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Millennial Money: Issuer closing your credit card? Act fast to preserve credit 08/08/2023 12:54pm • It’s not uncommon for credit card issuers to close accounts. Sometimes they do so to lessen their risk when the economy is in distress, generally as a reaction to your spending activity — or lack thereof. After all, issuers make money from every tap or swipe, so inactive cards aren’t fruitful Movie Review: ‘Gran Turismo’ movie drifts into cliches and video game aesthetics 08/08/2023 11:44am • In 2006, a Nissan marketing executive had a truly insane idea to create a competition and an “academy” to turn gamers into race car drivers. Darren Cox saw an untapped market of potential car-buyers in Gran Turismo enthusiasts – the popular PlayStation racing simulator that first came on the m William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87 08/08/2023 10:23am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Friedkin, the generation-defining director who brought a visceral realism to 1970s hits “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist" and was quickly anointed one of Hollywood's top directors when he was only in his 30s, has died. He was 87. Friedkin, who won the best South Korea evacuates thousands of Scouts from coastal campsite as tropical storm nears 08/08/2023 10:09am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Carrying huge backpacks and water bottles, tens of thousands of Scouts began arriving at university dormitories, government and corporate training centers, and hotels around Seoul and other inland cities on Tuesday as the South Korean government evacuated the World Scout Giants score 6 runs in the 9th inning of an 8-3 win, sending the Angels to their 7th straight loss 08/08/2023 01:12am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Bailey put the Giants ahead with a two-run double when Randal Grichuk misplayed his drive to left, keying San Francisco's six-run rally in the ninth inning of an 8-3 victory that sent the Los Angeles Angels to their season-worst seventh consecutive loss Monday night. Republicans are talking up the possibility of impeaching Biden. Is it what voters want to hear? 08/08/2023 12:11am • SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Bill Mehlem recalls a time when his politics generally aligned with conservatives, enthusiastically backing Republicans such as John McCain during his 2008 presidential campaign. But the stay-at-home dad has grown dismayed with the tempestuous GOP molded by former Pres Md. lawmakers introduce bill aiming to address aging school infrastructure in Congress for third time 08/07/2023 10:43pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A long-standing effort to provide low-income schools with federal grants to improve building infrastructure and internet connectivity has 7 Stocks to Buy Near 52-Week Lows 08/07/2023 08:00pm • In a great year for stocks, it's easy to get caught up in the rush and pile into the latest fashionable trades. But what goes up often comes back down, and it can be quite costly to buy a stock that has already jumped 100% or 200% and then comes crashing back to earth. There's no surefire way to inv 'Borrowers have options': What financial experts say you can do to prepare for the return of student loan payments 08/07/2023 04:01pm • After a three and 1/2 year pause, student loan payments will resume in October — which is sooner than you might think. "Interest rates will start to kick back in even earlier than that in September," said Brian Walsh, student loan expert and leader of the financial planning branch at Penguins' Kyle Dubas says confidence in those around him led him to take on additional role as GM 08/07/2023 03:31pm • Kyle Dubas spent his first two months as the Pittsburgh Penguins director of hockey operations watching the staff around him adjust almost seamlessly to a new work environment. So seamlessly, it turned out, that Dubas feared any more change would affect the synergy he's felt since joining the club o Ex-Minneapolis officer unrepentant as he gets nearly 5 years in George Floyd killing 08/07/2023 03:20pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, did not show any repentance or admit any wrongdoing as he was sentenced Monday to 4 years and 9 months. Thao had previously testified that he merely served CBS game show 'Superfan' celebrates musicians like Shania Twain, Kelsea Ballerini and Pitbull 08/07/2023 11:08am • NEW YORK (AP) — CBS' latest game show doesn't ask its contestants to have any skills — no need to sing, dance, cook or pull a rabbit out of a hat. All it asks from its competitors is adoration — lots of it. “Superfan,” which premieres Wednesday, gathers one musical act and their fans each Book Review: James McBride’s latest novel is a tour de force celebrating community and compassion 08/07/2023 10:26am • “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride (Riverhead Books) “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” James McBride’s tour de force of a new novel, opens in 1972, when authorities discover a human skeleton and mezuzah at the bottom of a well in the small community of Pottstown Liz Weston: When to repair or replace your appliances 08/07/2023 07:00am • When our 17-year-old refrigerator started wheezing, I fully expected we’d need a new one. I was shocked — and frankly a little disappointed — when a repair technician fixed it for less than $200. I had to postpone my dream of a shiny French-door replacement, but our no-frills Frigidaire is sti Daimler Truck finance chief Jochen Goetz, credited with its spinoff from Mercedes-Benz maker, dies 08/06/2023 08:49pm • Jochen Goetz, the chief financial officer of Daimler Truck and credited with its successful spinoff from the automotive giant that makes the Mercedes-Benz, has died, the company said Sunday. He was 52. Goetz spent more than three decades working at the Daimler Group, the Stuttgart, Germany-based com