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Oregon lawmakers voted to recriminalize drugs. The bill's future is now in the governor's hands 03/04/2024 08:06pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� The future of an Oregon bill that would roll back the state���s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law is now in the hands of Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek. The bill ��� which would make the possession of small amounts of drugs a crime once more ��� has not yet reached K Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in deal that doesn't require cooperation 03/04/2024 07:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of Donald Trump's company, pleaded guilty Monday to lying under oath during his testimony in the ex-president���s New York civil fraud case. His plea deal will send him back to jail but does not require that he testify at Trump' 9 of the Best REITs to Buy for 2024 03/04/2024 07:00pm • Real estate investments can be an excellent way to earn returns, generate cash flow, hedge against inflation and diversify an investment portfolio. But buying physical properties can be costly, difficult and risky for an individual. Instead, investors can buy shares of diversified real estate invest What Is the OASDI Tax? 03/04/2024 07:00pm • Everyone knows that taxes come out of their paychecks, but exactly why the taxes are removed may be less clear. For instance, the OASDI or OASDI/EE tax listed on a pay stub is not a tax one hears about every day. OASDI, also known as the Social Security tax, is an acronym for the Old-Age, Survivors 7 Best ETFs to Buy Now 03/04/2024 07:00pm • With the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both starting March at fresh all-time highs, it's safe to say that the bull market has proven resilient into the early months of 2024. While geopolitical unrest in Gaza and Ukraine continues to provide risks and a harsh economic slowdown in China has created some Guide to Custodial Brokerage Accounts 03/04/2024 07:00pm • There's an old proverb that says if you give a man a fish, you can feed him for a day. But if you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. The same can be said for teaching your child to invest. You can save for your child's future and help her through college and possibly beyond, but event Girl Scouts were told to stop bracelet-making fundraiser for kids in Gaza. Now they can't keep up 03/04/2024 05:42pm • Missouri Girl Scout leaders threatened legal action against a troop that made bracelets to raise funds for starving children in Gaza, provoking outrage and ridicule from the girls��� supporters and advocates for people trapped in the Palestinian territory by the latest humanitarian crisis. Girl Scou How clean is the dirt on Hunter Biden? A key Republican source is charged with lying to the FBI 03/04/2024 05:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Alexander Smirnov was cast by Republicans as one of the FBI���s most trusted informants, offering a ���highly credible��� account of brazen public corruption by Joe Biden that formed a pillar of the House impeachment investigation of the Democratic president. Then, last month, th Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack 03/04/2024 02:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the Capitol riot. The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post- China seeks ways to revive slowing economy and salvage property market as annual congress convenes 03/04/2024 06:08am • BEIJING (AP) ��� It's clear that China���s efforts to build confidence in its slowing economy will top the agenda of its ceremonial national legislature, which convenes Tuesday in Beijing. What remains unclear is how the ruling Communist Party can navigate toward stronger, sustained growth as China� Two fragile DC neighborhoods hang in the balance as the Wizards and Capitals consider leaving town 03/04/2024 04:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Already struggling to keep his Chinatown bar afloat, Yousef Tellawi felt a sense of impending doom when he learned that the owner of Washington's Capitals and Wizards wanted to move the teams out of the neighborhood and into northern Virginia. The departure of the teams from t 7 Best Vanguard Funds to Buy and Hold 03/03/2024 07:00pm • In 1975, the financial industry witnessed the introduction of the first money market fund, and a year later the first equity index fund became available to retail investors. 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Against the backdrop of favorable decisions by the co Chicago 'mansion' tax to fund homeless services stuck in legal limbo while on the ballot 03/03/2024 12:08am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� An unusual legal challenge may upend the future of a Chicago ballot measure that would hike a real estate tax on high-end property sales to fund services for homeless people. Such citywide ballot measures are rare in the nation's third-largest city, but other cities, including Los A