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Lower-priced new cars are gaining popularity, and not just for cash-poor buyers 10/22/2024 03:00am • DETROIT (AP) — Had she wanted to, Michelle Chumley could have afforded a pricey new SUV loaded with options. But when it came time to replace her Chevrolet Blazer SUV, for which she'd paid about $40,000 three years ago, Chumley chose something smaller. And less costly. With her purchase of a Chevr Asian American boba brand finds opportunity after Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate 10/22/2024 12:04am • Olivia Chen and Pauline Ang, friends and business partners on boba milk tea brand Twrl, have tried three times to get on “Shark Tank,” the ABC reality show where up-and-coming entrepreneurs try to woo big-name backers. Now, in a plot twist they couldn't have imagined, the San Francisco Bay Area Israel targets Hezbollah's financial arm and begins striking Beirut 10/21/2024 12:47am • BEIRUT (AP) — Israel's military announced Sunday it is now taking aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah's financial arm and will attack a “large number of targets” in Beirut and elsewhere. Explosions began in Beirut's southern suburbs about an hour later. Evacuation warnings affected southern Bei 14 Hallmark Christmas Movie Towns You Can Visit in Real Life 10/20/2024 08:00pm • As the holiday season approaches, your mind may be filled with visions of a picturesque Main Street lined with white twinkling lights, decked-out Christmas trees and gently falling snow. Make this dream a reality by visiting one of the charming small towns or cities that served as a filming location NYC officials envision turning Fifth Avenue into a grand boulevard 10/19/2024 03:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s famed luxury store row Fifth Avenue is in line for a major makeover. New York City officials unveiled a plan this week to transform a central portion of the thoroughfare between Bryant Park and Central Park into a more pedestrian-centered boulevard. They propose doubl American despair: In Arizona, high home prices and limited prospects shape voters' presidential pick 10/19/2024 11:57am • MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Karl Peterson has been living the cruel inverse of the American dream. His rent keeps getting higher, but his apartments keep getting smaller. Peterson left the Midwest nine years ago for the epicenter of an economic boom, only to gradually learn that endless sunshine and desert Two Texas cities represent the divide between those who vote and those who could, but often don't 10/19/2024 09:59am • LEWISVILLE, Texas (AP) — Deep in the heart of Texas’ sprawl, the city of Lewisville embodies the Lone Star State. Bisected by Interstate 35 and ribboned with six- and eight-lane thoroughfares lined with chain stores, Mexican restaurants and pawn shops, Lewisville, 23 miles north of Dallas, is a Two Texas cities represent the divide between those who vote and those who could, but often don't 10/19/2024 09:25am • LEWISVILLE, Texas (AP) — Deep in the heart of Texas' sprawl, the city of Lewisville embodies the Lone Star State. Bisected by Interstate 35 and ribboned with six- and eight-lane thoroughfares lined with chain stores, Mexican restaurants and pawn shops, Lewisville, 23 miles north of Dallas, is the Business expert says holiday bargain hunters 'kind of have the upper hand right now' 10/19/2024 05:44am • For shoppers who are just starting to think about how much Halloween candy to buy for trick-or-treaters, the news that retailers have already kicked off the holiday shopping season may come as a shock. "Black Friday starts in October now," said Ted Rossman, senior industry analyst at Bankrate. Harris eyes a rural Maine congressional district in a hunt for every possible electoral vote 10/19/2024 12:01am • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Rob Rogers has seen his rural corner of New England turn into a stronghold for Donald Trump in two consecutive elections. But this year he's feeling hopeful that Vice President Kamala Harris could reclaim a potentially decisive electoral vote for Democrats. “Let me just sa The Latest: Trump and Harris are campaigning for votes in pivotal Michigan 10/18/2024 09:39pm • With the Nov. 5 election fast approaching, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are setting their sights on the key battleground state of Michigan on Friday. The vice president began her day in Grand Rapids before holding events in Lansing and Oakland County, northwest of Detroit. The Jury paves the way for 2 Live Crew to retake control of records that changed hip-hop 10/18/2024 06:57pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Miami's 2 Live Crew helped redraw the legal landscape around what hip-hop could be, pushing the boundaries of free speech and taste with their provocative and sexually explicit recordings that led to landmark court decisions protecting the rights of artists. But for decade 'Crazy busy': Northern Virginia bagel shop owner credits TikTok with boosting her spooky treats 10/18/2024 04:22pm • Nisha Arora, owner of Bobby's Bagel Cafe in Northern Virginia, first started playing around with the idea of creating a pumpkin-shaped bagel more than four years ago. And she didn’t stop at the shape — she experimented with the flavor, too. "When we had it in 2020, we made it actually Kentucky men charged in conspiracy to smuggle handguns to Iraq by hiding them in cars 10/18/2024 03:53pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four Kentucky men are accused of plotting to smuggle dozens of handguns to Iraq inside the door panels of two cars after a multiagency investigation. The Louisville men were arrested this month, federal agencies announced. They said Haider Lazem, 41, Hasan Wasak, 27, and Abd High school vaping fell in Maryland, nation; advocates say more needs to be done 10/18/2024 01:33pm • Vaping among high school students in the U.S. fell sharply from 2023 to 2024, a trend that was mirrored in Maryland but at a slower pace, according to health advocates and state officials. Data released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that about 1.63 million