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How many artists live in Fairfax? What challenges do they face? New survey seeks answers 05/30/2024 11:04am • You may not think about it when you hear a local band, watch a play or buy something at a weekend crafts fair, but it can be tough to make a living as an independent artist. The nonprofit ArtsFairfax has launched a first-of-its-kind survey to identify the needs and obstacles for artists who live Stuck at sea for years, a sailor's plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment 05/30/2024 07:04am • Abdul Nasser Saleh says he rarely got a good night���s sleep during the near-decade he spent working without pay on a cargo ship abandoned by its owner at ports along the Red Sea. By night, he tossed and turned in his bunk on the aging Al-Maha, he said, thinking of the unpaid wages he feared he���d U-Haul Holding Company: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 05/29/2024 06:10pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� U-Haul Holding Company (UHAL) on Wednesday reported a loss of $863,000 in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Reno, Nevada-based company said it had a loss of 5 cents. The parent company of the U-Haul vehicle rental service posted revenue of $ Bike shops boomed early in the pandemic. It���s been a bumpy ride for most ever since 05/29/2024 03:48pm • For the nation���s bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de France, with numerous twists and turns testing their endurance. Early in the pandemic, a surge of interest in cycling pushed sales up 64% to $5.4 billion in 2020, according to the retail Inflation pressures lingering from pandemic are keeping Fed rate cuts on pause 05/29/2024 01:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Hopes for interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve are steadily fading, with a stream of recent remarks by Fed officials underscoring their intention to keep borrowing costs high as long as needed to curb persistently elevated inflation. A key reason for the delay in Dutch police say they're homing in on robbers responsible for multimillion-dollar jewelry heist 05/29/2024 08:25am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� An international investigation is homing in on a gang of robbers believed to be responsible for a brazen multimillion-dollar jewelry heist at an art show in the Netherlands and two stolen gemstones have been recovered, Dutch police said Wednesday. Smartly dressed robb DC Council chair unveils budget proposal with property tax increase for certain residents 05/29/2024 05:54am • D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson has made his revisions to Mayor Muriel Bowser's proposed budget, and there are marked differences in how he wants to handle tax increases and the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund, which Bowser controversially proposed slashing. Mendelson's proposal would Shrine honors cats at a Japanese island where they outnumber humans 05/25/2024 12:55am • TASHIROJIMA, Japan (AP) ��� On a small island off Japan���s northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The ���Neko Jinja,��� or Cat Shrine, mythologizes cats as guardian angels of Tashirojima, where cats outnumber humans. Legend says the island used t Travelers cope with crowds and high prices on the busiest day of Memorial Day weekend 05/24/2024 06:40pm • Travelers contended with big crowds and flight delays Friday, which was expected to be the busiest day of the Memorial Day weekend. More than 6,000 U.S. flights were delayed by early evening on the East Coast, continuing a trend that has tested the patience of travelers all week. Cancellations were Avianca Airlines Launches U.S. American Express Credit Cards 05/23/2024 08:00pm • Avianca, South America's second-largest airline, has partnered with fintech company Cardless to introduce two new credit cards to the U.S. market: the Avianca LifeMiles American Express�� Card and the Avianca LifeMiles American Express�� Elite Card. Each card offers a wide range of benefits, includi Attempts to regulate AI���s hidden hand in Americans��� lives flounder in US statehouses 05/23/2024 11:53am • DENVER (AP) ��� The first attempts to regulate artificial intelligence programs that play a hidden role in hiring, housing and medical decisions for millions of Americans are facing pressure from all sides and floundering in statehouses nationwide. Only one of seven bills aimed at preventing AI���s What To Do if You Lose Your Homeowners Insurance 05/22/2024 08:00pm • Everybody knows how important homeowners insurance is -- that's why it can be rattling to be told by your insurer that you've just lost it. Due to extreme weather events and natural disasters, insurers are losing money, even in states with low hurricane and wildfire risk. As of May 8, there have bee GOP candidate for NC governor blasts public spending as his family nonprofit rakes in taxpayer funds 05/22/2024 07:45am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In his bid to become North Carolina���s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a ���plantation of welfare and victimhood" that has mired generations of Black people in ���dependency��� and poverty. But the lieutenant governor's po Where Retirees Can Buy a Home Overseas for Under $100K 05/21/2024 08:00pm • Not everyone dreams of retirement in Florida or relocating to a community near the grandkids. Some people are looking for a distinctly different experience during their golden years. If retiring overseas is on your radar, you can find affordable places to live on virtually every continent. The key i A Minnesota city will rewrite an anti-crime law seen as harming mentally ill residents 05/21/2024 06:28pm • A Minnesota city has agreed not to disclose private medical information about renters with mental health issues and to pay $175,000 to resolve a complaint from the federal government that the city discriminated against mentally ill residents in enforcing an anti-crime law. The U.S. Department of Jus