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Black Music Month has evolved since the 1970s. Here's what you need to know 06/06/2024 12:47pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every June since the 1970s, across the United States, musicians, fans and industry professionals celebrate Black Music Month. It's an opportunity to highlight the contributions of Black artists and position Black art at the center of American culture across popular music and bey Borrowers, especially the young, struggle with credit card debt in potentially bad sign for economy 06/06/2024 09:33am • NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers are increasingly struggling to pay their credit card bills, raising concerns about severe delinquencies spiraling and sapping consumer spending. The share of credit card debt that's more than 90 days overdue rose to 10.7% during the first quarter, a 12-year high, accordin European Central Bank cuts interest rates by quarter point, moving ahead of US Fed to lower credit costs for consumers. 06/06/2024 08:16am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank cuts interest rates by quarter point, moving ahead of US Fed to lower credit costs for consumers. Analysis: This NBA Finals will show if the Celtics are ready for pressure 06/06/2024 06:00am • Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown said all the right things after the Boston Celtics fell in the NBA Finals two years ago. They said losing that series to the Golden State Warriors was going to be part of their journey. A learning experience. Fuel for the future. They won't be able to say those things i Review: Netflix's 'Sweet Tooth' gets touching send off in Season 3 after helping us cope with real pandemic 06/06/2024 04:26am • In June of 2021 — two months before the Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine — Netflix dropped the popular fantasy drama series "Sweet Tooth" about a mysterious global virus called The Sick. The second season arrived in April of 2023 — just a month before the Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them 06/06/2024 12:49am • SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank (AP) — For weeks after being sanctioned by the United States, Yinon Levi struggled to pay the bills, living at his farming outpost atop a hill in the occupied West Bank. But the Israeli settler's problems didn’t last. When the banks froze his accounts, his communit Carlos Rodón wins 6th straight start for Yankees, putting miserable first season in New York behind 06/06/2024 12:20am • NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Rodón has put his miserable first season with the Yankees behind, pitching like the All-Star expected by New York when it lavished a $162 million, eight-year contract on the left-hander. Rodón retired his first 16 batters and won a career-best sixth straight start Wednesda A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground 06/06/2024 12:01am • Ahmed Othman isn't on TikTok and doesn't want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media, bombardi A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground 06/06/2024 12:00am • Ahmed Othman isn't on TikTok and doesn't want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media, bombardi Washington man sentenced for 20 'swatting' calls of false threats in US, Canada 06/05/2024 10:16pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made 20 false reports of bombs and shootings around the U.S. and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses, has been sentenced to three years in prison, U.S. authorities said. Ashton Connor Garcia, 21, of Bremerton, was sentenced in U.S. Distric Calm and steadfast, Kris Knoblauch steers Edmonton out of an awful start to the Stanley Cup Final 06/05/2024 09:32pm • When Kris Knoblauch became coach of the Edmonton Oilers, they had lost 10 of their first 13 games and the Stanley Cup was the last thing anyone on the team was talking about. Since then, no team in the NHL has won more games and Knoblauch is a big reason they are in the final. It comes as no surpri The Latest: Court adjourns for the day in Hunter Biden's gun trial 06/05/2024 09:29pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of Hunter Biden (all times local): Court adjourned for the day in Hunter Biden's gun trial, with testimony expected to resume Thursday morning. After the jurors were dismissed, Derek Hines told the judge the prosecution has six more witnesses after g Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later 06/05/2024 08:21pm • BENOUVILLE, France (AP) — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat. The Associated Press is speaking to veterans about their role in freeing Europe from the Nazis, and Wilmer Flores' grand slam helps Giants snap 6-game skid with 9-3 win over Diamondbacks 06/05/2024 08:14pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Wilmer Flores' grand slam highlighted a six-run outburst in the third inning and the San Francisco Giants snapped a six-game losing streak with a 9-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Heliot Ramos added a two-run homer in the third off Jordan Montgomery (3-4), whose ER Carry a Credit Card Balance vs. Pay in Full: What's Better for Your Credit? 06/05/2024 08:00pm • Carrying a balance doesn't do your credit any favors: It just racks up interest charges. Here's why carrying a card balance to build credit is a myth and what you can do to get a good credit score. Does Keeping a Balance Help Your Credit Score?Carrying a balance does nothing to help your credit scor