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AT&T will give $5 to customers hit by cellphone network outage 02/25/2024 07:00pm • DALLAS (AP) — AT&T says it will give affected customers $5 each to compensate for last week's cellphone network outage that left many without service for hours. The Dallas-based company said on its website that customers will get the $5 credit on their account within two billing cycles. The Best Debit Card Rewards Programs 02/25/2024 07:00pm • Cash back credit cards often get the spotlight, but plenty of people prefer to stick with their debit card. According to an annual tracker by S&P Global Market Intelligence, debit now surpasses credit as consumers' preferred payment card, with 56.2% of consumers preferring debit as their primary A Guide to Tax Deductions for the Self-Employed 02/25/2024 07:00pm • Are you self-employed and wondering how to maximize your tax deductions for tax year 2023? Here's a look at 15 of the best tax write-offs you don't want to miss: 1. Qualified business income.2. Mileage or vehicle expenses.3. Retirement savings.4. Insurance premiums.5. Office supplies.6. Home office Inverted Yield Curve: Is it Still a Recession Indicator? 02/25/2024 07:00pm • When the 2-year Treasury yield eclipsed the 10-year Treasury yield on July 5, 2022, it caught many investors' attention. The event -- commonly dubbed a yield curve inversion -- was largely viewed as a signal the U.S. economy would likely slip into recession in the near future. An inverted yield curv 10 Tax Breaks for People Over 50 02/25/2024 07:00pm • Once you turn 50, and especially after age 65, you can qualify for extra tax breaks. Older people get a bigger standard deduction, and they can earn more before they have to file a tax return at all. Workers over 50 can also defer or avoid taxes on more money using retirement and health savings acco How to Shop for a Lower Mortgage Rate 02/25/2024 07:00pm • Borrowing a mortgage to buy or refinance a home can seem like a daunting process, especially when mortgage rates are much higher than they were just a few years ago. But with a little comparison shopping, it's possible to get a much lower mortgage rate than what you're offered initially. Mortgage ra Zach Edey matches season high with 35 points, helps No. 3 Purdue bounce back and beat Michigan 84-76 02/25/2024 05:40pm • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Zach Edey took advantage of Michigan's attempts to defend him with only one player. Edey matched his season high with 35 points and had 15 rebounds, helping No. 3 Purdue bounce back from a rough start to beat the Wolverines 84-76 on Sunday. “I’m used to getting doubled 3 Black women aim for historic Senate wins in 2024: 'My intention is to make a difference' 02/25/2024 05:19pm • Julia Cherner/ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- More than 2,000 people have served in the U.S. Senate since it was established in 1789. But just 12 have been Black -- and only three have been Black women, none of whom have ever served together.That could soon change. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Prince George Bucks beat 76ers 119-98 in Doc Rivers' return to Philadelphia 02/25/2024 04:43pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points, Damian Lillard added 24 and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the 76ers 119-98 on Sunday in Doc Rivers’ return to Philadelphia. Rivers was fired by Philadelphia after last season. He coached the 76ers from 2020-23, never getting past the second Caitlin Clark's triple-double leads No. 4 Iowa over Illinois, 101-85 02/25/2024 04:22pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 24 points on the way to her 16th career triple-double, Hannah Stuelke added 20 and No. 4 Iowa defeated Illinois 101-85 on Sunday. Clark had 15 rebounds and 10 assists for her Division I-leading fifth triple-double of the season as Iowa (24-4, 13-3 Big Te Consumers are increasingly pushing back against price increases — and winning 02/25/2024 12:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has changed the way many Americans shop. Now, those changes in consumer habits are helping bring down inflation. Fed up with prices that remain about 19%, on average, above where they were before the pandemic, consumers are fighting back. In grocery stores, they're shi Maryland considers more juvenile justice bills, and they may be included in bigger legislative package 02/25/2024 09:16am • As Maryland’s top Democratic leaders continue to assess legislation to tweak the state’s juvenile justice system, all or portions of other juvenile-related bills could be incorporated in the bigger legislative package backed by the governor and key committee chairs. Sen. Cory V. McCray (D Stutzle scores winner in shootout, Senators beat Golden Knights 4-3 02/24/2024 11:32pm • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Tim Stutzle scored the winner in the shootout as the Ottawa Senators overcame a two-goal deficit and a late tying goal by Vegas to beat the Golden Knights 4-3 on Saturday night. “I think maybe in the past, if we got down early, obviously we still worked, but I think now we Warren Buffett uses his annual letter to warn about Wall Street and recount Berkshire's successes 02/24/2024 09:28pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett credited his longtime partner — the late Charlie Munger — with being the architect of the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate he has received the credit for leading and warned shareholders in his annual letter Saturday not to listen to Wall Street pundits or finan Hunter Dickinson scores 20 to lead Kansas past Texas 86-67 02/24/2024 08:59pm • LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson scored 20 points, KJ Adams had 16 and No. 9 Kansas beat Texas 86-67 on Saturday night. All five Kansas starters scored in double figures as Johnny Furphy contributed 16, Dajuan Harris had 14 and Nicolas Timberlake scored 13. “Games like this where we come o