While gold investing has been enticing for decades, the glimmer of gold has been shining brighter recently, especially over the last few months. That’s due, in part, to the precious metal seeing its value surge to new record highs, climbing from about $1,990 per ounce in mid-February to a then-record high of $2,160 per ounce in late March. This meteoric …
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With inflation soaring and the cost of borrowing hitting multi-decade highs, homeowners are fortunate to have access to a more affordable source of financing: their home equity. While interest rates on credit cards, personal loans and even traditional mortgage refinances have crept well into the double digits, home equity loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) remain comparatively cheap, …
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Deputies’ bodycam video captured the dramatic moment Thursday when two officers — and their K9s — arrested a double murder suspect in a wooded area near Florida’s Gulf Coast. Angel Gabriel Cuz-Choc was found hiding less than two miles from where his girlfriend, Amalia Coc Choc de Pec, 36, and her daughter, 4-year-old Estrella Pec Coc, were found dead less …
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The current high interest rate environment is putting a strain on many Americans’ finances. After years of keeping rates near zero to stimulate the economy during the pandemic, the Federal Reserve aggressively increased rates starting in early 2022to cool stubbornly high inflation. While the Fed has kept rate hikes paused for the last several meetings, the federal funds rate currently …
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The ideal American small town to retire in is probably unknown to most people. But with a relatively low average monthly cost of living, low crime rate and other attributes that make it highly livable, Camp Hill in Pennsylvania’s Cumberland County, may be the best small town in the U.S. for retirees. That’s according to areportby GoBankingRates.com, which looked at …
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Many Americans aspire to join the ranks of the wealthy, but the income threshold for being considered rich depends a lot on where you live. It also takes considerably more income to join the top 5% of earners than just a few years ago, according to new research from GoBankingRates.com, which examined state income data for the five-year period from …
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“One Tree Hill” star Sophia Bush addressed her recent divorce and rumors of infidelity in a candid personal essay for Glamour magazine. In the cover story for the fashion magazine, Bush also came out as queer and confirmed that she is dating retired U.S. Women’s National Team soccer player Ashlyn Harris. In the essay, she described the cold feet she …
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From smart wearables like the Apple Watch or Garmin trackers to the celebrity-sported Oura ring and trendy WHOOP strap, health tech has come a long way from just tracking your steps. “There’s lots of different metrics now that we can begin to look at,” says Dr. Davin Lundquist, family physician and chief medical officer at Augmedix. “Anytime that we can …
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Former University of Southern California running back Reggie Bush is demanding accountability in the wake of allegations that led to him forfeiting his Heisman Trophy in 2010. Bush’s trophy was returned to him on Thursday after a 14-year dispute with the NCAA. He received the award for the most outstanding college football player in2005 when he played for the University …
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Two veteran astronauts flew to the Kennedy Space Center Thursday afternoon to prepare for the first piloted launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, a long-awaited flight running years behind schedule after two uncrewed test flights and extensive work to resolve a variety of technical problems. Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams, two of NASA’s most seasoned astronauts with four previous …
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