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9 Highest Dividend-Paying Stocks in the S&P 500 01/28/2026 07:00pm • Though the stock market had a tremendous 2025, marking the third consecutive year of double-digit gains for the S&P 500 index, some of the index's highest-yielding dividend stocks haven't shared in that bull market run. In fact, the highest dividend-paying stocks in the S&P tend to be compan The 7 Best Lumber Stocks to Buy for 2026 01/28/2026 07:00pm • Lumber futures are down moderately, from a three-month high of $614 per thousand board feet to $590, mostly due to a soft housing market (pending home sales slid by 9.3% in December 2025) and slow building demand leading up to the busy spring real estate season. While demand for housing starts is we What Is a Niche Retirement Community? 01/28/2026 07:00pm • Retirement used to mean downsizing and slowing down, but baby boomer retirement trends show it means something more intentional. Instead of defaulting to generic communities, retirees are shifting toward personalized aging, meaning where you live is an extension of what you love. Today's seniors are Alabama inmate activists from an Oscar-nominated film are moved to solitary, attorneys say 01/28/2026 06:07pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists who supported a 2022 prison strike and were featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary about the troubled system to isolated cells with little contact with others, family members and attorneys said. Famil Goalkeeper Safonov fails to impress for PSG in 1-1 draw against Newcastle 01/28/2026 06:02pm • PARIS (AP) — Matvei Safonov did little to press his case to become Paris Saint-Germain’s first-choice goalkeeper in a 1-1 draw against Newcastle in the Champions League on Wednesday. Safonov was selected after Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique dropped goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier. But it rema Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to insist they be lowered 01/28/2026 05:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowering it three times last year. Chair Jerome Powell said at a news conference after the central bank announced its decision that the economy's ou Patrick Reed is leaving LIV Golf. He can return to the PGA Tour in September 01/28/2026 05:44pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Patrick Reed is the second major champion to leave Saudi-funded LIV Golf, announcing Wednesday he will spend the rest of the year on the European tour with an eye on returning to the PGA Tour as early as September. His stunning decision, just three days after he won the Dubai Dese Rubio defends Trump on Venezuela while trying to allay fears about Greenland and NATO 01/28/2026 05:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a full-throated defense Wednesday of President Donald Trump's military operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, while explaining to U.S. lawmakers the administration’s approach to Greenland, NATO, Iran and China. As Rep US stocks hold near their all-time high while the dollar’s value stabilizes 01/28/2026 05:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Few ripples washed through Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to hold its main interest rate steady, just like investors expected. The U.S. stock and bond markets each remained at a virtual standstill, while the U.S. dollar stabilized following its sharp recen Dozens of water main leaks and breaks have WSSC Water crews busy 01/28/2026 05:18pm • WSSC Water continues to ask customers to conserve water — as heightened demand from people snowed in at home coupled with an ever-growing list of water main breaks and leaks threatening to strain the system — which spans Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland. As of Wednesday aft Flurries possible for DC-area's evening commute as effects of winter storm linger 01/28/2026 04:45pm • There's a small chance for light snowfall during the Wednesday evening commute in the D.C. area, potentially adding to the existing challenges on the roadways left behind by the weekend's winter storm. The National Weather Service said there's a 30% chance of light snow on Wednesday, with the What to know about Gaza's Rafah crossing, which could open within days 01/28/2026 04:31pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — For Palestinians in Gaza, the Rafah border crossing to Egypt is their gateway to the world. But since Israel seized it in May 2024, it has been largely shut. Now Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the crossing will reopen soon, as the U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas ceas Brazil midfielder Paqueta set for Flamengo move ahead of World Cup after asking to leave West Ham 01/28/2026 04:30pm • LONDON (AP) — West Ham has given Brazil midfielder Lucas Paqueta permission to undergo a medical examination and discuss personal terms with Flamengo ahead of the World Cup. Paqueta’s turbulent spell at the Premier League club is close to coming to an end, with Flamengo set to pay a reported fee Raheem Sterling leaves Chelsea by mutual consent after a disappointing stint 01/28/2026 04:27pm • LONDON (AP) — Raheem Sterling left Chelsea by mutual consent on Wednesday, bringing a premature end to his time at the Premier League club three-and-a-half years after a $56.5 million move that failed to live up to expectations. Sterling, whose contract was due to expire in 2027, joined from Manc Indigenous protesters block Cargill facility in Brazil over President Lula's decree 01/28/2026 03:53pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting for almost a week at a Cargill facility in Santarem in northern Brazil against a decree signed in August by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva allowing the federal government to consider private concessions for waterways, shifti