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UPS reaches tentative contract with 340,000 unionized workers, potentially dodging calamitous strike 07/25/2023 08:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — UPS has reached a tentative contract with its 340,000-person union, potentially averting a strike that threatened to disrupt package deliveries for millions of businesses and households nationwide. The agreement was announced Tuesday, the first day that UPS and the Teamsters retur Editorial Roundup: United States 07/25/2023 04:00pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 24 The Washington Post on The Federal Reserve is almost certainly going to lift the benchmark interest rate Wednesday to nearly 5.5$, a stunning rise from practically zero in March 2022. The Fed was too slow to recognize inflatio Undue influence? Anonymous donations to World Health Organization's new foundation raise concerns 07/20/2023 08:21pm • Nearly 40% of the money raised by the WHO Foundation in its first two years came from anonymous sources, worrying some that donors may be trying to influence the World Health Organization and its role in shaping global health policy with their gifts. The foundation, launched in 2020 to help raise pr A Guide to Borrowing Money From Family and Friends 07/20/2023 08:00pm • If you're trying to figure out how to ask family for money, you're probably feeling a lot of stress right now. If you're imagining how a conversation about borrowing money from your friends is going to go, you're probably feeling pretty anxious as well. And if you're thinking of how to ask strangers Should you pay off student loans or invest for retirement? 07/20/2023 08:00pm • If you have student debt, you may be struggling to decide whether you should pay off your student loans or invest your money for retirement. How you should approach this question depends on your financial picture, but it is possible to work to pay off student debt while also getting on track for Police say DNA technology has identified the killer in the unsolved death of a woman in 1981 07/20/2023 05:15pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — More than four decades after a young New Hampshire woman was killed, law enforcement officials have solved the crime through DNA analysis and the use of forensic genealogy technology, the state attorney general said Thursday. But solving the case doesn’t bring with it the s American soldier's dash into North Korea leaves family members wondering why 07/19/2023 09:59pm • KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Family members of the U.S. Army private who sprinted across the border into North Korea said Wednesday that he may have felt overwhelmed as he faced legal troubles and his possible looming discharge from the military. Relatives described Pvt. Travis King, 23, as a quiet lon Martin Truex Jr. 'bad at making big decisions' as he ponders NASCAR retirement 07/18/2023 12:38pm • LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — With three wins, a lead in the points standings, and a NASCAR championship push ahead, the good times are rolling again for Martin Truex Jr. So why quit now? Joe Gibbs asked himself the same question about Truex as the Hall of Fame owner tries to keep Monday’s winner at New H How to Write a Letter of Explanation for a Mortgage 07/17/2023 08:00pm • If your credit report has any negative history, or if there is something in your mortgage application that requires more information, a lender may ask you to submit a "letter of explanation." This isn't a cause for panic. You can consider the letter request as an opportunity to clarify something tha The Student Loan Payment Pause Is Ending: 7 Things to Do 07/17/2023 08:00pm • Borrowers are set to resume payments on their federal student loans Sept. 1 after more than three years of forbearance that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. The end of the payment pause comes after the Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration's plan to forgive up to $20,000 for some of From Brazil's Amazon to bossa nova and beyond, prolific pianist João Donato dies at 88 07/17/2023 01:50pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but throughout his career defied confinement to any single genre, died Monday. He was 88. His death was announced on his verified Instagram account. Local media reported that he had been Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more 07/17/2023 12:10pm • ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian civilians woke long before dawn in the bitter cold, lined up for the single toilet and were loaded at gunpoint into the livestock trailer. They spent the next 12 hours or more digging trenches on the front lines for Russian soldiers. Many were forced to w Miller strong in his return from injury and Raleigh homers as the Mariners top the Tigers 2-0 07/16/2023 08:00pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Bryce Miller, Cal Raleigh and a foursome of relievers allowed the Seattle Mariners to salvage something from a disappointing weekend coming out of the All-Star break. Miller tossed five sharp innings in his return from the injured list, Raleigh hit his 12th home run and the Mariner 2024 GOP candidates desperate to make debate stage are finding creative ways to boost donor numbers 07/16/2023 07:26pm • With six weeks until the first 2024 Republican presidential debate, some hopefuls are finding creative ways to boost their donor numbers and ensure they make it on stage. Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy rolled out a plan to let people who raise money for his campaign keep 10% of what they take Brittney Griner makes an emotional and dominant return to record-setting WNBA All-Star Game 07/16/2023 10:37am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brittney Griner made an emphatic and emotional return to the WNBA’s midseason showcase event. She scored 18 points, including her team's first six, and put down two dunks in the league's All-Star Game on Saturday night. The sellout crowd roared when Griner was introduced and, cl