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In Pennsylvania's Senate race, Casey puts 'greedflation' and corporations on the ballot 03/21/2024 12:14am • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania leaned into the podium, almost past the microphone, to make his point to the union crowd about how mad corporate leaders are at him. “But I got news for them,” Casey told Dauphin County Democrats and AFSCME members. “They shoul Yankees' Judge has RBI double in return from abdominal injury and Stanton hits 3 home runs 03/20/2024 09:47pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Judge had an RBI double in his first at-bat in Wednesday night’s game against Pittsburgh after sitting out nine days with an abdominal injury, and fellow New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit three home runs with eight RBIs in a 12-0 win over the Pirates. Judge M. Emmet Walsh, unforgettable character actor from 'Blood Simple,' 'Blade Runner,' dies at 88 03/20/2024 09:46pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — M. Emmet Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including “Blood Simple” and “Blade Runner,” has died at age 88, his manager said Wednesday. Walsh died from cardiac arrest on Tuesday at a hospital in St. Albans, Ver Biden touts Arizona as America's 'future' as government invests $8.5 billion in chipmaker Intel 03/20/2024 09:14pm • CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday celebrated an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants around the country, talking up the investment in the political battleground state of Arizona and calling it a Court action on Texas' migrant arrest law leads to confusion at the US-Mexico border 03/20/2024 09:01pm • McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A dizzying volley of courtroom maneuvers over a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally sowed confusion at the nation's border with Mexico on Wednesday as sheriffs, police chiefs and migrants waited for direction. Texas fa Why a Stable Value Fund Belongs in Your Retirement Portfolio 03/20/2024 08:00pm • Protecting portfolio assets against market downturns is a necessity for retirees and older workers on the cusp of retirement. That's where stable value funds can help. Offered in 80% of U.S. defined-contribution plans with assets over $900 billion, stable value funds may not be stylish or aggressive These Are the 10 Cheapest Grocery Stores in the U.S. 03/20/2024 08:00pm • Despite food prices growing at a slower rate than last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, they're still above historical averages, leaving many Americans pinching pennies. If you're looking for ways to cut costs beyond eating at home and meal planning, it may help to switch to a What Is the White House's Renters Bill of Rights? 03/20/2024 08:00pm • The laws that regulate rental properties, landlords and tenants vary widely across the U.S., as property law is dependent on state and local statutes. Depending on the city or state you live in, you may find that the policies in place either heavily favor the landlord or the renter, but rarely does The History of Bitcoin, the First Cryptocurrency 03/20/2024 08:00pm • The concept of cryptocurrency has been around for about 40 years. Since that idea first became a reality in 2009 (through the creation of Bitcoin), its trading history has been volatile, but it's also been an exhilarating ride for many investors. Driven by continued rising interest from the next gen $6,500 school vouchers coming to Georgia as bill gets final passage and heads to governor 03/20/2024 05:55pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators gave final approval Wednesday to a plan to create a $6,500 voucher funding for private school tuition and home schooling, sending the measure to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. Senators voted 33-21 along party lines to approve changes that the House made last wee US inflation up again in February in latest sign that price pressures remain elevated 03/20/2024 05:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, both of which are counting on a steady easing of price pressures this year. Prices rose 0. Federal Reserve still foresees 3 interest rate cuts this year despite bump in inflation 03/20/2024 05:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024, fueling a rally on Wall Street, despite signs that inflation remained elevated at the start of the year. For now, the officials kept their benchmark rate unchan A Nebraska bill to subject librarians to charges for giving 'obscene material' to children fails 03/20/2024 05:30pm • A bill that would have held school librarians and teachers criminally responsible for providing “obscene material” to Nebraska students in grades K-12 failed to break a filibuster Wednesday in the Legislature. But heated debate over it led the body’s Republican Speaker of the Legislature to sl Movie Review: 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' clears a low bar 03/20/2024 04:11pm • Forty years after “Ghostbusters” and following a string of sequels that never measured up to the 1984 original — beginning all the way back with 1989’s “Ghostbusters II” — it’s fair to wonder, well, who else ought we to call? It may be time to, if not give up the ghost entirely, at l US retail sales to increase between 2.5% and 3.5% in 2024, trade group forecasts 03/20/2024 02:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The largest U.S. retail trade group is forecasting that the country's retail sales will increase anywhere between 2.5% and 3.5% this year, a solid but still slower pace than the 3.6% seen last year. The National Retail Federation said Wednesday that it expects retail sales will re