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House backs bills to roll back energy efficiency standards for refrigerators, dishwashers
07/09/2024 08:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Tuesday approved two bills rolling back Energy Department efficiency standards on refrigerators and dishwashers. Republicans called the Biden administration rules expensive and impractical, while Democrats defended them as a way for consumers to save money an
Where 10 Famous Inventors Went to College
07/09/2024 08:00pm • Trailblazing inventors have followed diverse paths through college.Inventors come from every walk of life but are typically motivated by curiosity and intellectual challenge, so it may be no surprise that many spend years studying and working at universities. While many earn doctoral degrees, others
5 Best Charles Schwab Money Market Funds
07/09/2024 08:00pm • Today, there are quite a few ways investors can lower risk in their portfolios and preserve capital. For instance, if you're comfortable with trading individual bonds, building a Treasury ladder can be a good way to plan out your future cash flows while benefiting from the high
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6 Easy Ways to Pay Off Debt
07/09/2024 08:00pm • If you're one of the many Americans struggling to manage debt, you aren't alone. Prices and interest rates alike are high, and it can feel difficult to get out from under payments. Whether you are paying off
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07/09/2024 08:00pm • Amazon Prime Day is July 16 and 17, and online shoppers are gearing up for presales and deep discounts. If you plan to stock up on your favorite gear, get an early start to your holiday shopping or snag a couple of big-ticket items, the right
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What Is Mortgage Recasting?
07/09/2024 08:00pm • Homeowners who want to lower their monthly mortgage payments often consider refinancing. However, a loan recast could be the better choice. Mortgage recasting involves making a very large prepayment and asking the lender to recalculate your payment based on the remaining loan term. A recast reduces
Biden spotlights support for NATO as he looks to use summit to help reset stumbling campaign
07/09/2024 07:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed NATO leaders to Washington on Tuesday by celebrating their unity against Russia's Ukraine aggression and underscoring America's ironclad commitment to the alliance under his watch — a message that seemed aimed at bucking up his own wobbly Democratic
Target will stop accepting personal checks next week. Are the days of the payment method numbered?
07/09/2024 05:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Target will no longer accept personal checks from shoppers as of July 15, another sign of how a once ubiquitous payment method is going the way of outmoded objects like floppy disks and the Rolodex. The Minneapolis-based discounter confirmed the move in a statement to The Associate
Biden's low-profile doctor has been thrust into the spotlight after the president's debate disaster
07/09/2024 04:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the physician to President Joe Biden, Dr. Kevin O'Connor is well-known around the White House. The stocky former Army surgeon is always close by his number one patient, ready to provide care or a consult as needed though few outside the building would know who he is. But Biden
With new $50 million contract, UConn's Dan Hurley keeps focus on the court
07/09/2024 04:19pm • STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Even with a deal that would make him one of the highest-paid college basketball coaches in the country, UConn's Dan Hurley never let his thoughts stray far from what got him to the top of the men's college basketball world. About a month after declining to become the head coac
Appeals court orders release of woman whose murder conviction was reversed after 43 years in prison
07/09/2024 02:06pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An appellate court has ordered the release of a Missouri woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years in prison, but the state attorney general is still trying to keep her behind bars as the case is reviewed. Monday's ruling by a panel of appeals c
Overall health of Chesapeake Bay gets best grade in more than 2 decades, annual report shows
07/09/2024 01:34pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The overall health of the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, received its highest grade since 2002 in an annual report released by scientists Tuesday: a C-plus. Scientists at the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science made special note of Penn
Fed's Powell highlights slowing job market in signal that rate cuts may be nearing
07/09/2024 12:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chair Jerome Powell said in testimony Tuesday to Congress, a shift in emphasis away from the Fed's single-minded fight against inflation of the past two years that suggests it is moving closer to
AP PHOTOS: A 12-year-old in Mongolia finds joy in boxing and now dreams of the Olympics
07/09/2024 04:33am • ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Twelve-year-old Gerelt-Od Kherlen could not contain his excitement after winning a bronze medal in the children’s national boxing championship in Mongolia. In September, his father heard about the opening of the Mongolian Boxing Academy close to their home in Dambada
Kash Patel is pushing conspiracies and his brand. He's poised to help lead a Trump administration
07/08/2024 08:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel was recruiting foot soldiers. It was a Friday morning in February at one of America’s biggest conservative conventions, and Donald Trump’s trusted lieutenant was on center stage, pleading with the former president’s supporters to help the now presumptive Republic
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