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Dutch leader pledges to repay debt to quake-hit region 04/25/2023 11:00am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Tuesday to residents of the northern province of Groningen who have suffered for years from earthquakes caused by gas extraction that damaged thousands of homes and ruined lives. Rutte's apology and a pledge to fund a generat Stock markets today: Asia mixed ahead of US earnings 04/25/2023 12:13am • BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street edged higher as investors awaited U.S. earnings reports and an update on economic growth. Shanghai and Hong Kong declined while Tokyo advanced. Oil prices were little-changed. Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index gained 0.1% on How to Apply for a Credit Card 04/24/2023 08:00pm • When you're ready to apply for a credit card, you can take steps to help your chances of approval. Check your credit, see if you're preapproved and compare card offers before you apply. Preapproval is not a guarantee of credit, but you have options if you are not approved. Read on to learn how to ap Las Vegas-to-California bullet train gets bipartisan backing 04/24/2023 06:11pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration Monday to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. All six of Nevada’s elected federal lawmakers and four Panel: Climate change, not wind prep, is threat to whales 04/24/2023 04:53pm • LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Climate change, spurred by the burning of fossil fuels, is the biggest danger to marine life including whales, a panel of Democratic officials and environmental groups said Monday. The gathering, held in an oceanfront conference room as a half-dozen dolphins frolicked in t Speaker McCarthy faces big test as debt bill heads for vote 04/24/2023 04:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is hurtling toward one of the most consequential weeks of the new House Republican majority as he labors to pass a partisan package that would raise the nation's debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep cuts that some in his own party oppose. McCar What's behind the looming 'x-date' on the US debt limit? 04/24/2023 01:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In January, the U.S. government ran up against its legal borrowing limit of $31.381 trillion, and the Treasury Department began implementing “extraordinary measures” to avoid missing payments on its bills. That started speculation about the “x-date" — the date when those Kimberly Palmer: How to bolster your financial confidence 04/24/2023 09:08am • Melinda Perez, a financial educator, still remembers the first time she felt financially confident. She had recently started investing money outside of her employer-sponsored retirement account because she was finally earning more than she spent. “It was exciting because for once, I had what felt 'The Giz' brings a go-go version of 'The Wiz' to DC's Lincoln Theatre 04/24/2023 04:31am • Once you've paid your debt to society, you deserve a genuine chance to rehabilitate yourself. Playwright Lovail Long found his creative spark while incarcerated in solitary confinement. "I wrote this stage-play while I was incarcerated," Long told WTOP. 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