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Colorado voters reject measure that would have lowered property tax by eating into their tax refunds 11/07/2023 10:43pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Despite seeing assessed home values soar by double digits, Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have lowered property tax bills for homeowners in return for decreasing a tax refund unique to the state that last year provided $750 to each taxpayer. Under the measur These Credit Cards Offer You Free Checked Baggage 11/07/2023 07:00pm • Rewards credit cards often come with a slew of benefits, including travel perks. One such perk is getting free checked bags on certain airlines or statement credits for airline fees that include baggage. If you're a frequent flier, this benefit can equate to hundreds, maybe even thousands, of saved How Much Should You Spend in Retirement? Use the 4% Rule 11/07/2023 07:00pm • The so-called 4% rule has only been around for a few decades, but it's become a rule of thumb for financial advisors and investors looking for guidance on estimated yearly income withdrawals in retirement. Here's what to know about the 4% rule in retirement. -- The origins of the 4% retirement withd It's Election Day. Here is what you need to know 11/07/2023 02:15pm • Though it's an off-year general election, races across the country will have far-reaching implications for 2024 and beyond. For example, there are two races that will determine state governors. Other races will provide insight into how abortion rights are shaping American politics. Some contests, s Apple TV app - Top Movies 11/07/2023 11:58am • Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Sound of Freedom 2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie 3. Gran Turismo 4. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 5. Barbie 6. A Haunting in Venice 7. Talk To Me 8. The Equalizer 3 9. Retribution (2023) 10. The Exorcist: Believer Movie Review: In David Fincher's 'The Killer,' an assassin hides in plain sight 11/07/2023 09:55am • It���s a noir staple to open with a bit of narration, but once the nameless hit-man protagonist of David Fincher���s ���The Killer��� starts gabbing, he doesn���t stop. As Fincher���s assassin (Michael Fassbender) awaits his target from a high, unfinished floor in a Paris building that looks out on Man in Hamburg airport hostage drama used a rental car and had no weapons permit 11/06/2023 09:13am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A man who drove onto the tarmac at Hamburg Airport with his 4-year-old daughter, starting an 18-hour standoff with police that ended with his arrest, was using a rental car and lacked a weapons permit, authorities said Monday. Operations at the airport returned to normal on Monday af Lack of affordable housing in Los Angeles' Venice Beach neighborhood inspires activism and art 11/06/2023 07:12am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� As more and more of her friends and neighbors found themselves priced out of rental units in Venice Beach, Judy Branfman began photographing the dozens of houses, bungalows and apartments being sold, renovated and then relisted at double or triple the cost. Branfman started wit How to protect your personal information when renting a car 11/06/2023 04:15am • Have you ever rented a vehicle and found an unfamiliar contact list when trying to connect a phone to the car's infotainment system? Turns out, the information may belong to an earlier renter of the automobile. This is happening more often as states require drivers to go hands free behind the whe Is The Rental Market Finally Cooling? 11/05/2023 07:00pm • Tenants facing soaring rental rates and a higher cost of living have been anxiously waiting for a slowdown in the rental market. Many hoped 2023 would be the year that rents dropped after two years of unprecedented growth. In September 2022, prices began a decline -- led by decreased demand -- which 2nd of four men who escaped from a central Georgia jail has been caught, sheriff's office says 11/03/2023 04:52pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� The second of four men who escaped from a central Georgia jail last month has been captured, authorities said. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that a team of local, state and federal law enforcement officers arrested Marc Kerry Anderson, 25, just before 3 p.m Santa Fe considers tax on mansions as housing prices soar 11/03/2023 02:23pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� Voters are deciding whether to tax mansions to pay for affordable housing initiatives in a state capital city prized for its desert-mountain vistas, vibrant arts scene and stucco architecture rooted in Native American and Spanish-colonial tradition. The tax on homes sold for AP Election Brief | What to expect in Colorado's ballot measure election 11/03/2023 09:17am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Colorado voters will decide two statewide ballot measures Tuesday that would affect their pocketbooks as well as state coffers. Proposition HH asks voters to allow the state to keep some amount of surplus tax revenue that the state constitution currently requires be refunded back The White House has proposed cracking down on junk fees. Here's how to avoid them 11/02/2023 10:30am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� ���Junk fees��� are just what they sound like: hidden or misleading charges that increase the total cost of concert tickets, hotel rooms, utility bills and other goods and services. The Biden administration has proposed a new Federal Trade Commission rule that would require more t TransUnion accused of illegal practice with rental background checks 11/01/2023 09:30pm • Credit report agency TransUnion has been accused of failing to take steps to ensure the accuracy of rental background checks that landlords use to decide who gets housing. The company is also accused of withholding from renters the names of third parties that provided the inaccurate information.