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What the new 'buy now, pay later' rule means for small businesses offering the service 06/11/2024 12:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� ���Buy now, pay later��� services are a popular way that shoppers pay for goods. The payment plan is usually marketed as zero-interest, or low interest, and allows consumers to spread out payments for purchases over several weeks or months. Because shoppers like the service, offer Apple Pay will have more payment options this fall and will also welcome Windows, Chrome users 06/11/2024 12:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Apple Inc. plans to add several new features to Apple Pay and Apple Wallet later this year that will more deeply integrate financing, rewards, and buy now, pay later options into the iPhone. The new features are part of Apple's annual iOS update that will arrive in the fall, the c A growing Filipino diaspora means plenty of celebration worldwide for Philippine Independence Day 06/11/2024 02:04am • In the Philippines ��� where Spanish and later U.S. colonial rule persisted for nearly four centuries ��� June 12 is the real Independence Day. That date in 1898 was the pivotal moment when the island nation first made a bold move for autonomy. Ahead of this year's holiday in Manila, the nation���s Indian PM Modi names Cabinet for coalition government after his party lost majority 06/10/2024 11:49pm • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� India's Narendra Modi, newly sworn in for a third straight term, named a Cabinet on Monday that retained his top ministers in crucial portfolios despite his Hindu nationalist party losing their majority in a shock election result. There was no change in the top four ministries. S What does Israel's rescue of 4 captives, and the killing of 274 Palestinians, mean for truce talks? 06/10/2024 08:05pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Israel's dramatic weekend rescue of four hostages from the Gaza Strip, in an operation that local health officials say killed 274 Palestinians, came at a sensitive time in the 8-month-old war, as Israel and Hamas weigh a U.S. proposal for a cease-fire and the release of the Should You Get a Full-Body MRI? 06/10/2024 08:00pm • Full-body MRIs have been in the spotlight recently -- with celebrities and influencers using the tool to get a comprehensive picture of their health. For a high price, these all-encompassing MRIs will scan the body from head to toe and have the ability to detect various abnormalities that may be lur What Is a Second Mortgage? 06/10/2024 08:00pm • A second mortgage is a loan secured by real estate when there is already another loan on the property. Second mortgages are sometimes called junior liens. Your home can serve as collateral for a few different loans at once. You might get a second mortgage to pay for a big purchase or to finance a ho What's the Best Treasury ETF? 7 Options for Investors 06/10/2024 08:00pm • A popular strategy for lower-risk, conservative investors has been to build a Treasury bond ladder. This involves purchasing Treasury bonds that mature at regular intervals. For instance, in the first year, you might buy five different Treasury bonds, each with maturities of one year, two years, thr What to know about Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier's first hearing in more than a decade 06/10/2024 06:55pm • A parole hearing was held Monday for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota. At 79, Peltier's health is failing, and if this parole request is denied, it might be a decade or more befo Here's how you can improve your health by stopping negativity and embracing optimism 06/10/2024 06:53pm • Prince Bhojwani never thought of himself as a negative person, until three trips to the hospital in one month forced him to reconsider. Before May 2018, he was a healthy but chronically worried start-up founder who regularly did 20-mile (32-kilometer) bike rides. When he suddenly became barely able They launched a club to help Afghan refugees. 2 Fairfax Co. students saw it grow to welcome many others 06/10/2024 06:30pm • In 2021, as thousands of Afghan refugees arrived in the U.S., Annandale High School's Multilingual Education Department Chair, Meredith Hedrick, reached out to students Sosan Barakzai and Husna Basiri. Hendrick asked whether the pair, who are both Afghan immigrants, would be interested in helping Donald Trump tells a group that calls for banning all abortions to stand up for 'innocent life' 06/10/2024 03:58pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Donald Trump on Monday urged a staunchly anti-abortion Christian group to stand up for ���innocent life,��� ambiguously revisiting an issue that Democrats want to make a focus of this year���s presidential election. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee���s p The Latest | Election shifts the European Parliament further right 06/10/2024 02:47pm • Far-right parties made big gains in the European Parliament in election results that rattled the traditional powers and made French President Emmanuel Macron call snap legislative elections. Macron���s party suffered a heavy defeat from the far-right National Rally party, while in Germany support f Book Review: ���Miss May Does Not Exist��� is an engaging study of enigmatic Hollywood figure Elaine May 06/10/2024 12:58pm • Groundbreaking comedian, writer and filmmaker Elaine May charted her own fearlessly original path in Hollywood and the theater world over the decades. Shunning the spotlight and reluctant to talk to reporters, her name might not be as well known as her comedy partner, Mike Nichols, but Carrie Courog DC���s startup business failure rate is highest in the country 06/10/2024 12:55pm • The D.C. region is consistently ranked as one of the top cities for entrepreneurs and startup businesses, but the failure rate of new businesses is also high. According to LendingTree research, the failure rate of D.C. startups during their first year in business is 32.2%, compared to 23.2% natio