTOP caught up with Patrick Myers, who projects the iconic voice of the late frontman. "He had an extraordin Book Review: Iris Mwanza goes into 'The Lions' Den' with a zealous, timely debut novel for Pride 06/24/2024 03:20pm • Grace Zulu clawed her way out of her village and into college to study law in the Zambian capital Lusaka. Now, at the end of 1990 and with AIDS running rampant, her first big case will test her personally and professionally: She must defend dancer Willbess “Bessy” Mulenga, who is accused of “c Northwestern breaks ground on a new football stadium 06/24/2024 02:58pm • EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern held a formal groundbreaking on Monday for a new Ryan Field on the site of the demolished football stadium. The new Ryan Field is part of a $480 million donation from the family of Patrick and Shirley Ryan that was the largest in school history. Some of that mone Supreme Court rejects challenge to Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption 06/24/2024 02:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities. The justices did not comment in leaving in place a fed