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Marquette is a No. 2 seed again in March Madness, hopes to seize opportunity in South Region 03/21/2024 10:10pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Marquette is determined to do more with a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament than it did last year. The Golden Eagles squandered their high seed a year ago, losing in the second round to 10th-seeded Michigan State. Their first task: Play like a big favorite against No. 15 seed W 10 Best Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy for 2024 03/21/2024 08:00pm • The stock market is sizzling right now. The U.S. economy remains strong, and inflation has moderated to a significant degree. This has the Federal Reserve primed to cut interest rates this year, which could further boost investor sentiment. Throw in powerful innovations in fields such as semiconduct How to Save for Retirement If You Work Part-Time 03/21/2024 08:00pm • Those who participate in the gig economy or work a part-time job have historically struggled to save for retirement. The SECURE 2.0 Act, which became law in December 2022, includes retirement savings opportunities for part-time employees, freelancers and gig workers. The new rules create more ways f Women and Credit: A Look at the History 03/21/2024 08:00pm • This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974, which protected women's right to access to credit. Before the law, women needed their husbands, fathers or brothers to co-sign for a loan or credit card. Gaining access to credit was critical for women to take ownershi Biden and Trump ask voters if they're 'better off' than they were 4 years ago. It's complicated 03/21/2024 07:09pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� ���Are you better off today than you were four years ago?" Rarely have voters' answers to that question been so complicated. Former President Donald Trump asked the time-tested question of his supporters in all-caps Monday on his Truth Social platform. President Joe Biden did the Domask gets triple-double as No. 3 seed Illinois beats Morehead State in NCAA tourney 03/21/2024 06:32pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Marcus Domask posted the NCAA Tournament's first triple-double since 2019 and Terrence Shannon scored 26 points, helping No. 3 seed Illinois pull away from No. 14 Morehead State for an 85-69 first-round win on Thursday. Domask had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in his fir Need to 'borrow' miles from your kid to get that free flight? A big airline will let you do that 03/21/2024 05:52pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Don't have enough airline miles for that free flight? United Airlines is now letting people pool and share their frequent-flyer points with family and friends, a feature currently offered by some smaller carriers. United said Thursday that a ���pool leader��� can pick up to four oth Virginia governor vetoes 22 bills, including easier path for certain immigrants to work as police 03/21/2024 05:33pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed nearly two dozen pieces of crime and law enforcement legislation, including measures that would have expanded credits for inmates to get out of prison early and allowed some immigrants who are not U.S. citizens to become police officers. Tom Izzo, Michigan State pick up another first-round win in March Madness, topping Mississippi State 03/21/2024 04:50pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Michigan State coach Tom Izzo won his 20th first-round game in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. This one, he said, might have been the most impressive, even to former Spartans greats like Draymond Green. Tyson Walker scored 19 points and the ninth-seeded Spartans improved to Micro-apartments are back after nearly a century, as need for affordable housing soars 03/21/2024 01:21pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Every part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family���s single-room apartment in Seattle has a double or even triple purpose. The 180-square-foot (17-square-meter) room is filled with an air mattress where she, her partner and their children, ages 2 and 4, sleep. It���s also where t Man who helped drag police officer into mob gets over 5 years in prison for Capitol riot attacks 03/21/2024 12:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Colorado man who helped other rioters drag a police officer into a mob storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to more than five years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Jeffrey Sabol ripped a baton from an officer's hands before pulling another off 78,000 more public workers are getting student loans canceled through Biden administration changes 03/21/2024 10:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Another 78,000 Americans are getting their federal student loans canceled through a program that helps teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public servants, the Biden administration announced Thursday. The Education Department is canceling the borrowers��� loans because they The 'Aladdin' stage musical turns 10 this month. Here are the magical stories of three Genies 03/21/2024 09:02am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� James Monroe Iglehart���s mom took him to see the animated Disney movie ���Aladdin��� as a high-school graduation gift in 1992. He fell in love with the Genie, naturally. Fast-forward more than two decades and Iglehart found himself playing the first Genie on Broadway, killing it, How a Rockville store is fostering the growth of diverse women-owned businesses 03/21/2024 06:51am • As part of Women���s History Month, WTOP explores how two sisters are taking a homegrown business to the next level with the help of a local incubator program that includes business mentoring and classes for the next generation of female entrepreneurs. Turning a hobby into a successful busine Swiss central bank makes a surprise cut to its key interest rate as others hold steady 03/21/2024 06:51am • GENEVA (AP) ��� The Swiss National Bank said Thursday that it is trimming its key interest rate, a surprise move that makes Switzerland the first major financial center to announce a cut in recent months. Thomas Jordan, the outgoing SNB chairman, credited the central bank's push to rein in inflation