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Highway robbery: Watch out for auto maintenance cost and repairs 08/16/2023 06:40pm • If your summer travels take you on the highway, pay attention to vehicle and maintenance repairs because it could cost you a pretty penny. "I think a lot of shops know that many drivers don't know what their car needs during these maintenance sessions," said Kevin Brasler, executive editor of Con Buffalo shooting survivors say social media companies and a body armor maker enabled the killer 08/16/2023 05:14pm • YouTube, Reddit and a body armor manufacturer were among the businesses that helped enable the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, according to a pair of lawsuits announced Wednesday. The complementary lawsuits filed by Everytown Law in state cou Target Q2 sales fall on muted spending, Pride month backlash, and it cuts profit outlook for 2023 08/16/2023 04:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Target reported its first quarterly sales drop in six years, dragged down by shoppers' inflation worries and a negative reaction by some customers, widely publicized on social media, to its Pride merchandise. The Minneapolis retailer expects high interest rates, which makes credit Federal Reserve minutes: Too-high inflation, still a threat, could require more rate hikes 08/16/2023 03:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Federal Reserve officials last month still regarded high inflation as an ongoing threat that could require further interest rate increases, according to the minutes of their July 25-26 meeting released Wednesday. At the same time, the officials saw “a number of tentative Bolt was missing on police helicopter that crashed in South Carolina, report says 08/16/2023 11:24am • A police helicopter that crashed at a South Carolina airport was missing a bolt that should have been removed and reinstalled during maintenance about six weeks earlier, federal officials said in a report. A second bolt on the Charleston County Sheriff's Office helicopter also was loose and the pilo Rosie's Gaming Emporium clears final hurdle for ballot initiative to open Manassas Park location 08/16/2023 09:47am • A ballot initiative to bring a Rosie’s Gaming Emporium to Manassas Park cleared its final hurdle Friday. A question asking voters whether they wish to allow pari-mutuel gambling in the city to make way for a new Rosie’s location will appear on the November ballot after Prince William County Cir Death toll rises to 11 in powerful explosion near the Dominican Republic's capital; 10 still missing 08/15/2023 08:42pm • SAN CRISTOBAL, Dominican Republic (AP) — The death toll from a powerful explosion near the Dominican Republic's capital rose to 11 on Tuesday, with dozens injured. Firefighters were searching through smoldering rubble as people gathered outside hospitals, looking for missing loved ones. President How Long Do Hard Inquiries Stay on Your Credit Report? 08/15/2023 08:00pm • What Is a Hard Inquiry?When you apply for a credit card or a loan, the lender requests your credit report from one or more credit bureaus. The lender then does a deep dive into your report to assess your creditworthiness. This action is called a hard inquiry, and it can take up to five points off yo 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold 08/15/2023 08:00pm • One of the hardest lessons for many investors to learn is that they are not good at picking stocks. There's no shame in this, though. After all, some of the most prominent investors on Wall Street can be bad at it, too! Consider that 2022 was yet another year that so-called active managers underperf Financial Planning for LGBTQ+ Families 08/15/2023 08:00pm • Being part of the LGBTQ+ community comes with a slew of challenges, and they aren't limited to social and political ones. There are several financial challenges that affect queer individuals and families more than their cisgender, straight counterparts, from finding affordable housing to paying for 8 of the Best Tech Dividend Stocks to Buy 08/15/2023 08:00pm • Many investors mistakenly believe there is a trade-off between growth and income. Either a company can produce strong capital gains, or it is a stodgy slow-moving blue chip. However, there are a surprisingly large number of technology companies that pay attractive dividends as well. In fact, as 2022 Rethinking the Biggest Traditional Expenses 08/15/2023 08:00pm • When you're trying to get ahead financially, you may scan your budget to identify and trim nonessentials. Spending categories like vacations, cafe beverages, and tickets to concerts and sporting events may all be on the chopping block. These items, however, make life enjoyable, so reducing or elimin NBA unveils the schedule for its in-season tournament. Its regular-season slate is coming Thursday 08/15/2023 03:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The first basket of the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament likely will be made in Indianapolis. The league unveiled the 60-game schedule for group play of the new event on Tuesday — with the first game set to be Cleveland visiting Indiana on Nov. 3, the opener of what is sche Apple App Store - Top Apps 08/15/2023 11:39am • Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 2. MONOPOLY GO!, Scopely, Inc. 3. Threads, an Instagram app, Instagram, Inc. 4. Max: Stream HBO, TV, & Movies, WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC 5. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 6. Google, Google LLC 7. WhatsApp Messenger, WhatsApp I Massive explosion at a gas station in Russia's Dagestan kills 35 and injures scores more 08/15/2023 06:44am • MOSCOW (AP) — A massive explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan killed 35 people and injured scores more, Russian officials said Tuesday. Russia's Health Ministry said 115 people were injured in the blast and subsequent fire, and 35 of them died, including three chi