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Cheap Father's Day gift ideas 06/16/2023 10:23am • Father's Day is right around the corner. If you're on a budget and aren't sure what to get a dad in your life, here are 10 cheap Father's Day gift ideas that may be a good fit. 1. Rufus Teague -- Big Box O' Rub Variety Pack -- Premium BBQ Rubs Cost: $36.99 on Amazon This gift is perfect for the Central Park birder Christian Cooper is turning his viral video fame into a memoir and TV show 06/16/2023 10:01am • NEW YORK (AP) — There's nothing that can keep Christian Cooper from enjoying his “happy place,” the bird-friendly Ramble of Central Park — not even his tense, viral video encounter three years ago with a woman walking her dog off leash in his refuge. Cooper is a lifelong birder, and Black, a Tornado devastates Texas Panhandle town, killing 3 and injuring dozens 06/16/2023 06:41am • PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — A tornado tore through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, killing three people, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states. The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado Juneteenth 2023: Your guide to celebrations in DC, Maryland and Virginia 06/16/2023 05:09am • On June 19, the United States will observe Juneteenth. And although the holiday isn’t until Monday, celebrations are already underway nationwide. In 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African Americans that they were free and that the Civil War had ended. This The History of Credit Cards 06/15/2023 08:00pm • Credit cards are such a ubiquitous part of our daily financial life that it's hard to imagine a time before they existed. The number of credit card accounts in 2022 in the U.S. was nearly 530 million, up about 32 million from the previous year, according to the most recent Experian data. Furthermore Jury awards $25.6 million to white Starbucks manager fired after the arrests of 2 Black men 06/15/2023 04:58pm • CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Jurors in federal court have awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the high-profile arrests of two Black men at a Philadelphia location in 2018. Shannon Phillips won $600,000 in c Virginia Daybook 06/15/2023 04:31pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Thursday, Jun. 15. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other St TikTok planning to fuel e-commerce business in Southeast Asia with billions in investments 06/15/2023 11:28am • TikTok is planning to pour “billions of dollars” in Southeast Asia over the next few years, aiming to drive growth in one of its biggest markets amid heightened scrutiny in the U.S. The company’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, made the announcement Thursday during a speech at a TikTok forum in the Indone Through personal ups and downs, they've waited years to perform Hajj. These are their stories 06/15/2023 10:11am • This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after a daunting three-year period when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale of one of Islam’s holiest and most beloved rites. Millions of Muslims from around the world will start converging next week on Mecca in Saudi Arabia Lidl opens in Columbia Heights this month 06/15/2023 08:37am • Discount grocery Lidl will open its newest store in Northwest D.C.'s Columbia Heights neighborhood this Sunday. The store, located at 3100 14th St. NW, is on the ground floor of the big D.C. USA shopping complex, the District's largest retail development. It will join big-box retailers Target, DS Viewpoint: Why D.C.-area businesses must close up shop to commemorate Juneteenth 06/15/2023 08:11am • Most businesses rightfully close up shop on Memorial Day and Independence Day, but there is less consensus on how to approach that decision for Juneteenth. How individuals and families choose to spend their day off is, of course, their prerogative. For fellow business owners, my message is clear: Ye After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for Hajj's return, the first major one since COVID-19 06/15/2023 03:19am • This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after three years when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale of one of Islam’s holiest rites. Millions of Muslims from around the world will start converging next week on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to begin several days of rituals. F China's factory, consumer activity weakens in May, youth unemployment rises 06/15/2023 01:24am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s consumer and factory activity weakened in May and record-breaking unemployment among young people in cities rose as an economic rebound following the end of anti-virus controls slowed. Surveys found 20.8% of potential workers in cities aged 16-24 were unemployed, up from A Stock market today: Asia shares rise as Fed holds rates steady while hinting of hikes ahead 06/14/2023 11:49pm • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. Data from China showed consumer and factory activity weakened in May and record-breaking unemployment among young people in cities rose as an economic rebound following the end of anti New small business complex in Southeast DC promises to be the next shopping destination 06/14/2023 09:44pm • The Retail Village at Sycamore & Oak — an architecturally dazzling commercial timber building that is carbon net zero and houses local vendors from the community — is the first of its kind in D.C.'s Ward 8. "What do you think of this beauty?!" said Mayor Muriel Bowser to the crowd assembl