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Poet Li-Young Lee receives $100,000 lifetime achievement prize from Poetry Foundation

NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Li-Young Lee has won a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize, and Carole Boston Weatherford has been named the new Young People's Poet Laureate, the Poetry Foundation announced Tuesday.
'Someone is getting paid somewhere': An explainer on financial planning fees

'Someone is getting paid somewhere': An explainer on financial planning fees

While personal, your relationship with your wealth planner is also highly transactional, and understanding how these fees are structured is important when it comes to growing your money over time.

Keurig to pay $1.5M to settle SEC charges related to K-Cup pod recyclability statements

The Securities and Exchange Commission says that Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc. will pay $1.5 million to settle charges that it made inaccurate statements about the the recyclability of its K-Cup single use beverage pods.
As warming threatens polar bear tourism, a Canadian town adapts and thrives

As warming threatens polar bear tourism, a Canadian town adapts and thrives

Residents, government officials and experts say Churchill, Manitoba, is a model for coping with dramatic shifts and attribute it to the rural mindset that focuses on fixing, not whining.
Mel B joins a campaign calling for a new UK law to bar Afro hair discrimination

Mel B joins a campaign calling for a new UK law to bar Afro hair discrimination

LONDON (AP) — Former Spice Girl Mel B is among dozens of Black Britons urging Parliament to update the country's equality laws and prohibit Afro hair discrimination.
As warming threatens polar bear tourism and the ground below, a Canadian town adapts and thrives

As warming threatens polar bear tourism and the ground below, a Canadian town adapts and thrives

CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) — Change has broken, remade and continues to reshape this remote town where tundra meets forest on the shore of Hudson Bay. The economic base collapsed when the military left town.
EU's top court dismisses Apple's final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13B euros in back taxes

EU's top court dismisses Apple's final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13B euros in back taxes

BRUSSELS (AP) — Apple on Tuesday lost its last bid to avoid paying 13 billion euros ($14.
Book Review: Brathwaite flexes his writing chops and expands Black literary canon with debut 'Rage'

Book Review: Brathwaite flexes his writing chops and expands Black literary canon with debut 'Rage'

There was a class at my university called Black Arts, Black Power. Lester Fabian Brathwaite’s “Rage” would fit snugly right into that syllabus.
Fall's the time to renovate your lawn. Here's how

Fall's the time to renovate your lawn. Here's how

If you’re growing cool-season grasses, like Kentucky or Canada bluegrass, ryegrass, or tall or fine fescues, and your lawn has been thinning, patchy or discolored, now is the time to do something about it.
Southwest shakes up board after coming under pressure from big shareholder

Southwest shakes up board after coming under pressure from big shareholder

Southwest Airlines will revamp its board and its chairman will retire next year, but it intends to keep CEO Robert Jordan after a meeting with hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has sought a leadership shakeup at the airline including Jo