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Apple turned a lot of heads when it said it wouldn’t charge more despite higher costs to make the devices.

While the overwhelming majority of charities are legitimate, looking into a charity before supporting it can help you avoid supporting scams and make better-informed decisions.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese consumer spending and factory output edged up in August but still were weak, official data showed Friday, and forecasters warned the second-largest economy is vulnerable to repeated shutdowns of cities to fight virus outbreaks. Housing sales plummeted while prices edged lower, adding to a slide in real estate activity under pressure […]

PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) — Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing into one of the plastic tanks on the truck’s flat bed. His timer is set for 5 minutes, 20 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG)– It took three years for police to build their case, but they say they were able to finally bust a moving company owner for allegedly scamming his customers. Shannon Leggett thought she had done her research when she hired Spyder Moving Services earlier this year to help with a move from Memphis […]

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (AP) — Derrek McIntosh was left homeless twice within weeks — first by floodwaters that destroyed his eastern Kentucky home, then when a fire burned down the house he stayed in with relatives. Now that he’s moved into a temporary travel trailer, McIntosh said he no longer worries where he’ll lay his head […]

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MEMPHIS, Tenn.– On a normal day like any other, Joppa Martin left her apartment. She found shattered glass in the place where she left her car parked the night before. “It was gone. It was gone,” Martin said. “I was kinda shocked.” Martin is not alone. Memphis car thefts have increased by nearly 60 percent […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, often knocks President Joe Biden for high inflation and a looming recession — a standard GOP argument going into the November elections. But inflation is even worse in major Texas cities than across the nation as a whole. Government figures show inflation is 10.2% in the Houston area […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A Hickory Hill woman is charged with numerous counts of property theft, forgery, criminal impersonation, identity theft and fraudulently filing Quit Claim Deeds against several Memphians. Police say Antonia Young was able to fraudulently transfer property to a business she and her husband run. We asked Daniel Irwin with the Better Business Bureau […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A victim of an $80,000 cryptocurrency scam sat with WREG to share his story and warn others. Ricky Smith said he does not want anyone else to go through what he’s experiencing. “People be careful, please,” he said. “I’m in a terrible situation now because I have no other assets at this […]