• Why homicide rates are falling across the country

    Homicides are falling across the U.S. And that shift could impact the role crime — often a top voter concern — plays as an issue in November's election. But it is a phenomenon for which experts don't have a clear explanation. Some say homicide peaks come and go in cycles, some say policing improved after the []

  • My Teen Son Stole My Car & Drove Across the Country While I Was on a Work Trip

    A 17-year-old boy from Wisconsin allegedly took his dad's car without permission and drove to Florida while he was on a work trip.

  • Car insurance rates are nuts right now. Here’s how to lower your bill when cash is tight.

    Car insurance costs are pretty brutal at the moment — they’re up more than 22% since this time last year. There’s plenty you can do to lower your bill, but some of the best advice out there still requires a certain amount of upfront cash. For example, paying your annual premium all in one go could eliminate the extra fees some insurers charge customers for paying month by month. But that may not be an option if your budget is tight and your premium has surged. Insurers have been playing catch-up...

  • Average car insurance bills rocket to almost £1,000: Costs surge £284 in just ONE year

    Figures have revealed the shocking rise people are paying for car insurance premiums, with average prices having skyrocketing by £403, which is almost double what they were three years ago.

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    When does car insurance cover hail damage?

    Cheap Insurance explains when auto coverage for hail damage kicks in and how to file a claim.

  • Mass Pro-Palestine Protests Across the Country

    After Iran launched over 300 missiles and drones against Israel in retaliation for its killing of two Revolutionary Guards Corps leaders at the beginning of April, hundreds, likely thousands, of pro-Palestine (again, they are really pro-Hamas) protesters began demonstrating en masse in New York, Chicago, and on the Golden Gate Bridge in California.

  • How the Columbia protests sparked campus demonstrations across the country

    It just added fuel to the fire. The decision by Columbia University’s president, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, to call in the New York Police Department to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus last week appears to have sparked the spate of increasingly strident demonstrations that have erupted at universities in New York City and across the country in recent days, students and faculty members said. Since Thursday, when police arrested 108 Columbia University demonstrators, including Rep....

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    New law will require all Virginians to have car insurance

    If you don’t have car insurance in Virginia, it may be time to do some shopping.

  • Students in Indiana and across the country impacted by FAFSA delays

    This year the U.S. Department of Education rolled out a new form, and that is where the issues started.

  • Millions of drivers warned over paying for car insurance monthly

    And home insurers are charging nearly 35 per cent APR on monthly payments, the consumer group said.

  • Microsoft Surges As AI-Growth Drives Across-The-Board Beat

    Microsoft Surges As AI-Growth Drives Across-The-Board Beat Investors can exhale after META's meltdown as MSFT just reported better-than-expected revenues in Q3 of $61.86 billion (estimate $60.87 billion). All the business segments also beat expectations: Productivity and Business Processes revenue $19.57 billion, estimate $19.54 billion More Personal Computing revenue $15.58 billion, estimate $15.07 billion With the AI-exposed segments strong: Microsoft Cloud revenue...

  • Auto insurance rates are up 22% from a year ago—and are fueling inflation

    Relentlessly rising auto insurance rates are squeezing car owners and stoking inflation. Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level steadily cooled from its 9.1% peak in the middle of that year. Consumers have had some relief as the rate of cost increases for food and energy, two key components of most budgets, has eased greatly. But auto insurance and car...