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Shopping for school supplies becomes a summer activity as families juggle technology and tariffs 08/13/2025 03:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Feeling nostalgic for the days when going back to school meant picking out fresh notebooks, pencils and colored markers at a local drugstore or stationary shop? The annual ritual is both easier and more complicated for today���s students. Big retail chains generate online lists of Trump's nominee to oversee jobs and inflation data faces shower of criticism 08/13/2025 10:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The director of the agency that produces the nation's jobs and inflation data is typically a mild-mannered technocrat, often with extensive experience in statistical agencies, with little public profile. But like so much in President Donald Trump's second administration, this ti Tennessee town approves deals to turn closed prison into immigration detention facility 08/13/2025 07:35am • MASON, Tenn. (AP) ��� Officials in a rural Tennessee town voted Tuesday to approve agreements to turn a former prison into an immigration detention facility operated by a private company, despite loud objections from upset residents and activists during a contentious public meeting. The five-member Vietnam wants to be the next Asian tiger and it���s overhauling its economy to make it happen 08/13/2025 01:21am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� Beneath red banners and a gold bust of revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi's central party school, Communist Party chief To Lam declared the arrival of ���a new era of development��� late last year. The speech was more than symbolic��� it signaled the launch of what cou 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy Now 08/12/2025 08:00pm • Despite concerns over inflation, tariffs and slowing economic growth, the S&P 500 has made new all-time highs in 2025. 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However, a new provision included in the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has reduced the amount 7 Best Biotech ETFs to Buy Now 08/12/2025 08:00pm • The biotechnology industry is split between two very different types of companies. On one side are the large, blue-chip leaders like Amgen Inc. (ticker: AMGN), Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD), Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRTX) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN). These are commercial-stage firms US July budget deficit up 20% year-over-year despite record Trump tariff income 08/12/2025 07:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. budget deficit in July climbed 20% this fiscal year compared to the last despite the U.S. taking in record income from President Donald Trump���s tariffs, according to Treasury Department data released Tuesday. The U.S. saw a 273% increase ��� or $21 billion ��� in custo US announces sanctions against armed group and companies profiting from conflict minerals in Congo 08/12/2025 05:49pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� The U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in eastern Congo as Washington tries to spearhead peace efforts there while pushing for U.S. access to the region���s minerals. A senior U.S. government official who spoke on condi H&R Block: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 08/12/2025 05:16pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� H&R Block Inc. (HRB) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $299.4 million. The Kansas City, Missouri-based company said it had profit of $2.20 per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and to account for discontinued US national debt reaches a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports 08/12/2025 04:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. government���s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, a record number that highlights the accelerating debt on America���s balance sheet and increased cost pressures on taxpayers. The $37 trillion update is found in the latest Treasury Department report issued What to know about Trump's potential change in federal marijuana policy 08/12/2025 02:07pm • President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge the federal government closer to an approach already embraced in many states. Trump said Monday that he hopes to decide in the coming weeks about whether to support changes to 2 more Republicans join Georgia's competitive race for lieutenant governor 08/12/2025 01:50pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Two more Republicans joined the growing list of candidates vying to become lieutenant governor in next year's election. Georgia state Sen. Blake Tillery, a Republican, launched his campaign Monday and state Rep. David Clark of Buford in the greater Atlanta metro area announced his c Apple Podcasts ��� Top New Shows 08/12/2025 11:50am • Top New Shows (US) 1. Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska, 20/20 True Crime 2. MK True Crime, MK Media 3. Fudd Around And Find Out, iHeart Women���s Sports 4. Hands Tied, iHeart True Crime 5. Show Me Something, iHeartPodcasts and The Volume 6. Street Preachers, Phillip Anthony Mitchell & Tim Timberl