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'Unpredictable' free agency is on tap around the NHL as part of a fast-tracked offseason 06/30/2024 10:05pm • NHL free agency opens Monday, less than a week since Commissioner Gary Bettman presented the Stanley Cup to the Florida Panthers. The offseason comes at you fast, and with all of it packed into a short period of time and more extra money to spend since before the pandemic, general managers are no How Much Should I Spend on Groceries? 06/30/2024 08:00pm • Determining how much to spend on groceries and creating a budget has always been a challenge for many households. In recent years, inflation made it more complicated. Grocery shopping is still not an activity that most shoppers would call cheap, but things have improved. In 2024, grocery budgeting r Looting and fighting reported in a central Sudan city as paramilitary group attacks military troops 06/30/2024 11:55am • CAIRO (AP) — Fighters from Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group looted homes and shops and took over the main hospital in a central city, forcing tens of thousands to flee, residents said Sunday, as a new front opened in a a 14-month war that has pushed the African country to the brink of famine Summer hours are a perk small businesses can offer to workers to boost morale 06/30/2024 08:08am • NEW YORK (AP) — With summer having gotten off to a scorching start, workers across the country may be dreaming of a seaside escape or cutting out early to watch a movie in an air-conditioned theater. For some, that can be a reality. Business owners have found that offering summer hours – a reduc Should gun store sales get special credit card tracking? States split on mandating or prohibiting it 06/30/2024 12:37am • Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales. But new laws will do the exact opposite in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wyoming by banning the u Maryland cannabis tax collections grew slightly, while some regions saw large variances 06/29/2024 09:20pm • Cannabis taxes paid to the state for the first three months of 2024 grew by less than 1% even as collections fluctuated sharply on a regional basis. Maryland collected nearly $14.7 million in taxes on sales of recreational cannabis in the first quarter of this year, an increase of less than 0.7% Crossbow attacker wounds a police officer guarding Israel's embassy in Serbia before being shot dead 06/29/2024 06:08pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An attacker with a crossbow wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade on Saturday, Serbia’s Interior Ministry said. The officer responded by fatally shooting the assailant. Both Serbian and Israeli officials said initial indications pointed Japanese emperor reconnects with the River Thames in state visit meant to bolster ties with UK 06/29/2024 02:07am • LONDON (AP) — Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan hopped into a horse-drawn carriage with King Charles III, laid a wreath at Westminster Abbey or toured one of Britain’s premier biomedical research institutes, he kicked off his trip to the U.K. by visiting a site that has special meaning for him: T The Latest | Polls close in Iran after election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash 06/28/2024 05:08pm • Iranians voted on Friday to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country's northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials. Analysts broadly described the race as a three-way contest. There are two hard-liners, former nuclea Tractor Supply is ending DEI and climate efforts after conservative backlash online 06/28/2024 02:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Tractor Supply is ending an array of corporate diversity and climate efforts, a move coming after weeks of online conservative backlash against the rural retailer. Tractor Supply said it would be eliminating all of its diversity, equity and inclusion roles while retiring current DE Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures easing further 06/28/2024 12:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve suggests that inflation pressures in the U.S. economy are continuing to ease. Friday's Commerce Department report showed that consumer prices were flat from April to May, the mildest such performance in more than In fight against blight, Detroit cracks down on business owners who illegally post signs 06/28/2024 12:52pm • DETROIT (AP) — William Shaw has a message for other business owners advertising their services on illegally posted signs in Detroit: “Don't put them up. They will come after you and your company, and they will make you pay for it.” As part of court-ordered community service for posting hundred Severe weather wreaks havoc across the US — from Midwest flooding to deadly Northeast storms 06/28/2024 09:26am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Severe weather over days has caused havoc and destruction across the U.S. That includes torrential rains and flooding in the Upper Midwest and powerful storms in the Northeast that left a least two people dead from falling trees. The deadly storms that raked parts of the Northe Tokyo's old fish market makes way for skyscrapers, glitzy stadium to woo global spenders 06/27/2024 11:11pm • TOKYO (AP) — The site of Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market, left empty after it was razed six years ago, will be replaced by a scenic waterfront stadium and glistening skyscrapers according to plans for its redevelopment that are facing some staunch opposition. A computer graphic video of plans Intrigue of NHL draft expected to begin after the Sharks likely select Celebrini with top pick 06/27/2024 08:43pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — San Jose Sharks general manager Mike Grier is trying to keep whom he’s selecting with the first pick in the NHL draft on Friday a mystery, even after he more than hinted at his intentions last month. After excitedly noting the big opportunity it was for a rebuilding franchise to