When I was three, I would sometimes walk beside my father while my mother was busy with my eight brothers and sisters. I was young and my dad was too tall and stout to hold a small child by the hand, let alone carry it with me. Instead, he was holding his elegant index finger. … Read more
Written by Michael Balsmo and Michael R. Sisak – The Associated Press Washington (AFP) – Collette Peters, director of the Oregon prison system, has now emerged as the main competitor to running the federal prison system, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Peters, who has run the state’s Department … Read more
Not many investors can claim lifelong success in the stock market. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -0.11% BRK.B, -0.43% It comes to mind, of course, but what about Warren Kaplan? From? Kaplan is an 85-year-old individual investor with 70 years of stock trading experience. Kaplan grew up in a poor family in the Bronx, … Read more
By Jeffrey Collins – The Associated Press COLOMBIA, South Carolina (AP) – Former United States Representative Joe Cunningham won the Democratic nomination for governor Tuesday, setting up a standoff in November with Republican Governor Henry McMaster, who handily defeated his opponent in the primaries. Cunningham touted the fact that he is the only Democrat in … Read more
By Julie Watson, Gisela Perez de Acha, Katie Liccari, Trenton Danielle and Patricia Luna – Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – With jokes, cheerful Caribbean music, and holiday scenes of sunny beaches and palm trees, Haitian influencers on YouTube and TikTok are advertising charter flights to South America. But they do not target tourists. Instead, … Read more
Americans have accumulated additional savings during the pandemic, but that money is dwindling rapidly due to inflation. About 70% of Americans use their savings to cover price hikes, a Forbes Advisor’s latest survey Infer 2000 American adults. Among those surveyed, older adults were more likely to say they had left their savings intact. In fact, … Read more
ALBANI, NY (Associated Press) – New York has expanded legal protections for people seeking and providing abortions in the state under legislation signed into law by Gov. Cathy Hochhol on Monday. The Democratic governor demanded passage of laws in anticipation of the US Supreme Court’s overturning the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, … Read more
By Alan Fram – The Associated Press Washington (AFP) – Senate negotiators on Sunday announced a bipartisan framework for responding to last month’s mass shootings, a noteworthy if limited achievement that introduces modest gun restrictions and bolsters efforts to improve school safety and mental health programs. The proposal falls short of the tougher steps that … Read more
Meta Platforms Inc. has taken Another subtle step toward reinventing it when it changed its stock ticker symbol this week to ‘META’ from ‘FB’. The parent company of Facebook META, -3.68% It has spent the past few months shifting investors’ focus to its long-term strategy, particularly its push into the metaverse, a bloated network of … Read more
Jane Morgan, a real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in Georgia, says that in Atlanta and surrounding suburbs, there is still plenty of competition to buy the perfect starter home. But for less-than-ideal characteristics, it’s a different story. “Not perfect homes—which might need a little TLC, a little grease—I’m happy to say they stay … Read more
