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Bolivian police have seized more than 7.2 tons of cocaine that was found hidden in scrap metal headed for a port in neighboring Chile for export to Europe, the nation’s Interior Minister announced Monday. Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo said at the Monday press conference that it was the second-largest drug bust in the country’s history, and would deprive drug …

The executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, died after a shootout at his home, officials said Thursday. The shootout took place early Tuesday as federal agents tried to serve a search warrant at the home of the airport’s director, Bryan Malinowski, authorities said. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosivessaid agents …

German archaeologists discovered a complex ancient burial ground, including a chariot grave, while excavating an industrial park where construction is set to begin on a new facility for Intel, the American chip manufacturing company. The site is near Magdeburg, about 100 miles west of Berlin, and plans to build two semiconductor plants on the land is meant to begin later …

If you’re trying to pay off high-interest credit card debt, the process can feel like an endless cycle of stress and mounting interest charges. And, that’s especially true right now. The Fed rate hikes that occurred over the last couple of years have caused credit card interest rates to climb, so if you’re carrying a balance from month to month, …

Dr. Dre said he endured three strokes while he was hospitalized for a brain aneurysm in January 2021. “It’s just something that you can’t control that just happens, and during those two weeks, I had three strokes,” the rapper and producer told James Corden last week in an interview. “I got up, and I went on about my day, and …

Taylor Swift is known to have an energetic fan base, but just how much energy can 70,000 Swifties generate? A group of scientists in California may have an answer based on earthquake-like signals from her Los Angeles Eras Tour concert at SoFi Stadium on Aug. 5, 2023. After Swift’s concerts at Seattle’s Lumen Field in July caused seismic activity, a …

The upcoming solar eclipse on April 8 will darken the sky for millionsas the moon passes in front of the sun – but the spectacle could also affect how much solar power gets generated. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, known as ERCOT, which provides solar service to 90% of the state, says the event will affect solar production in …

American homeowners are sitting on a significant sum of equity. In fact, the average homeowner has about $298,000 in equity, according to the data firm CoreLogic. That equity can be turned into cash using tools like home equity loans or HELOCs and used to renovate your home, pay off debts, or achieve other financial goals. Some homeowners even use these …

When it comes to financial investments, the timing needs to be right. If you get started too late with a certain stock, for example, you may miss out on big returns. But if you get started too early, the return on your investment may be negligible. The timing needs to be right to earn substantial returns without sacrificing capital that …

The iconic pink and white blossoms that transform Washington, D.C., at the beginning of spring have officially hit their earliest peak bloom recorded in at least 20 years. It’s one of the earliest days it’s happened in the area on record — and experts say it will likely keep shifting earlier. Peak bloom occurs when 70% of the Yoshino cherry …