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Red Nose Day 2024 fights child poverty with the 'whimsy' of a candy castle, monster truck and Legos 05/23/2024 04:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� An edible, life-sized cookie of the contest winner and a car-crushing monster truck ride are two of the new prizes up for grabs in the Red Nose Day 2024 campaign, which ramps up Thursday. As Comic Relief US's fundraising initiative for underserved American children enters its 10th Sam Butcher, artist who created Precious Moments figurines of teardrop-eyed children, dies at 85 05/23/2024 04:13pm • CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) ��� Sam Butcher, the artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children, has died. He was 85. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early Monday surrounded by family. It said his life's mission was ���to share God���s gift of lov Independent booksellers continued to expand in 2023, with more than 200 new stores opening 05/23/2024 02:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Three years ago, Erin Decker was a middle school librarian in Kissimmee, Florida, increasingly frustrated by the state's book bans and worried that she couldn't make a difference remaining in her job. So, she and fellow librarian Tania Gali��anes thought of a way to fight back. � Today in Sports - Manchester United wins EPL title; ties record of 18 league titles 05/23/2024 10:10am • May 24 1905 ��� Harry Payne Whitney���s Tanya becomes the second filly to win the Belmont Stakes. Ruthless was the first filly to win the Belmont, in 1867. Whitney would also win the Kentucky Derby with a filly, Regret, in 1915. 1926 ��� Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi sets world 3000m record (8:25.4) in Today in Sports - Week Ahead, May 24 - May 30 05/23/2024 10:05am • May 24 1905 ��� Harry Payne Whitney���s Tanya becomes the second filly to win the Belmont Stakes. Ruthless was the first filly to win the Belmont, in 1867. Whitney would also win the Kentucky Derby with a filly, Regret, in 1915. 1926 ��� Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi sets world 3000m record (8:25.4) in Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, with China stocks down, after Wall St retreat 05/23/2024 12:49am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Asian shares were trading mixed Thursday, as investor sentiment in Tokyo was boosted by news of soaring Nvidia earnings. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.1% to 39,054.81. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 sank 0.5% to 7,807.10. South Korea's Kospi added 0.2% to 2,728.43. Hong Kong's H Bobrovsky makes 23 saves for first shutout of the postseason, Panthers beat Rangers 3-0 in Game 1 05/23/2024 12:43am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sergei Bobrovsky had a long stretch without seeing a shot on goal in the middle of the game, and then there was a flurry in the third period. No matter, he stopped everything that came his way. Bobrovsky had 23 saves for his first shutout of the postseason, and the Panthers beat t Juan Soto sparks chants of 'M-V-P!' at Yankee Stadium 51 games into season 05/22/2024 11:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Fifty-one games into the season, Juan Soto is sparking chants of ���M-V-P!��� at Yankee Stadium. ���Way too early,��� Soto said after his second two-homer game of the homestand led the Yankees over the Seattle Mariners 7-3 on Wednesday night and stopped New York's first two-game lo Luzardo throws eight scoreless innings and Chisholm homers as Marlins shut out Brewers 1-0 05/22/2024 10:04pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Jes��s Luzardo threw eight scoreless innings of three-hit ball in his longest career start and the Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Wednesday night. Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered for the only run of the game as the Marlins won their third consecutive series. The game was co 5 of the Best Undervalued Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy Now 05/22/2024 08:00pm • The performance of the U.S. stock market has been excellent in 2024. Year to date, the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq-100 index are both up over 11%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is higher by more than 5%. This is good news for equity investors with money in the market, but there is a downside What Is a Medigap Supplemental Plan and Who Needs One? 05/22/2024 08:00pm • The overwhelming number of choices that Medicare provides can be an annual headache for 65 million beneficiaries choosing their health insurance for the upcoming year. For the roughly 34 million beneficiaries enrolled in original Medicare, another decision to make is whether or not to add a Medicare Visa to Change the Way Consumers Use Their Cards 05/22/2024 08:00pm • One card to rule them all? Tap for everything? Biometric security? Visa recently laid out a number of innovations to its credit cards at the company's annual payments forum in San Francisco. The new features could help customers carry fewer physical cards in their wallets and ultimately make the 16- 15 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy for 2024 05/22/2024 08:00pm • The stock market has resumed its climb, with the major indexes reaching new all-time highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently topped 40,000, putting a definitive exclamation point on the bullish run. However, there are still reasons for caution. Inflation readings continue to run fairly hot. Biden is honoring Kenya with state visit as the East African nation prepares to send police to Haiti 05/22/2024 07:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House for a three-day state visit and designating the East African nation a major non-NATO ally as it prepares to deploy forces to Haiti as part of U.N.-led effort to address the security crisis in the Caribb Abrupt shutdown of financial middleman Synapse has frozen thousands of Americans' deposits 05/22/2024 06:51pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The bank accounts of tens of thousands of U.S. businesses and consumers have been frozen in the aftermath of the abrupt shutdown and bankruptcy of financial technology company Synapse, which acts as a middleman between financial technology companies and banks. Synapse filed for Ch