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Tokyo's Shibuya district raises alarm against unruly Halloween, even caging landmark statue 10/27/2023 09:11am • TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's busy shopping, business and entertainment district of Shibuya is trying hard to keep visitors at bay during this year's Halloween weekend. Banners across town say no drinking and no Halloween events on the street, and town officials are cordoning off the famed statue of Hachi Power to the people? Only half have the right to propose and pass laws 10/27/2023 08:09am • Voters in Maine will be deciding a question in November about whether independent automobile repair shops should have access to the same diagnostic technology as dealerships. In Ohio, voters will be settling a pair of more personal questions — whether to create a constitutional right to abortion 9 of the Best Stocks for a Starter Portfolio 10/26/2023 08:00pm • The stock market is currently stuck in a fall swoon. Between soaring interest rates, inflation and an aggressive Federal Reserve, investors are understandably taking some risk off the table. With a possible recession on the horizon, this probably isn't the time to be swinging for the fences. However Best Apps for Buying and Selling Used Stuff 10/26/2023 08:00pm • If you're trying to clear out your closet before the new year or add some money to your shopping budget before the holidays, you might consider selling used stuff to bring in additional income. From old gift cards to your wedding dress, there are marketplaces designed to sell all kinds of items and How to Load Your Walmart MoneyCard 10/26/2023 08:00pm • The Walmart MoneyCard is a reloadable prepaid card that allows those without traditional checking accounts to spend and manage their money. It's available as Visa or Mastercard, making it easy to use just about anywhere. The MoneyCard also awards cash back on certain purchases. So how do you load fu Can You Refinance a Mortgage With Bad Credit? 10/26/2023 08:00pm • If your credit score is lackluster, you may worry that it could prevent you from refinancing your mortgage. Luckily, a refinance can be difficult but not impossible. Here's what you need to know about how to refinance your mortgage with bad credit. Options for Refinancing Your Mortgage With Bad Cred Gannett denies that its marketing partner used artificial intelligence for its shopping website 10/26/2023 07:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The media company Gannett denied Thursday that it published material created by artificial intelligence on a shopping website that it owns, although it acknowledged some of the content produced by a marketing partner “did not meet our editorial standards.” Some employees at Rev New affordable senior housing apartments coming to Northwest DC 10/26/2023 05:19pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joined housing officials and community leaders Wednesday for a groundbreaking on the expansion of the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home in Upper Northwest on Wednesday. The project will bring a new four-story senior apartment building with 93 units of affordable senior hous Fearing airstrikes and crowded shelters, Palestinians in north Gaza defy Israeli evacuation orders 10/26/2023 04:00pm • DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Mahmoud Shalabi did not evacuate his home in northern Gaza despite the frightful Israeli warnings of a looming, far more brutal assault to come as it presses ahead with its war against the Hamas militant group. The Palestinian aid worker is among hundreds of thousa Md. lawmakers among those pushing for federal action on retail theft 10/26/2023 03:50pm • Viral videos have been circulating of smash-and-grab robberies at drugstores, grocers and clothing shops. They show aggressive groups using shock and confusion to run in, fill up bags full of merchandise, and then run back out. Along the way a clerk might get assaulted. The robberies appear chaot US economic growth accelerated to strong 4.9% rate last quarter as consumers shrugged off Fed hikes 10/26/2023 02:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy expanded at a robust 4.9% annual rate from July through September as Americans defied higher prices, rising interest rates and widespread forecasts of a recession to spend at a brisk pace. The Commerce Department said the economy expanded last quarter at th Former coal-fired power plant razed to make way for offshore wind electricity connection 10/26/2023 01:47pm • UPPER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — For decades, tourists heading to the New Jersey beach resorts of Ocean City and Cape May saw the towering smokestack of the B.L. England Generating Station as they zipped past it on the Garden State Parkway. The 463-foot-tall (141.1-meter) stack was a local landmark and Potential industry slowdown in toy sales weighs on shares of Hasbro and Mattel 10/26/2023 12:41pm • Hasbro's third-quarter revenue performance missed Wall Street's expectations and the company cut its full-year revenue outlook again as signs of a possible industry slowdown in toy sales heading into the holiday season weighs on jittery investors. Holiday shopping is traditionally a critical selling Pakistan sets up deportation centers to hold migrants who are in the country illegally 10/26/2023 12:40pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is setting up deportation centers for migrants in the country illegally, including an estimated 1.7 million Afghans, officials said Thursday. Anyone found staying in the country without authorization from next Wednesday will be arrested and sent to one of the centers. Th Entrepreneurs with disabilities activate allies, rewrite the narrative 10/26/2023 11:24am • Inna and Vladimir Giterman tinkered with several business ideas before finding their niche — and their version of the American dream — with crepes. Both immigrants, and both deaf, the Gitermans started Crepe Crazy in 2007. What began as a mom-and-pop shop at festivals has grown into a full-blown