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Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge shows price pressures easing as rate cuts near 08/30/2024 09:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation measure closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained low last month, extending a trend of cooling price increases that clears the way for the Fed to start cutting its key interest rate next month for the first time in 4 1/2 years. Prices rose just 0.2% from June At Paralympics, women are blazing trails in male-dominated and roughest of sports, wheelchair rugby 08/30/2024 06:38am • PARIS (AP) — When told by the stadium announcer that they were witnessing history, the Paris spectators roared and applauded. Not that the woman making history actually noticed: Sarah Adam was far too occupied — merrily slamming her wheelchair into other players, all of them men, and zipping acr 'K-pop Idols' documentary looks at how the K-pop industry is embracing diversity 08/30/2024 03:53am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An Apple TV+ documentary series, “K-pop Idols,” premiering Friday, offers an intimate look at how the K-pop industry is embracing diversity while grappling with challenges in a field that demands perfection. The six-part series features Korean American star Jessi and The Latest: Trump campaigns in Michigan, Wisconsin; Harris sit down for interview with CNN 08/29/2024 09:55pm • Former President Donald Trump is campaigning Thursday in Michigan and Wisconsin as he ramps up battleground state travel heading into the traditional Labor Day turn toward the fall election. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, sat down Thursday for 8 Top-Rated Income Funds to Buy in 2024 08/29/2024 08:00pm • Generating passive income can help investors cover everyday expenses and achieve their retirement goals. Accumulating assets like stocks and real estate can lead to gains, but some funds aim to reward investors with steady cash distributions. 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The $136 million, four-year contract that ended Lamb's long holdout also begged the obvious question of whether Prescott was n Stock market today: Wall Street sees mixed results after late-day selling, drop for Nvidia 08/29/2024 05:16pm • A late-afternoon slide by some Big Tech companies cut into Wall Street’s gains Thursday, leading to a mixed finish for U.S. stock indexes. The S&P 500 ended flat after giving up an earlier gain of nearly 1%. The benchmark index is about 1.3% away from its record set in July. The Dow Jones Indu New Trump book defends 2018 Putin meeting, taunts rivals and threatens to imprison Meta's Zuckerberg 08/29/2024 04:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In a new book, former President Donald Trump calls his 2018 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki “a GREAT meeting” and threatens to imprison Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg if the tech mogul does anything this year akin to his $400 million donation to local 12-team College Football Playoff puts even more emphasis on schedule strength, for better or worse 08/29/2024 03:32pm • Y'all ain't played nobody! It might as well be college football's slogan. Debates about strength of schedule are part of the fabric of the sport, like marching bands, cheerleaders and tailgating. With the size of the College Football Playoff tripling in size from four teams to 12 this season — in Angelina Jolie dazzles Venice Film Festival with ‘Maria,’ a biopic about opera legend Maria Callas 08/29/2024 03:31pm • VENICE, Italy (AP) — For Angelina Jolie, portraying the famed opera singer Maria Callas meant more to her than she can put into words. “I felt such a privilege to feel like I got to know this woman and got to be inside her skin a moment. I really care for her deeply,” Jolie told The Associated Airport mystery: How do my bags end up where I am? 08/29/2024 03:30pm • Ever wonder exactly how your checked baggage gets to your destination? WTOP can take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of how United Airlines handles luggage for the 53,000 passengers flying in and out of Dulles International Airport daily, during this Labor Day weekend. Jim Decker, United's Virginia Board of Education approves changes to accreditation, accountability systems 08/29/2024 02:20pm • The Virginia Board of Education on Wednesday approved the final touches on the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act plan, designed to address concerns with how schools were rated and student performance was measured to determine better how to direct state resources. During the special meeting in Coaches Cristobal and Napier will be under microscopes as No. 19 Miami and Florida open in the Swamp 08/29/2024 01:32pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Miami coach Mario Cristobal and Florida counterpart Billy Napier will be in the spotlight — under interrogation lamps, really — as much as quarterbacks Cam Ward and Graham Mertz when the No. 19 Hurricanes play at the Swamp on Saturday. The close friends and former Alab 7 Best Semiconductor ETFs to Buy in 2024 08/28/2024 08:00pm • You might think that in the midst of an artificial-intelligence-fueled bull market, combined with the generous regulatory support from initiatives like the CHIPS and Science Act, a domestic semiconductor manufacturer like Intel Corp. (ticker: INTC) would be thriving. Unfortunately, that's not the ca