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Casey DeSmith makes 29 saves as the Canucks take 2-1 series lead over the Preds 04/27/2024 12:09am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Backup goalie Casey DeSmith finally has his first postseason victory, and he helped the Vancouver Canucks take back home-ice advantage in the process. DeSmith made 29 saves as the Canucks held off the Nashville Predators 2-1 Friday night for a 2-1 lead in their best-of-sev Marcus Semien homers to break 8th-inning tie, Rangers beat Reds 2-1 04/26/2024 11:32pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien homered to break an eighth-inning tie, helping the Rangers beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 on Friday night. Semien pulled a 1-1 fastball from Lucas Sims (1-1) down the line in left. Jacob Latz, José Leclerc (2-2) and Kirby Yates retired the final nine Cincinnati Woman pleads guilty to being accessory in fatal freeway shooting of 6-year-old boy 04/26/2024 04:43pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman has pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact for being the driver of the car from which her boyfriend fatally shot a 6-year-old boy on a busy Southern California highway. The Orange County Register reports that Wynne Lee, 26, entered the plea Friday in O JPMorgan's Dimon hopes for soft landing for US economy but says stagflation is a possible scenario 04/26/2024 04:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says he’s hopeful the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation without causing a recession but wouldn’t rule out more troubling possibilities, such as stagflation. In an interview with The Associated Press at a Chase branch opening in The Bronx, D Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month 04/26/2024 03:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed's reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden's re-election bid. Friday's report from the government New plan could help Prince George’s Co. residents boost their credit scores (and get paid for it) 04/26/2024 03:09pm • Having a low credit score costs you money, with higher interest rates and other fees. Boosting your credit score takes a lot of time, and only recently was it possible to start sending rental payments to credit bureaus to help give you that boost. Now, a new program being offered in Prince George’ Athletes tied to Iowa gambling sting seek damages in civil lawsuit against state and investigators 04/26/2024 02:58pm • Attorneys for more than two dozen Iowa and Iowa State athletes who were ensnared in a state gambling sting filed a civil lawsuit Friday seeking unspecified monetary damages from the state and its public safety and criminal investigation agencies for violating the athletes' rights and smearing their Help is coming for a Jersey Shore town that's losing the man-vs-nature battle on its eroded beaches 04/26/2024 02:36pm • NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A long-running sandstorm at the Jersey Shore could soon come to an end as New Jersey will carry out an emergency beach replenishment project at one of the state's most badly eroded beaches. North Wildwood and the state have been fighting in court for years over measures Jerry Seinfeld's commitment to the bit 04/26/2024 01:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than you think. Yes, he co-wrote and lent his voice to 2007's “Bee Movie." But before that, “Seinfeld” — where going to the movies, with or without the aid of Moviefone, was nearly as regular a destination as the coffee s Brent Burns, Dmitry Orlov help Hurricanes hold on to beat Islanders 3-2 for 3-0 series lead 04/25/2024 11:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes didn't think they played their best in Game 3 against the New York Islanders. They did enough to move a win away from advancing to the second round. Defensemen Brent Burns and Dmitry Orlov got the Hurricanes off to a fast start and they held on to beat the I Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon 04/25/2024 10:03pm • BELEM, Brazil (AP) — The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift April 13, carrying the bodies that wer 7 High-Risk, High-Reward Stocks to Buy 04/25/2024 08:00pm • As mentioned recently in the U.S. News roundup of the best long-term ETFs to buy and hold, plenty of research shows it's more profitable in the long haul to stick with diversified funds than to churn in and out of fashionable positions. That said, many investors hope to fall outside the norm and do 10 Best Growth Stocks to Buy for 2024 04/25/2024 08:00pm • After strong performance in 2023, U.S. gross domestic product growth started to cool in the fourth quarter and only grew by 1.6% in the first quarter. Economists expect growth to stay flat in coming quarters, and while predictions for a U.S. recession have mellowed, a downturn isn't off the table ye 6 Best Green Hydrogen Stocks and ETFs to Watch 04/25/2024 08:00pm • Green hydrogen stocks have not been doing well, perhaps creating buying opportunities for buy-and-hold bargain hunters with renewable energy companies on their watchlists. Relatively low oil and gas prices have made more-expensive green hydrogen less attractive. Higher interest rates have weighed on Should I Use a Wire Transfer or Cashier's Check for Closing? 04/25/2024 08:00pm • If you've finally reached the closing stage of the homebuying process, then you are nearing the finish line. However, closing involves a specific set of procedures that must be followed carefully to avoid delays or complications. One of these processes is securing a bank-certified payment method,