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Academy Museum Gala picks starry honorees for its fall fundraiser 06/10/2024 12:00pm • Rita Moreno and Paul Mescal are getting together with Quentin Tarantino in October. It’s not for a movie (yet). All three are being honored at the glamorous Academy Museum Gala, the organization said Monday. The event is only in its fourth year but has established itself as a reliably impressive g Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis finds 06/10/2024 09:27am • JERUSALEM (AP) — The proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply, an Associated Press analysis of Gaza Health Ministry data has found, a trend that both coincides with Israel’s changing battlefield tactics and contradicts the European election dents German leader's authority, boosts conservatives and the far right 06/10/2024 06:18am • BERLIN (AP) — Dismal results for Germany's governing parties in the European Parliament election have dented Chancellor Olaf Scholz's authority and could prompt even more of the infighting that just cost the government dearly. A clear win for Germany's mainstream conservative opposition boosts its Italy's Premier Meloni gets domestic, European boost from EU election win 06/10/2024 05:43am • ROME (AP) — Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party won European elections in Italy with a strong 28% of the votes, boosting her leadership at home and consolidating her kingmaker role in Europe. Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party confirmed its status as the country’s most popular part Another surprise? Europe’s biggest soccer show to begin in Germany and as usual it’s unpredictable 06/10/2024 04:40am • A returning Cristiano Ronaldo, a rampant Kylian Mbappé and a resurgent Germany. Throw in a Harry Kane-powered England and defending champion Italy and Euro 2024 is wide open. That’s without mentioning three-time winner Spain. The unpredictability of the European Championship, which begins in Muni How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed at least 274 Palestinians in Gaza 06/10/2024 03:32am • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — They arrived in the middle of the day, when the squat concrete buildings of the Nuseirat refugee camp are stifling and the narrow streets outside are filled with people. No one suspected a thing until the shots rang out. The Israeli raid caught everyone off guard, fr Trump complains about his teleprompters at a scorching Las Vegas rally 06/09/2024 11:10pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump rallied voters in the scorching heat of Las Vegas, at points telling his supporters to ask for help if needed and appearing irritable with the teleprompters that he said were not working. The presumptive GOP nominee's campaign hired extra medics, load Centrist Benny Gantz is quitting Israel's war Cabinet, citing frustrations with Netanyahu 06/09/2024 08:43pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country's security needs. The move does not immediat Grocery Receipt Scanning Apps You Should Try 06/09/2024 08:00pm • Over the last several years, grocery receipt scanner apps have emerged as a popular way to shave a little money off of that trip to the supermarket. In case you're wondering, these apps typically make money by forming partnerships with different brands, then receive a commission when a user purchase 7 Best Fintech ETFs to Buy Now 06/09/2024 08:00pm • Fintech stocks have held the attention of institutional and individual investors for over a decade, and for good reason. This dynamic industry combines disruptive technological innovation with the lucrative field of financial services to produce tremendous market potential and the opportunity for ab 7 Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy in 2024 06/09/2024 08:00pm • The first half of 2024 has been kind to semiconductor investors, with the benchmark iShares Semiconductor ETF (ticker: SOXX) up 25.5% year to date as of June 7. Despite a slowdown in the spring, global semiconductor sales increased 15.8% year over year in April and 1.1% on a monthly basis, according 7 Dividend Kings to Buy and Hold Forever 06/09/2024 08:00pm • There are three general strategies a dividend investor can employ to select stocks for their portfolios. The first and most straightforward is to focus on high-yielding stocks, both as a way to deliver above-average income or to target potentially undervalued companies. A high yield can signify that 9 of the Best-Performing 401(k) Funds 06/09/2024 08:00pm • Retirement investors face a challenging conundrum when choosing the best 401(k) funds: how to discern the value for the fees you pay. High fees can only be rationalized if a fund has consistently demonstrated an ability to outperform its benchmarks over the long haul. This brings us to a central deb Orbán's party takes most votes in Hungary's EU election, but new challenger scores big win 06/09/2024 07:54pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s nationalist party took the most votes in Sunday’s European Parliament elections but sharply underperformed its past dominance in a race that pitted the long-serving leader against a new challenger that has upended Orbán’s gri Max Verstappen wins 3rd straight Canadian Grand Prix for 60th Formula 1 victory 06/09/2024 07:19pm • MONTREAL (AP) — Max Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix for the third straight year Sunday for the Red Bull star's 60th Formula 1 victory and sixth in nine races this season. Verstappen started second in the rain alongside pole-sitter George Russell and dominated late again at Circuit Gilles Vi