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Shutdown's shadow, Biden's speech and arguing the case: Takeaways from the House impeachment hearing 09/29/2023 11:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday are holding the first hearing of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and their effort to tie the him to the business dealings to his son Hunter. It’s a high-stakes opening act for Republicans as they begin a process that can lead Today in History: September 26, Kennedy and Nixon in first-ever presidential nominees' debate 09/29/2023 10:43am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2023. There are 96 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 26, 1960, the first-ever debate between presidential nominees took place as Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon faced off before a n Dozens dead after blast in southwestern Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophet 09/29/2023 10:00am • QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of people celebrating the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding nearly 70 others, authorities said, in one of the country's deadliest attacks targeti A bus carrying children overturns in northwest England, killing the driver and a 14-year-old girl 09/29/2023 09:55am • LONDON (AP) — A bus carrying dozens of schoolchildren overturned on a highway near the English city of Liverpool on Friday, killing the driver and a 14-year-old girl, police said. The bus was transporting students from Calday Grange Grammar School and West Kirby Grammar School on the Wirral Penin The far right has been feuding with McCarthy for weeks. Here's how it's spiraling into a shutdown 09/29/2023 06:28am • WASHINGTON (AP) — With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: effectively paralyzed as conservatives feud with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over matters large and small. McCarthy has pushed the Republican conference to embrace a short-term funding plan th New details emerge about the slaying of beloved Baltimore tech CEO and the suspect in her killing 09/29/2023 06:00am • (CNN) — Just moments before police believe Baltimore tech executive Pava LaPere was killed, surveillance footage captured her alleged attacker following her into the elevator of her apartment building where her body would be discovered on the roof days later, court documents say. The documents A man is shot and wounded as tempers flare in New Mexico over the statue of a Spanish conquistador 09/28/2023 11:19pm • ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Chaos erupted Thursday as a gunshot rang out during a protest in northern New Mexico where officials had planned to install a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate, an event that county officials had already postponed anticipating that tempers would flare. One man Utah and Arizona will pay to keep national parks open if federal government shutdown occurs 09/28/2023 10:21pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona and Utah will keep iconic national parks in those states open if a shutdown of the federal government threatens access to Arizona’s orange-striped Grand Canyon and the sheer red cliffs of Utah’s Zion Valley. Most importantly for state budgets, visitors can keep spendi Los Angeles city and county to spend billions to help homeless people under lawsuit settlement 09/28/2023 09:04pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County and city will spend billions of dollars to provide more housing and support services for homeless people under a lawsuit settlement approved Thursday by a federal judge. The county ends more than two years of court battles over LA's response to the homelessnes Seattle cop who made callous remarks after Indian woman’s death has been administratively reassigned 09/28/2023 08:32pm • SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police officer and union leader under investigation for laughing and making callous remarks about the death of a woman from India who was struck by a police SUV has been taken off patrol duty, police said. The Seattle Police Department confirmed Thursday that traffic Offic As migration surges in Americas, 'funds simply aren't there' for humanitarian response, UN says 09/28/2023 08:16pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Countries in the Americas are reeling as the flow of migrants reaches historic levels, but international “funds simply aren’t there” for humanitarian needs, a United Nations official said. Ugochi Daniels, deputy director of operations for the International Organization for How to Buy Treasury Bonds 09/28/2023 08:00pm • In the current economic environment, a good entry point for a new type of investment can be difficult to pinpoint. While the stock market has performed well so far in 2023 compared to last year, a recession could still be on the horizon. Risk-averse beginner investors who are nervous about losses ma 6 Best Consumer Discretionary Stocks and ETFs to Buy 09/28/2023 08:00pm • Picking the best consumer discretionary stocks demands investors keep a keen eye on where and how consumers choose to spend their income. Companies in this sector hinge on a strong consumer ready to spend on non-essential or "discretionary" items. Much like technology, consumer discretionary stocks 5 Best Ways to Use a Home Equity Loan 09/28/2023 08:00pm • Homeowners have an average of $199,000 in tappable equity per borrower, according to Black Knight, a mortgage technology and data provider. You may be tempted to turn your equity gains into cash with a home equity loan or cash-out refinance. But before you access your home equity, consider the best Menendez tells Senate colleagues he won't resign, remains defiant amid bribery charges 09/28/2023 07:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez remained defiant in the face of federal bribery charges on Thursday, telling a room full of his Senate Democratic colleagues that he has no plans to resign. Speaking behind closed doors at the Capitol, Menendez echoed his previous public stateme