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Here's When You Don't Have to Tip 04/18/2024 08:00pm • The rules for tipping have evolved over the years. Now, with grocery delivery, Uber drivers, Amazon drivers, carryout food, pet groomers, and on and on, it feels like there are more opportunities to empty our wallets. If you're grumpy about tipping, it's probably because norms have changed. It has " Is the 60/30/10 Budget Rule Replacing the 50/30/20? Experts Hope Not 04/18/2024 08:00pm • The 60/30/10 budgeting method has been gaining popularity lately, but is it a wise approach? Jenny Groberg, the founder and CEO of BookSmarts Accounting and Bookkeeping, said in an email that she finds the trend concerning. While it may help you today, it could put your future at risk. Here's a clos Montgomery Co. student charged with threats of mass violence after police discover disturbing 'manifesto' 04/18/2024 07:19pm • An 18-year-old high school student in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been charged with making threats of mass violence after authorities said he wrote a 129-page document describing a desire to "shoot up" his high school. Andrea Ye, who uses the name Alex, was arrested Wednesday and is being he Man granted parole for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of 2 Dartmouth College professors 04/18/2024 07:04pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who has served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas was granted parole Thursday. James Parker was 16 when he was part of Bills' Josh Allen credits receiver Stefon Diggs for being the caliber of QB he is today 04/18/2024 05:28pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Impersonal as it might seem to have their dynamic on-field relationship end with an exchange of phone texts, Bills quarterback Josh Allen made it clear on Thursday how much receiver Stefon Diggs meant to him during their four seasons together in Buffalo. Allen made no men Rod Brind'Amour aimed to build a perennial contender. He's made the Carolina Hurricanes exactly that 04/18/2024 04:50pm • MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Rod Brind'Amour remembers those early days as a first-time head coach for a franchise that had gone nearly a decade without reaching the playoffs. He realizes now just how much he didn't know back then. “But I didn't know I didn't know it," he said, “and that was big b Ally Financial, CSX rise; Equifax, Synovus Financial fall, Thursday, 4/18/2024 04/18/2024 04:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: CSX Corp., up 23 cents to $34.39. The freight railroad's first-quarter earnings and revenue beat analysts' forecasts. Equifax Inc., down $20.17 to $217.51. The credit reporting company gave investors a weak pr Liquor sales in movie theaters, to-go sales of cocktails included in New York budget agreement 04/18/2024 03:50pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would expand access to booze by allowing movie theaters to sell liquor and continuing to let people buy takeout cocktails from bars and restaurants under a series of measures unveiled Thursday. The state Assembly passed the measures Thursday, which are part of the lar Golden Knights enter playoffs trying to figure out starting goalies between Thompson and Hill 04/18/2024 02:52pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said he is still trying to figure out how to handle the goalie situation, whether to play both or whether to hand the bulk of the work to one over the other. And then which one over the other? Logan Thompson and Adin Hill each have compelling cas Arkansas Supreme Court says new DNA testing can be sought in 'West Memphis 3' case 04/18/2024 01:27pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said a judge wrongly denied a request for new genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago. In a 4-3 decision, the court reversed the 2022 ruling denying the request to test evidence from Long-lost first model of the USS Enterprise from 'Star Trek' boldly goes home after twisting voyage 04/18/2024 01:09pm • DALLAS (AP) — The first model of the USS Enterprise — used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series — has boldly gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry's son decades after it went missing. The model's disappearance sometime in the 1970s had become Musician T Bone Burnett is trading his dystopian sensibilities for some warm-hearted acoustic music 04/18/2024 01:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — At an age when many contemporaries contemplate retirement, musician T Bone Burnett has made big changes in his life and art. Burnett, most celebrated for his production acumen, uprooted from Los Angeles to move to Nashville and recorded a warm-hearted disc of his own songs for the Nancy Pelosi book, 'The Art of Power,' will reflect on her career in public life 04/18/2024 10:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has completed a book about her years in public life, from legislation she helped enact to such traumatizing moments as the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol and the assault at her San Francisco home that left her husband with a fractured skull. Sim Real Madrid adapts to Champions League needs: Shock and awe one week, armadillo defense the next 04/18/2024 09:14am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Antonio Rudiger stared down the goalkeeper, took a deep breath, and drilled home the decisive penalty, proving once again there is no tougher task in club soccer than beating Real Madrid in the Champions League. Madrid’s victory over Manchester City after a penalty shooto Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds 04/18/2024 08:22am • Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of Alden, Minnesota, Theusch has noticed increasingly dry and mild winters punctuated by short periods of severe cold — symptoms of a warming planet. As he thinks about that, future generations are on his mi