Having friends and family over for a Memorial Day barbecue will cost you more this year, with the price of many grilling staples having risen even more sharply than that of other groceries. Americans will pay an average of just over 10% more this year than in 2023 for barbecue basics including ground beef, hot dogs, buns, relish, ketchup and …
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If you need to borrow money, you may want to consider tapping into your home equity. After all, the average American homeowner has nearly $300,000 in equity in their home. In turn,tapping into your equity could give you the funds you need for a wide range of purposes. And if you’re going to borrow against your home equity, you have …
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Your Rich BFF founder Vivian Tu has quickly emerged as one of the most prominent personal finance influencers, with millions of followers on Instagram, TikTok and other social media platforms. A former Wall Street trader, the 30-year-old shifted gears after noticing that many of her coworkers from the corporate world needed help even with basic financial tasks. Through Your Rich …
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After nearly three weeks of exhaustive tests and data analysis, NASA managers said Friday they are confident Boeing’s oft-delayed Starliner crew capsule can safely launch “as is” on June 1, saying a small helium leak in the ship’s propulsion system does not pose a flight safety concern. Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, said even if a suspect …
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Two years after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the Biden campaign released a new digital ad that hammers former President Donald Trump on gun control. “We honor those we lost in Uvalde,” the ad says in text that appears over a black screen. As “Ave Maria” plays, the text continues, and an altar memorializing the …
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Cracker Barrel has long been known for its combination of rustic charm and country dishes like biscuits and gravy. But its new CEO said that the old approach isn’t working any longer — and she’s planning some major changes. “We’re just not as relevant as we once were,” Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino said on a May 16 conference …
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This year has already amazed skygazers with arare solar eclipseand ageomagnetic stormthat causedstunning Northern Lights displaysaround the world, but there are still more incredible cosmic displays to come. Six planets are expected to align next month, creating what theWeather Channel refers to asa “planetary parade.” The stunning alignment will occur just before sunrise on June 3, 2024. During the solar …
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Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWinesaid Thursday that he is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden is on the state’s 2024 ballot. The special session was called for Tuesday. “Ohio is running out of time to get Joe Biden, the sitting president of the United States, on the …
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The U.S. Postal Service is urging customers to upgrade to new jumbo mailboxes, with the postal agency saying that these larger receptacles are better able to handle more of the types of packages that people order from online retailers. The USPS is alerting customers about the bigger mailboxes for what it calls “mailbox improvement week,” which occurs the third week …
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One day after former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she would vote for former President Donald Trump in November, Trump addressed Haley’s remarks Thursday after a rally in the Bronx — his first major campaign event in New York City since 2016. “I think she’s going to be on our team because we have a lot of the same …
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