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After Mariners fire their manager, the Astros extend their lead over Seattle to 5 1/2 games 08/22/2024 10:42pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — On the day their closest challenger fired its manager, the Houston Astros took their biggest division lead of the season. Spencer Arrighetti, Ben Gamel and Shay Whitcomb — not exactly Houston's biggest stars — led the Astros to a 6-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thurs 9 Best ETFs to Buy for a Recession 08/22/2024 08:00pm • As summer winds down, the market's attention is focused on whether or not the Federal Reserve can successfully navigate a "soft landing" for the economy. Earlier in August, a disappointing employment report caused a brief panic among investors, but more recent inflation and retail sales data have re Collateralized Loan Obligations: 5 ETFs to Consider 08/22/2024 08:00pm • Investors look for opportunities to generate returns and accumulate wealth with their assets. 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Sweaters have holes, colors are faded, jeans are out of style and your favorite coat no longer fits. Is it time for a shopping spree? Maybe, but have a plan in place so you don't overspend. Empower Personal Dashboard data foun Pharmacist pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan deaths from meningitis outbreak 08/22/2024 06:26pm • A Massachusetts pharmacist pleaded no contest Thursday to involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 11 people in Michigan, all victims of tainted steroids that caused a national meningitis outbreak in 2012. Glenn Chin, 56, will get a 7 1/2-year prison sentence in October. He will benefit by receivin Miguel Amaya hits his first career grand slam and drives in 5 as the Cubs pound the Tigers 10-2 08/22/2024 06:01pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Miguel Amaya hit his first career grand slam and drove in a personal-best five runs, and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Detroit Tigers 10-2 on Thursday to take the three-game series. Justin Steele (4-5) struck out a season-high 10 in seven innings, and the Cubs came away with an easy Family of West Virginia governor, running for Senate, has deal to avoid Greenbrier hotel foreclosure 08/22/2024 05:00pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has reached an agreement with a credit collection company to avoid the foreclosure of their historic hotel as he runs for U.S. Senate, the resort announced Thursday. The Republican governor's family had been set to appear in cou Review: Apple TV+ drops finale of 'Lady in the Lake,' finishing with a strong splash after treading water 08/22/2024 02:39pm • Exactly a month after "Presumed Innocent" rendered its verdict, Apple TV+ solves another murder mystery. “Lady in the Lake” drops its seventh and final episode on Thursday, finishing with a strong splash after treading water early on to the point of nearly drowning. Glad I kept paddling. Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of petitions to let voters decide on abortion access 08/22/2024 02:09pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state's rejection of signed petitions for an abortion rights ballot initiative on Thursday, keeping the proposal from going before voters in November. The ruling dashed the organizers' hopes of getting the constitutional amendment meas Nancy Pelosi thanked Biden for his wins, as she said Harris will take US to new heights 08/21/2024 10:14pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Nancy Pelosi opened her convention speech with a sense of gratitude for President Joe Biden, even after her doubts about his campaign fed into the pressures that led him to end his reelection effort. “Thank you, Joe,” Pelosi said after going through Biden's legislative achieveme Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her 'Is this America?' speech 60 years ago 08/21/2024 08:59pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats' presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a televised speech that challenged the seating of Mississippi's all-white delegation to the 1964 Democratic Nationa