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  • Liz Weston: 3 steps to downsize in a hurry

    May 15, 2023 - 6:03 AM

    Ideally, you’d spend months or even years carefully purging excess belongings — but life may have other plans. Maybe you or someone you love has a health crisis and needs to move into assisted living. Or someone has died and their home has to be cleared before next month’s rent is due. Maybe you’re just moving soon and want to significantly lighten your load.

  • Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes

    January 28, 2023 - 7:39 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Across the country, there’s a silent frustration brewing about an age-old practice that many say is getting out of hand: tipping.

  • Why booking directly with airlines can be more expensive

    November 23, 2022 - 6:25 AM

    Early in the pandemic, many travelers experienced headaches while trying to rebook air travel purchased through third parties such as Orbitz and Kayak. Overloaded customer service centers and constantly changing airline policies resulted in a big mess at these agencies, prompting many travelers to book directly through the airline to avoid future issues.

  • When destitute small towns mean dangerous tap water

    November 04, 2022 - 11:36 AM

    KEYSTONE, W.Va. (AP) — Donna Dickerson’s heart would sink every time she’d wake up, turn on the faucet in her mobile home and hear the pipes gurgling.

  • Poor, less white US neighborhoods get worst internet deals

    October 19, 2022 - 8:34 AM

    A couple of years into the pandemic, Shirley Neville had finally had enough of her shoddy internet service.

  • Poor, less white US neighborhoods get worst internet deals

    October 19, 2022 - 8:32 AM

    A couple of years into the pandemic, Shirley Neville had finally had enough of her shoddy internet service.

  • Battle heats up over remaining federal rental assistance

    April 03, 2022 - 6:47 AM

    In her office at a nonprofit in central Nebraska, Karen Rathke routinely encounters residents still stung by the pandemic and hoping to get help with their rent.

  • Postal hike doesn't stop catalogers from stuffing mailboxes

    December 16, 2021 - 5:36 AM

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A big postal rate increase over the summer hasn’t stopped catalog retailers from stuffing mailboxes this holiday season.

  • Tokyo shapes up to be No-Fun Olympics with many rules, tests

    June 22, 2021 - 9:08 PM

    TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics, already delayed by the pandemic, are not looking like much fun: Not for athletes. Not for fans. And not for the Japanese public. They are caught between concerns about the coronavirus at a time when few are vaccinated on one side and politicians who hope to save face by holding the games and the International Olympic Committee with billions of dollars on the line on the other.

  • Are female-led companies the answer to sexual misconduct?

    February 17, 2018 - 11:37 AM

    NEW YORK - The Weinstein Co. thought it had found a path to survival. A group of investors led by a respected businesswoman offered to acquire the company, rebrand it and install a female-led board of directors. It was eye-catching idea in a country where men dominate corporate boards in almost every industry.
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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