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7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold 02/05/2026 07:00pm • Markets have experienced a choppy start to 2026, with continued chatter about a potential artificial intelligence bubble along with significant volatility in precious metals. However, long-term investors know that financial success is measured in years and decades, not over just a few weeks. Low-cos Software Stocks Wilted After Claude Cowork's Debut. But These 3 Stocks May Thrive 02/05/2026 07:00pm • Angst is rising in the global software industry, as reflected by the S&P Software & Services Select Industry Index, down 21% year to date. Bellwether stocks are also slipping, such as Salesforce Inc. (ticker: CRM), down 28% in 2026, and Adobe Inc. (ADBE), down 23%. 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Whether you choose to back th Snow-verwhelmed: How Prince George's Co. schools are adjusting calendar after snow days 02/05/2026 01:45pm • The Prince George’s County public school system has already used more snow days than it planned for, and winter isn’t over yet. That’s why the county has made adjustments to the school calendar — five days where students originally had off are now going to be spent in the classroom — a What to know after scores were killed in Nigeria while abducted Christians came home 02/05/2026 01:24pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is battling militants and it’s causing a terrible security situation. Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists killed scores of people in a western Nigerian state that is becoming a new hot spot for the violence that affects large parts of Africa's most populous cou Nigeria sets up new military operation after deadly attack, while abducted Christians return home 02/05/2026 01:19pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian government has announced a military operation to tackle Islamic militants following the killing of scores of people, likely all Muslims. Meanwhile, about 180 Christians who were abducted elsewhere last month have been released. Local officials said 162 people wer At Olympics, anti-doping watchdog WADA rejects audit demand and calls on US to pay its overdue fees 02/05/2026 12:58pm • MILAN (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency called on the United States to pay its overdue membership fees Thursday and rejected Washington's bipartisan demand to submit to an independent audit. 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