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Sarasota's Season of Sharing program pays some families' bills as they recover from hurricane season 11/27/2024 11:02am • Cecilia Grove didn’t work for 38 days after Hurricane Helene's storm surge flooded the kitchen of the restaurant where she waits tables. The Cottage, a local and tourist favorite on Siesta Key near Sarasota, Florida, might have reopened sooner, but Hurricane Milton made landfall on the key 13 days Trump team says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal brokered by Biden is actually Trump's win 11/27/2024 10:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect early Wednesday, according to the outgoing Democratic administration. Trump’s team, m 'Buy now, pay later' is more popular than ever. It can cost more than you think 11/27/2024 10:49am • NEW YORK (AP) — More shoppers than ever are on track to use ‘buy now, pay later’ plans this holiday season, as the ability to spread out payments looks attractive at a time when Americans still feel the lingering effect of inflation and already have record-high credit card debt. The data firm A Catholic family's answer to opposing abortion: adopt, foster and vote 11/27/2024 08:27am • SUNBURY, Ohio (AP) — For the Young family in rural Sunbury, Ohio, activism begins at home. The conservative Catholic family chooses to live their anti-abortion beliefs through adoption, foster-parenting and raising their children to believe in the sanctity of life. They're also committed to teachi DCPS reports rising enrollment for 3rd consecutive year, creating opportunities for expanded student programs 11/27/2024 05:18am • Enrollment in D.C.’s public and public charter schools is up for the third straight year and is continuing to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to preliminary data released this week. According to unaudited data released Tuesday, 99,770 students are enrolled in the city’s public and publ After fast start, electric cars need a recharge as range limits, cost leave some drivers skeptical 11/27/2024 01:53am • DETROIT (AP) — While sales of electric vehicles surge in China, adoption of more environmentally friendly vehicles is stumbling in the United States and Europe as carmakers and governments struggle to meet years-old promises about affordability and charging stations. Adding to those headwinds: an Australian father of teen sextortion victim backs banning young children from social media 11/27/2024 12:43am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wayne Holdsworth became an advocate for banning Australian children younger than 16 from social media because his son took his own life after falling victim to an online sextortion scam. Mac Holdsworth died last year at his Melbourne family home at the age of 17 after a Middle East latest: Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon begins 11/26/2024 11:52pm • A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants began early Wednesday morning, after Beirut residents endured the most intense day of Israeli strikes since the war began. Many wondered if the agreement to stop fighting would hold. Israel has said it will attack if Hezbollah breaks the Australia's plan to ban children from social media proves popular and problematic 11/26/2024 09:21pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — How do you protect children from the harms of social media? Politically, the answer appears simple in Australia, as legislation tackling the problem moves quickly through the Parliament. Practically, however, the solution could be far more difficult. The Australian gove Rudy Giuliani draws rebuke for a courtroom outburst accusing judge in assets case of being unfair 11/26/2024 08:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In an angry outburst in a New York courtroom, Rudy Giuliani accused a judge Tuesday of making wrong assumptions about him as he tries to comply with an order requiring him to turn over most of his assets to two election poll workers who won a libel case against him. U.S. District J 9 Best Growth Stocks for the Next 10 Years 11/26/2024 07:00pm • It's hard to tell what lies ahead for investors in 2025. 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