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On the other hand, inflation remains a concern, and the Federal Reserve may hesitate to cut interest rates if the economic data doesn't supp Organized crime ain’t what it used to be. Md. lawmakers say it’s time to update the law 03/06/2024 03:58pm • For a lot of people, the term "organized crime" conjures up images of backroom mafia deals or highly structured street gangs dealing drugs and getting engaged in turf wars. But like everything else in the world, things are changing. “We are witnessing the emergence of smaller, more agile crimin Pritzker Prize goes to Japanese architect who values community in spaces both public and private 03/06/2024 10:34am • The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Japan’s Riken Yamamoto, who earns the field’s highest honor for what organizers called a long career focused on “multiplying opportunities for people to meet spontaneously, through precise, rational design strategies.” Yamamoto, 78, has spe Greenheart Juice Shop opens its fifth Northern Virginia location in Courthouse 03/06/2024 08:20am • Greenheart Juice Shop, whose first pressed juice and smoothie store opened more than a decade ago, opens its newest Northern Virginia location this weekend — with another location coming later this year. The Courthouse Greenheart Juice Shop is at 2016 Wilson Blvd., in a space previously occupie This Rome atelier is behind many an Oscar for costume design. Will 'Napoleon' be next? 03/06/2024 12:25am • ROME (AP) — For nearly six decades, the Tirelli atelier in Rome has woven itself into the fabric of Italian and international film history, earning the nickname the “Oscar tailor’s shop” for its contribution to cinematic costume design. Established in November 1964 by the late Umberto Tirell Unlicensed commercial businesses the focus of crackdown in Prince George’s Co. 03/05/2024 10:14pm • It’s hard to say just how many unlicensed, commercial businesses are being run out of homes in Prince George’s County, Maryland, but every month, the county gets hundreds of complaints about them. This month, the county’s Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) is sprea Everything You Need to Know About Affirm 03/05/2024 07:00pm • Affirm is a lender that allows you to buy now and pay later, whether you're shopping in-store or online. 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An anonymous buyer bid $82,600 Monday night in an online auction for the piece of memorabilia that occupies an outsize role in the lore New York sues cash-advance operation for issuing fraudulent loans with rates as high as 820% 03/05/2024 06:19pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York-based cash-advance operation exploited struggling small businesses across the country by issuing fraudulent, “predatory” loans at interest rates as high as 820%, New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged in a new lawsuit. James filed the suit Tuesday agains Explosive fire at site housing vaping supplies kills 1 outside Detroit, sends debris a mile away 03/05/2024 05:50pm • CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A fire that destroyed a building housing supplies for the vaping industry caused multiple explosions, killing one person and injuring a firefighter as the blasts rocked suburban Detroit, sending gas canisters and debris into the air, authorities said. The debris fell Target launches new paid membership program in a bid to drive sales at a time of cautious spending 03/05/2024 05:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Target, looking for ways to reverse a sales malaise, is getting into Amazon territory: the paid membership game. The Minneapolis discounter said Tuesday the new paid program, called Target Circle 360, will offer unlimited free same-day delivery in as little as an hour for orders o James Crumbley is up next as second parent to stand trial in Michigan school shooting 03/05/2024 04:49pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A man who purchased a gun with his son four days before a Michigan school shooting is headed to trial, accused of failing to take steps that could have prevented the teen from killing four students and wounding others. No one says James Crumbley knew what Ethan Crumbley plann