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How to Rebuild Your Credit After a Missed Credit Card Payment 06/14/2023 08:00pm • If you've missed your credit card payment deadline by a day or two, don't panic. A lapse of just a couple of days won't affect your credit score. You might even be able to get your credit card issuer to waive your late fee if you've been consistently on time with payments. But if it's been 30 or eve 10 Secrets of Retirement Super Savers' 06/14/2023 08:00pm • By and large, super savers are people who sacrifice spending for the short term to vastly improve their long-term financial position. They save aggressively: According to a September 2022 study from Principal Financial Group, 59% of survey respondents said they planned to save more than $20,000 towa Stove wars: Republican-controlled House approves bills to protect gas stoves 06/14/2023 04:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Venturing back into the nation's culture wars, the Republican-controlled House has approved legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from overzealous government regulators. A bill passed Tuesday would prohibit use of federal money to regulate gas stoves as a ha Text of the policy statement the Federal Reserve released Wednesday 06/14/2023 03:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Below is the statement the Fed released Wednesday after its policy meeting ended: Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a modest pace. Job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains What you should know as the Fed gets closer to the peak of its rate-hiking cycle 06/14/2023 02:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to leave interest rates alone for the first time in 11 meetings raises hopes that it may be at least nearing the end of its rate-hiking campaign to cool inflation. That said, the Fed's policymakers indicated that they envision potentially Premier League clubs agree to measures for tackling rise in tragedy-related chanting 06/14/2023 02:11pm • LONDON (AP) — Premier League clubs agreed Wednesday to measures for tackling the rise in tragedy-related chanting at matches, with criminal prosecution of offenders a principal aim. The move comes in response to incidents of chants and other behavior — often between rival clubs — taunting vict China inks 'strategic partnership' with Palestinan Authority as it expands Middle East presence 06/14/2023 08:20am • BEIJING (AP) — China said Wednesday that it established a “strategic partnership” with the Palestinian Authority during a visit to Beijing by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The announcement marked another step in China’s campaign to gain political and economic influence in the Middle As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention again 06/14/2023 02:06am • BAR ELIAS, Lebanon (AP) — Six months after she got the call informing her that her U.N. assistance would be cut, Najwa al-Jassem is struggling to feed her four children and pay rent for their tent in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. She once received food rations and cash Founder of sexuality-focused women's wellness company pleads not guilty in forced labor case 06/13/2023 10:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An entrepreneur who promoted group “orgasmic meditation” as a road to women’s well-being turned herself in and pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of manipulating traumatized people into debt, undesired sex and underpaid work. Nicole Daedone, who founded the sex-centric w 5 of the Best Travel Stocks to Buy for Travel Season 06/13/2023 08:00pm • Summer travel season is here, and industry experts expect a year of booming travel demand in 2023. In fact, 26% of Americans planned to increase leisure travel spending in the next three months, up from 19% in the first quarter, according to an April consumer survey by the U.S. Travel Association. T Credit cards vs. debit cards: What should I use? 06/13/2023 08:00pm • You've probably heard the question a million times: "Debit or credit?" But have you ever asked yourself which one is best? Knowing the difference between debit and credit cards will help you decide which option makes the most sense. Read on to find out when using a credit card is best and when a House passes resolution to overturn new federal gun regulation; Biden vows veto 06/13/2023 06:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans passed a resolution that would repeal a Biden administration rule tightening federal regulations on stabilizing braces for firearms, an accessory that has been used in several mass shootings in the U.S. over the last decade. The resolution passed 219-210 near Charges dismissed against Connecticut man who spent decades in prison for 1994 baby killing 06/13/2023 05:57pm • A Connecticut man who served 28 years in prison for a 1994 shooting that killed a baby, paralyzed her grandmother and shocked a community saw the charges against him dismissed Tuesday by a judge, who previously ruled he had been wrongly convicted due to missteps by police and prosecutors. The dismis Mayor of Mexican border city of Tijuana living at army base after receiving threats 06/13/2023 05:48pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana said she has decided to live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats. Mayor Montserrat Caballero announced the decision after confirming that police had found seven dead bodies stuffed in a pickup truck on Mo Berlusconi's death leaves fate of his personal party, and Italy's government, in the balance 06/13/2023 12:30pm • MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi’s outsized hold on Italian political life over three decades had greatly diminished in recent years, yet the political party that remains fused with his image even in death is critical to the health of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government. Whethe