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Despite hosting more politic A top Delta executive is leaving weeks after the airline's slow response to tech outage 08/23/2024 01:22pm • Delta Air Lines said Friday that its chief operating officer will leave the company next week after a little more than a year in the airline business to take another job. The departure of Michael Spanos comes a few weeks after Delta canceled thousands of flights during a botched recovery from a glob Son of Texas woman who died in June says apartment complex drops effort to collect for broken lease 08/23/2024 12:37pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) 鈥� A San Antonio apartment complex has dropped its attempt to collect more than $15,000 from the family of a 91-year-old woman for breaking her lease after she died in June, the woman's son said Friday. 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Originally titled "Grand Theft Lotto" (a better title actually), the film is set in the near futu How to prepare for the Fed's forthcoming interest rate cuts 08/23/2024 10:55am • NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The Federal Reserve is poised to cut its benchmark interest rate next month from its 23-year high, with consequences for consumers when it comes to debt, savings, auto loans and mortgages. Right now, most experts envision three quarter-point Fed cuts 鈥� in September, November and The 'joyful' Democratic convention is over. The real test for Kamala Harris' campaign now begins 08/23/2024 01:05am • CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� Over and over, from the massive stage in the electric convention hall, the Democrats this week predicted Kamala Harris would defeat Donald Trump. They described her as a historic figure, the embodiment of hope, 鈥渢he president of joy.鈥� But amid the extraordinary optimism, former Harris' big moment, Dems' rising stars, Gaza protesters shut out. 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