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5 Great Fixed-Income Funds to Buy Now 05/12/2024 08:00pm • Fixed-income investing can be perplexing, even to seasoned equity investors. Unlike stocks that trade on centralized exchanges, bonds typically trade over the counter. While purchasing U.S. Treasurys might be straightforward through platforms like TreasuryDirect.gov, navigating the corporate bond ma 7 High-Return, Low-Risk Investments for Retirees 05/12/2024 08:00pm • American retirees are gingerly making their way through their golden years, treading forward as all sorts of economic minefields surround them. They're showing understandable angst over budget-draining issues like high inflation, soaring consumer prices, fears of Social Security collapsing and a sys The 15 Best Baseball Stadium Trips 05/12/2024 08:00pm • Baseball is a classic American pastime. There's nothing like the roar of the crowd after a crack of the bat when a player sends a ball over the outfield fence. Whether you're hoping to visit every ballpark in Major League Baseball, following your home team on the road or just looking to enjoy an aft Biden faces bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill over Israel ultimatum 05/12/2024 04:07pm • (CNN) — President Joe Biden is facing backlash from lawmakers in both parties over his ultimatum that a major Israeli offensive in the city of Rafah would result in a shut-off of some US weapons.Biden’s decision to go public with the ultimatum in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett last Peter Chang opens NiHao in Crystal City 05/12/2024 12:15pm • Prolific Chinese chef Peter Chang’s newest restaurant is open in Crystal City. NiHao is a more casual sit-in and take-out restaurant, highlighting Szechuan dishes with small, shareable plates and dim sum, with his wife’s “bubble pancake” on the menu. NiHao (pronounced "knee-how") is Chine A rural Ugandan community is a hot spot for sickle cell disease. But one patient gives hope 05/12/2024 02:04am • MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Barbara Nabulo was one of three girls in her family. But when a sister died, her mother wailed at the funeral that she was left with just one and a half daughters. The half was the ailing Nabulo, who at age 12 grasped her mother’s meaning. "I hated myself so much,” Nabulo Flooding forecast to worsen in Brazil's south, where many who remain are poor 05/11/2024 07:05pm • ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (AP) — More rain started coming down on Saturday in Brazil’s already flooded Rio Grande do Sul state, where many of those remaining are poor people with limited ability to move to less dangerous areas. More than 15 centimeters (nearly six inches) of rain could fall over t James Anderson to end his record-breaking England test cricket career at Lord's in July 05/11/2024 01:51pm • England fast bowler James Anderson will retire from test cricket after the match against the West Indies at Lord's in July, bringing an end to one of the most remarkable careers in the history of the international game. It will be the 41-year-old Anderson's 188th test match — only India great Sach Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee 05/11/2024 01:39pm • VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow's forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, and Associated Press journalists in the city of Vovchansk described multiple buildings destroyed after Russian airstrikes and barrages o Target to reduce number of stores carrying Pride-themed merchandise after last year's backlash 05/11/2024 01:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Target confirmed Friday that it won't carry Pride Month merchandise at all stores in June after the discount retailer experienced a backlash and lower sales over its collection honoring LGBTQ+ communities. Target, which operates roughly 2,000 stores, said decisions about where to s Everton secures fifth straight EPL home win by beating relegated Sheffield United 05/11/2024 12:32pm • LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton signed off its season at Goodison Park by enjoying a jeopardy-free 1-0 victory over already-relegated Sheffield United in the English Premier League on Saturday. With safety already secured and nothing to play for except a club record-tying fifth consecutive home Prince William Co. judge revokes bond for Virginia man accused of killing girlfriend, young child 05/11/2024 11:50am • A Prince William County judge revoked the $5,000 bond for a Virginia man who is accused of killing his girlfriend and her young child in a car crash. Friday's decision came after prosecutors presented dashcam evidence from the car of Mustafa Aljazairi, 34, of Stafford, WTOP news partner NBC Washi National Mall flyover involving nearly 60 aircraft set for take off Saturday 05/11/2024 08:43am • The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association will fly 56 aircraft over the National Mall on Saturday in a celebration of aviation in the works for more than a year. The event will feature a wide array of aircraft representing virtually every chapter of general aviation’s storied history, the asso U.Md. class of 2024 hosts 'prom we never had' to make up for pandemic year 05/11/2024 12:07am • A global pandemic robbed them of their senior proms. Now that they're seniors again, University of Maryland students thought it's time they get their moment. "We didn't have graduation, we didn't have prom, we didn't have a lot of things. So we kind of wanted to backtrack and give students the op Somalia wants to terminate the UN political mission assisting peace efforts in the country 05/10/2024 09:53pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia is asking the United Nations to terminate its political mission in the country, which has been assisting the government to bring peace and stability in the face of attacks by the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab. In a letter to the Security Council and Secret