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What You Should Know About Tenant Rights 12/17/2023 07:00pm • The radiator stopped working in your apartment and your landlord hasn't responded to emails or answered the phone for two days. As much as you love your new winter coat, wearing it while you watch TV -- and while you sleep -- isn't your idea of fun. The arctic chill may have you thinking: At what po Is It Worth Upgrading From the Hilton Surpass to the Hilton Aspire? 12/17/2023 07:00pm • Hilton offers several co-branded credit cards for travelers looking for extra perks when staying at one of its hotels. These cards carry a range of earning power, benefits, elite status and annual fees. For many years, I used the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass�� Card but recently upgraded to Federal Reserve on cusp of what some thought impossible: Defeating inflation without steep recession 12/16/2023 07:29am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when ���The Dukes of Hazzard��� and ���The Jeffersons��� were topping the TV charts. Yet the Federal Reserve now seems on the verge of defeating it ��� and without the surge in unemployment and the deep reces Hawaii governor wants 3,000 vacation rentals converted to housing for Maui wildfire survivors 12/15/2023 06:27pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Friday said he wants 3,000 condos and homes that are normally rented to Maui tourists converted to long-term housing for displaced wildfire survivors who are now living in hotels. Green said he���s prepared to use the ���hammer��� of post-fire emergency or US homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar and coronavirus pandemic aid lapses 12/15/2023 06:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness to its highest reported level as soaring rents and a decline in coronavirus pandemic assistance combined to put housing out of reach for more Americans, federal officials said Friday. About 653,000 people were Bryan Kohberger's defense team given access to home where students were killed before demolition 12/15/2023 02:31pm • MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) ��� The defense team for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students has been given access to the off-campus home where the deaths occurred so the lawyers can gather photos, measurements and other documentation before the house is demolished later this month. Bryan Airbnb agrees to pay $621 million to settle a tax dispute in Italy 12/15/2023 06:56am • ROME (AP) ��� Short-term rental platform Airbnb has agreed to pay 576 million euros ($621 million) to settle a years-long dispute over unpaid taxes in Italy but said it won���t try to recover the money from its hosts. In November, Italian prosecutors said AirBnb owed about 779 million euros ($840 mi 6 Best Mid-Cap Tech Stocks to Buy Right Now 12/14/2023 07:00pm • The appeal of mid-cap stock investing is obvious to smart investors. Mid-caps are not as widely followed by analysts or retail investors as their large-cap counterparts are. Company and product news travels a bit slower, and lower trading volumes mean less efficient market pricing mechanisms. The re The last residents of a coastal Mexican town destroyed by climate change 12/14/2023 08:19am • EL BOSQUE, Mexico (AP) ��� People moved to El Bosque on the Gulf of Mexico in the 1980s to fish and build a community. Then climate change set the sea against the town. Flooding driven by some of the world���s fastest sea-level rise and by increasingly brutal winter storms has all but destroyed El B The last residents of a coastal Mexican town destroyed by climate change 12/14/2023 02:53am • EL BOSQUE, Mexico (AP) ��� People moved to El Bosque in the 1980s to fish. Setting out into the Gulf of Mexico in threes and fours, fishermen returned with buckets of tarpon and long, streaked snook. There was more than enough to feed them, and build a community ��� three schools, a small church and How to Invest When Interest Rates Are Cut 12/13/2023 07:00pm • In March 2022, the Federal Reserve, under the leadership of Chair Jerome Powell, embarked on a series of interest rate increases to combat the post-pandemic inflation that threatened the economy. Unfortunately, inflation proved to be a stubborn phenomenon. Since then, the Fed has increased rates 11 5 Top Income Investments for 2024 12/13/2023 07:00pm • Income-producing investments play a pivotal role in a well-rounded portfolio, offering stability, cash flow and wealth preservation. For those reasons, investors should view income investments differently than growth stocks, which offer more potential for capital appreciation but have greater risk.I Photronics, Vertex rise; Pfizer, Southwest Airlines fall, Wednesday, 12/13/2023 12/13/2023 04:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Tesla Inc., up $2.28 to $239.29. The electric vehicle maker is recalling more than 2 million vehicles across its model lineup to fix a problem with its Autopilot system. Pfizer Inc., down $1.92 to $26.66. The How rising prices for restaurants, car repair and other services kept inflation up last month 12/12/2023 03:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Held down by sinking gas prices, U.S. inflation was mostly unchanged last month. But underlying price pressures ��� from apartment rents, restaurant meals, auto insurance and many other services ��� remained stubbornly high. Last month's inflation data arrived just a day befor Apple TV app - Top Movies 12/12/2023 11:53am • Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Killers of the Flower Moon 2. The Equalizer 3 3. Dr. Seuss��� How the Grinch Stole Christmas 4. Oppenheimer 5. Barbie 6. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 7. Dumb Money 8. Fast Charlie 9. The Holdovers 10. The Holiday