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LOS ANGELES — One person is dead after a car exploded in Palm Springs, California, at 11 a.m., a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said.”This was a powerful explosion,” the source said, describing a very large debris field and damage to multiple businesses nearby.The identity of the deceased person and their involvement in the explosion is not yet clear.Five people were injured, two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation told NBC News. The nature and seriousness of the injuries were not disclosed.There is no information yet on a possible motive, including whether a nearby fertility clinic was targeted.The…

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A “Rail Service Suspended” sign is displayed at the Secaucus Junction Station in Secaucus, New Jersey, during a transit strike on May 16, 2025. Leonardo Munoz | Afp | Getty ImagesTalks aimed at settling a strike between train engineers and New Jersey’s huge commuter railroad will pick up on Saturday and continue Sunday, New Jersey Transit CEO Kris Kolluri said.The locomotive engineers’ strike began Friday at the rail system with 350,000 daily riders and left commuters either working from home or searching for other ways to travel across the state or over the Hudson River to New York City.Kolluri spoke…

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U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters aboard Air Force One, en route to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on May 15, 2025.Brian Snyder | ReutersAs the Trump administration ramps up its student loan collection efforts, worried borrowers need to ask themselves a key question: Am I delinquent, or in default? The answer determines your best next steps.”We’ve had a lot of clients contacting us recently who are extremely stressed and, in some cases panicked, about their loan situation,” said Nancy Nierman, assistant director of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program in New York.More from Personal Finance:How many consumers are…

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The past few years have seen “Abbott Elementary” star and creator Quinta Brunton take home multiple Emmys, a Golden Globe and even a Peabody award.But the 35-year-old comedy star isn’t surprised by her success. On a recent appearance on “Good Hang with Amy Poehler,” Brunson said that if you asked her 10 years ago what she would say if she knew how many accomplishments she had ahead of her, she would probably think everything was going exactly according to plan.”I think 2014 me would be like, ‘Exactly. Period,'” she said with a laugh.”I was a very determined, knew-where-I-was-going girl,” she…

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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, while he boards Air Force One, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025. Brian Snyder | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to speak separately to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday in an effort to reach a ceasefire.”I WILL BE SPEAKING, BY TELEPHONE, TO PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN OF RUSSIA ON MONDAY, AT 10:00 A.M. THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE “BLOODBATH” THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK, AND TRADE,” Trump said in a Saturday post on Truth…

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Back in 2003, I spent a semester in L’Aquila, Italy and fell in love with the country. That study abroad experience changed the trajectory of my life. Two years later, I returned to pursue my master’s degree in marketing management and communications at Bocconi University in Milan. Fashionable, fast-paced Milan was miles away from the sleepy, neighborly L’Aquila, and the city’s nightlife actually reminded me of my hometown of Miami. After I finished school, I knew I wanted to stay. It was the beginning of a two-decade-long, and counting, love affair with Italy. I moved here permanently in 2012 after I married…

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People shop at a Walmart in Rosemead, California, on April 11, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump blasted Walmart on Saturday after the retailer warned this week that it will raise prices because of tariffs.”Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, “EAT THE TARIFFS,” and not charge valued customers ANYTHING,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!”Walmart CFO John David Rainey said in an interview on Thursday that “We have not seen price increases at this magnitude, in the speed in which they’re coming at us before, and…

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UnitedHealth was noticeably absent from the major averages’ surge this past week – and shares of the beleaguered insurer have become historically oversold. The health insurance giant was one of a small handful of names to sit out this week’s rally, in which stocks rebounded after U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to slash tariffs for 90 days. The S & P 500 posted a weekly gain of 5.3%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average became positive for 2025. In what was an ugly week for UnitedHealth, the insurer’s shares touched a fresh 5-year low on Thursday after The Wall Street…

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President Donald Trump wants to revive the struggling coal industry in the U.S. by deploying plants to power the data centers that the Big Tech companies are building to train artificial intelligence.Trump issued an executive order in April that directed his Cabinet to find areas of the U.S. where coal-powered infrastructure is available to support AI data centers and determine whether the infrastructure can be expanded to meet the growing electricity demand from the nation’s tech sector.Trump has repeatedly promoted coal as power source for data centers. The president told the World Economic Forum in January that he would approve…

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I can’t be the only parent of college-age kids who routinely texts them, “Have fun. Not too much.” This roughly captures the recent market moment. Investors have loosened up and are deservedly enjoying the resounding six-week market comeback — which takes them ever closer to the hard-to-discern line between harmless fun and reckless indulgence. Bursting from a position of extreme fear and torrid liquidation culminating on April 7, at the point of maximum tariff aggression, the indexes have responded as if the waterfall near-20% sell-off from February’s peak severely overshot fundamental reality. From technical conditions that were “so bad they’re…

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