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Juan Soto sparks chants of 'M-V-P!' at Yankee Stadium 51 games into season 05/22/2024 11:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty-one games into the season, Juan Soto is sparking chants of “M-V-P!” at Yankee Stadium. “Way too early,” Soto said after his second two-homer game of the homestand led the Yankees over the Seattle Mariners 7-3 on Wednesday night and stopped New York's first two-game lo Luzardo throws eight scoreless innings and Chisholm homers as Marlins shut out Brewers 1-0 05/22/2024 10:04pm • MIAMI (AP) — Jesús Luzardo threw eight scoreless innings of three-hit ball in his longest career start and the Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Wednesday night. Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered for the only run of the game as the Marlins won their third consecutive series. The game was co 5 of the Best Undervalued Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy Now 05/22/2024 08:00pm • The performance of the U.S. stock market has been excellent in 2024. Year to date, the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq-100 index are both up over 11%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is higher by more than 5%. This is good news for equity investors with money in the market, but there is a downside What Is a Medigap Supplemental Plan and Who Needs One? 05/22/2024 08:00pm • The overwhelming number of choices that Medicare provides can be an annual headache for 65 million beneficiaries choosing their health insurance for the upcoming year. For the roughly 34 million beneficiaries enrolled in original Medicare, another decision to make is whether or not to add a Medicare Visa to Change the Way Consumers Use Their Cards 05/22/2024 08:00pm • One card to rule them all? Tap for everything? Biometric security? Visa recently laid out a number of innovations to its credit cards at the company's annual payments forum in San Francisco. The new features could help customers carry fewer physical cards in their wallets and ultimately make the 16- 15 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy for 2024 05/22/2024 08:00pm • The stock market has resumed its climb, with the major indexes reaching new all-time highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently topped 40,000, putting a definitive exclamation point on the bullish run. However, there are still reasons for caution. Inflation readings continue to run fairly hot. Biden is honoring Kenya with state visit as the East African nation prepares to send police to Haiti 05/22/2024 07:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House for a three-day state visit and designating the East African nation a major non-NATO ally as it prepares to deploy forces to Haiti as part of U.N.-led effort to address the security crisis in the Caribb Abrupt shutdown of financial middleman Synapse has frozen thousands of Americans' deposits 05/22/2024 06:51pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The bank accounts of tens of thousands of U.S. businesses and consumers have been frozen in the aftermath of the abrupt shutdown and bankruptcy of financial technology company Synapse, which acts as a middleman between financial technology companies and banks. Synapse filed for Ch Buy now, pay later companies must adhere to credit card standards, consumer agency says 05/22/2024 06:51pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Buy now, pay later companies must provide consumers with the same legal rights and protections as credit card lenders do, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday in a new rule. That includes the right to demand a refund and to dispute transactions. The agency began Cole Ragans allows 1 hit, strikes out 12 in Royals' 8-3 win over Tigers 05/22/2024 06:17pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cole Ragans allowed one hit in six innings and Freddy Fermin drove in three runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Wednesday for a series sweep. Ragans (4-3) struck out a career-best 12 while holding the Tigers hitless until Riley Greene’s two-out s Taking the wheel when drivers can't face the Chesapeake Bay Bridge alone 05/22/2024 06:05pm • Sharon Ford knew there was one thing standing between her and her Memorial Day beach destination in Delaware — the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Standing at the foot of the bridge, waiting for the service that would take the wheel for her to get across the bridge, she told WTOP, "Like right now, j U.S. existing home sales drop 1.9% in April, pushed lower by high rates and high prices 05/22/2024 05:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — High mortgage rates and rising prices continued to put a damper on the spring homebuying season last month. Existing home sales fell 1.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.14 million in April from a revised 4.22 million in March, the National Association of Realtors repor Using AI, Mastercard expects to find compromised cards quicker, before they get used by criminals 05/22/2024 05:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Mastercard said Wednesday that it expects to be able to discover that your credit or debit card number has been compromised well before it ends up in the hands of a cybercriminal. In its latest software update rolling out this week, Mastercard is integrating artificial intelligence Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner credits clubhouse technology for improved health, fast start 05/22/2024 05:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner credits new clubhouse technology with helping New York get off to an AL-best 33-17 start, is pleased Juan Soto has bonded with teammates and fans, and is confident his club can return to the playoffs after a one-year absence. “Our injuries have been British prime minister sets July 4 election as his Conservatives face biggest challenge in a decade 05/22/2024 05:08pm • LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set July 4 as the date for a national election that will determine who governs the U.K., as his divided and demoralized Conservative Party faces its biggest challenge to its 14-year rule. “Now is the moment for Britain to choose its f