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Mideast conflict looms over US presidential race as Harris and Trump jostle for an edge 10/22/2024 12:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks out from Election Day, the crisis in the Middle East is looming over the race for the White House, with one candidate struggling to find just the right words to navigate its difficult cross-currents and the other making bold pronouncements that the age-old conflict can A's temporary home in Sacramento will have grass instead of artificial turf 10/21/2024 08:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The nomadic Athletics will play home games on grass as they move from Oakland to Sacramento next season rather than the artificial turf initially planned at Sutter Health Park. The team announced in April 2023 it will move from Oakland to a new ballpark to be built in Las Vegas and Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen dies in the US 10/21/2024 06:36pm • SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing unproven accusations that he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died. The Alliance for Shared Values, a New York-based group that promotes Güle Stock market today: Wall Street pulls back from its records 10/21/2024 05:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time highs Monday as some of the steam came out of Wall Street’s long, record-breaking rally. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, coming off a sixth straight winning week, its longest such streak of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average drop Alex Bowman's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week capped by Logano making NASCAR's title race 10/21/2024 02:35pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Few people in motorsports had as crummy a week as Alex Bowman, who left Charlotte Motor Speedway two weeks ago celebrating along with his Hendrick Motorsports teammates in claiming four of the eight spots in NASCAR's semifinals. Then he was disqualified when his car failed to meet What to know about Biltmore Estate reopening after Hurricane Helene 10/21/2024 01:31pm • North Carolina's Biltmore Estate will soon reopen after being forced to close when floodwaters pushed by Hurricane Helene devastated the area. The popular tourist destination announced over the weekend that they plan to open and “celebrate the joy of the holiday season” on Nov. 2. “For more 7 Best Energy ETFs to Buy Now 10/20/2024 08:00pm • When you look into the composition of the Pacer U.S. Cash Cows 100 ETF (ticker: COWZ), rated five stars by Morningstar, an interesting detail emerges: Its portfolio allocates a significant 21.5% to energy stocks. This contrasts sharply with broad-market exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, like the iShar Mark Few expects Gonzaga to remain an elite program no matter the conference 10/17/2024 08:05pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — As far as coach Mark Few is concerned, Gonzaga basketball would continue to be Gonzaga basketball even if the Bulldogs went the independent route. But he said the major advantage to joining the reconstituted Pac-12 Conference in two years is the stability it gives the program that The Carnivore Diet: Safety, Risks and Reviews 10/17/2024 08:00pm • The plant-free carnivore diet has been gaining popularity at a time when research has documented the health benefits of a plant-forward diet and campaigns like the Reducetarian Movement promote the reduction of animal products. Long championed by male "meatfluencers" like celebrity podcaster Joe Rog 7 of the Best Growth Funds to Buy and Hold 10/17/2024 08:00pm • What exactly drives a company's stock price higher? Intuitively, it's investor demand, but dig deeper -- why are investors flocking to buy certain stocks beyond just fear of missing out? To understand this, visualize owning a share as having a tangible claim on a company's future earnings. As those 15-year-old Kansas football player's death is blamed on heat 10/17/2024 06:51pm • MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Outdoor conditioning while a heat advisory was in effect during the humid summer left 15-year-old football player Ovet Gomez Regalado pale and asking for water. After a 15-minute exercise, he collapsed as he walked to a building at his suburban Kansas City high school and died In DC, pediatricians are trying to help fix chronic absenteeism trends 10/17/2024 04:56pm • When doctors at Children's National Hospital in D.C. learned a high school student was missing a lot of class time, they contacted his family. The student had a complex medical history with neurological and developmental issues, according to Dr. Danielle Dooley, a pediatrician at Children's Natio Presto's Picks: Navy just one of many Unlikely Unbeatens 10/17/2024 08:34am • Will the expanded College Football Playoff field (12 teams this year after four the previous ten) be crashed this fall? While there are plenty of bluebloods in prime position (No. 1 Texas and No. 3 Penn State) as well as other recent champions (No. 6 Miami) and contenders (No. 2 Oregon) posting unbe 15 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy Now 10/16/2024 08:00pm • On Sept. 18, the Federal Reserve announced a 50-basis-point cut to its benchmark interest rate. This was its first rate reduction in more than four years, and a more aggressive move than the 25-basis-point cut that many economists had expected. As of this writing, analysts believe the Fed is set to Trump would be the oldest person to become president. He's not sharing health details 10/16/2024 01:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — If he wins next month's election, Donald Trump would be the oldest person in U.S. history to be elected president. Yet the 78-year-old Republican nominee refuses to disclose new details about his physical or mental well-being, breaking decades of precedent. There have been limite