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NEW YORK (AP) — “Junk fees” are just what they sound like: hidden or misleading charges that increase the total cost of concert tickets, hotel rooms, utility bills and other goods and services. The Biden administration has proposed a new Federal Trade Commission rule that would require more transparency from companies when it comes to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When the WREG Problem Solvers met Linda Lambert, she was battling blood pressure problems from stress. Lambert, 81, had gone all winter without heat in her Germantown home. “I’m worn out and I’m cold. It’s cold in here,” she said. She blamed First American Home Warranty and described a list of failures […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A United States Postal Service employee is facing charges after she allegedly stole a check out of the mail and deposited it, Memphis Police say. According to reports, the victim filed a police report in Idaho after a check was stolen out of the mail. The $638.17 check was deposited at Bank […]

The government’s report Thursday that the economy grew at a 1.1% annual rate last quarter signaled that one of the most-anticipated recessions in recent U.S. history has yet to arrive. Many economists, though, still expect a recession to hit as soon as the current April-June quarter — or soon thereafter.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s report Thursday that the economy grew at a 1.1% annual rate last quarter signaled that one of the most-anticipated recessions in recent U.S. history has yet to arrive. Many economists, though, still expect a recession to hit as soon as the current April-June quarter — or soon thereafter. The economy’s […]

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Sexual abuse in the nation’s federal prisons must be rooted out, the Justice Department’s second-highest-ranking leader told prison wardens gathered for their first nationwide training since revelations that a toxic, permissive culture at a California prison allowed abuse to run rampant. The Associated Press gained exclusive access to the training Tuesday […]

EVERETT, Wa. (AP) — Terrica Purvis squinted through goggles as her hands carefully guided a pipette full of indigo-tinted fluid into clear glass test tubes. It was the last chemistry lab of the winter quarter at Everett Community College. Purvis was working through the steps of what chemistry professor Valerie Mosser jokingly refers to as […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The closest Senorita Hall has gotten to her champagne-colored Acura over the last several months has been from the other side of a barbed wire fence. Hall had her car towed to Dang & Sons Auto Repair in October for what she thought would be a quick repair job. Six months later, […]

The road to the U.S. Open began this week for thousands of players, with an 18-hole local qualifier in the Houston area on Monday and another in North Carolina on Wednesday. A dozen or so players from LIV Golf already decided to pass by not entering. That includes Louis Oosthuizen, a runner-up at Torrey Pines […]

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