Consumers are increasingly struggling to pay their credit card bills, raising concerns about severe delinquencies spiraling and sapping consumer spending.
Alex McCann
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Remember last year’s Memorial Day travel jams? Chances are they will be much worse this year
Highways and airports are likely to be jammed in the coming days as Americans head out on, and then home from, Memorial Day weekend getaways.
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Charlie Colin, founding member of the band Train, dies at 58 after slipping in shower
As a founding member of the pop-rock band, Colin played on the band’s first 3 records.
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Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92
The mustachioed character actor was best known for roles as smarmy villains, like the chauvinist boss in ‘9 to 5’ and the nasty TV director in ‘Tootsie.’
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Arthur Irving, who grew his family’s New Brunswick-based oil business, dies at 93
Irving Oil said in a statement that he died Monday. At the time of his death, he had an estimated net worth of $6.4 billion.
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Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester
A jury convicted Daniel Perry of murder in 2023, but Republican Gov. Greg Abbott called it a case of self-defense in a case that sparked outrage among conservatives.
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House votes to require delivery of bombs to Israel in Republican-led rebuke of Biden
But the White House has said Biden would veto the bill if it passes Congress, and the Democratic-led Senate seems certain to reject it.
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Walmart’s strong first quarter driven by Americans seeking bargains as inflation remains an issue
Walmart reported another quarter of strong results Thursday as its low prices pull in shoppers scouring for discounts with inflation stubbornly high.
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On Wall Street, Dow makes history by topping 40,000 for first time
The stock market’s advance has been fueled by bets the Federal Reserve will be able to cut interest rates this year.
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The Mirage casino, which ushered in an era of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts in the ’90s, is closing
The iconic hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors on July 17.