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Millennial Money: How to budget with a fluctuating income 09/05/2023 09:36am • If you���ve ever lived off of tips or commissions, you may be familiar with the up-and-down paychecks common in certain industries. Service jobs, sales jobs, creative careers and project-based work can all have fluctuating income, where seasonality, events or the general economy might affect your ea As sports betting spikes, help for problem gamblers expands in some states 09/05/2023 12:42am • When the NFL season kicks off this week, Kentucky residents and visitors ��� for the first time ��� will be able to legally place sports bets on something other than horse racing. When they do, some of that money will also fund the state's first-ever program for people with gambling problems. Since Today in History: September 5, first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia 09/05/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2023. There are 117 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Sept. 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia. On this date: In 1698, Russia���s Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards. In 1864, The Pros and Cons of Immediate Annuities 09/04/2023 08:00pm • If you don't have a pension from your company when you retire but need to set up a steady stream of income, you may consider purchasing an immediate annuity. This is essentially an insurance plan that's usually created with a lump sum payment and is designed to pay you a guaranteed amount for a set Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine 09/04/2023 05:46pm • GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) ��� Men walk through a lush plantation between Ecuador ���s balmy Pacific coast and its majestic Andes, lopping hundreds of bunches of green bananas from groaning plants twice their height. Workers haul the bunches to an assembly line, where the bananas are washed, weighed a Summer's over for UK politicians as Sunak faces a crisis over crumbling schools 09/04/2023 12:34pm • LONDON (AP) ��� British lawmakers headed back to Parliament on Monday after their summer break. But thousands of U.K. children won���t be returning to their classrooms this week, because their schools are at risk of collapse from crumbling concrete. The news is a start-of-term headache for Prime Report says Dutch government spends billions on subsidies for fossil fuel producers and users 09/04/2023 09:30am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� The Dutch government spends some 37.5 billion euros ($40.5 billion) per year in subsidies to industries that use fossil fuels, according to a new report published Monday by a platform that investigates multinationals and by two groups lobbying for a transition to rene Liz Weston: 3 ways to reduce taxes on social security 09/04/2023 07:00am • Social Security benefits were once tax-free. That changed in 1983, when Congress decided to tax a portion of benefits for the highest-income recipients. Back then, fewer than 10% of beneficiaries were affected. Lawmakers failed to update the law to account for inflation, however, so today most Socia UAE creates federal authority for 'commercial gaming' as casino giants flock to Gulf Arab nation 09/04/2023 04:48am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� The United Arab Emirates has created a federal authority to potentially run a national lottery and what it describes as ���commercial gaming,��� likely a sign that it is on the verge of allowing gambling as major casino operators flock to the Gulf Arab nation. Th New Delhi got a makeover for the G20 summit. The city's poor say they were simply erased 09/04/2023 04:39am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� New Delhi's crowded streets have been resurfaced. Streetlights are illuminating once dark sidewalks. City buildings and walls are painted with bright murals. Planted flowers are everywhere. Many of the city���s poor say they were simply erased, much like the stray dogs and monkeys As G20 leaders prepare to meet in recently flooded New Delhi, climate policy issues are unresolved 09/03/2023 09:19pm • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Rekha Devi, a 30-year-old farm worker, is dreading the moment when her family will be ordered to leave their makeshift tent atop a half-built overpass and return to the Yamuna River floodplains below, where their hut and small field of vegetables is still under water from July's d Angels catcher Max Stassi will miss the entire season because of a family medical issue 09/03/2023 03:20pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ��� Los Angeles Angels catcher Max Stassi has announced he will miss the entire 2023 season because of a serious family medical issue. The Angels placed Stassi on the restricted list Sunday after he informed them of his decision. Stassi left the team during spring training to de Sanders says Biden will win in 2024 if he runs on a progressive agenda 09/03/2023 01:08pm • ▶ Watch Video: Sen. Bernie Sanders says Joe Biden will win in 2024 if he runs on a "strong progressive agenda" With the 2024 presidential race beginning to unfold, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said he believes that President Joe Biden will again earn the Democratic nomination ��� and Prince William Co. officials divided over Haymarket affordable housing project at town hall-style event 09/02/2023 01:53pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. Republican Prince William supervisors Jeanine Lawson and Bob Weir held a town hall-style meeting Monday night where they sought ACC becomes latest super conference, expanding cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU 09/01/2023 09:28pm • The Atlantic Coast Conference voted Friday to add Stanford, California and SMU next year, providing a landing spot for two more schools from the disintegrating Pac-12 and creating a fourth super conference in major college sports. The move provides the ACC a windfall of revenue for its current membe