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It's too early to speculate about a potential winner, and the recent exit of President Joe Biden has added an extra layer of uncertainty to this election season. At this point, former President D Most Overvalued U.S. Housing Markets 07/30/2024 08:00pm • Prior to the rise of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge of desire for more living space in suburbs and in smaller towns, the U.S. housing market was reasonably balanced. In the early days of 2020, thanks to a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rate of 3.6%, a typical homeowner was payi What Is a Good Interest Rate on a Certificate of Deposit? 07/30/2024 08:00pm • Interest rates for certificates of deposit have soared in recent years along with rates for savings accounts, mortgages and other financial products. But not all CDs are created equal. Some offer low annual percentage yields while others deliver generous rates. 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Regulatory filings, among other eye-openers, give the public a chance to see a billionaire's investment portfolio and how it's put together. T Georgia website that lets people cancel voter registrations briefly displayed personal data 07/30/2024 07:49pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia election officials are encouraging people to use a state website to cancel voter registrations when someone moves out of state or dies, a nod to Republican concerns that there are invalid registrations on the rolls. But Monday's rollout of the site by Republican Secretary of Editorial Roundup: United States 07/30/2024 07:44pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 26 The Washington Post on Biden's SCOTUS reform plan In an Oval Office speech on Wednesday, President Biden announced that he supports reforming the Supreme Court, “because this is critical to our democracy.” But how? There ar Russia, China and Cuba unite to taunt, test and spy on the US military 07/30/2024 07:37pm • Days after Russian and Chinese bombers teamed up for an unprecedented joint patrol near Alaskan airspace, a flotilla of Russian warships arrived in Cuba, for the second time in two months. The intended shows of force, according to a United States intelligence expert, are part of an effort by the Florida school board suspends employee who allowed her transgender daughter to play girls volleyball 07/30/2024 07:32pm • PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school employee who let her transgender daughter play on her high school’s girls volleyball team is being suspended for 10 days after the district’s board found on Tuesday that she violated state law but said firing her would be too severe. The Broward County Guardians add starting pitcher before deadline, acquire RHP Alex Cobb from Giants for prospects 07/30/2024 07:32pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Sticker shock kept the Guardians from trading for an elite pitcher at the deadline. They opted for an experienced one instead. Priced out of the market for one of the top available starters, the Guardians added much-needed depth to their rotation by acquiring right-hander Alex Cob Yankees acquire relievers Mark Leiter Jr. and Enyel De Los Santos, deal away Caleb Ferguson 07/30/2024 07:05pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New York Yankees didn't make any splashy moves at Tuesday's trade deadline but retooled their bullpen in search of more strikeouts. New York acquired right-handers Mark Leiter Jr. from the Chicago Cubs and Enyel De Los Santos from the San Diego Padres while dealing left-han Air New Zealand scraps its 2030 carbon emissions target, saying solutions are costly and scarce 07/30/2024 06:58pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Air New Zealand scrapped its 2030 carbon emissions reduction targets on Tuesday, citing lags in producing new planes, a lack of alternative fuel and “challenging” regulatory and policy settings. The move by the national carrier — one of New Zealand’s biggest