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How to score $3 movie tickets this weekend

The nation’s theater chains want you to spend a day at the movies this weekend. More than 3,000 theaters will be participating in the first ever National Cinema Day on Saturday, Sept. 3. Theaters will be selling tickets for every movie — including more expensive formats like IMAX and 3D …

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Clarence Thomas wife Ginni urged Wisconsin to reverse Trump election loss

Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, moderates a pannel discussion titled “When did World War III Begin? Part A: Threats at Home” during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center February 23, 2017 in National Harbor, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla | …

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Bank of America to help minorities buy first homes with new mortgages

Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images To help narrow a homeownership gap among Black and Hispanic-Latino communities, Bank of America is launching new zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgage products to help people in minority communities buy their first homes. The program — called the Community Affordable Loan …

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Car shopping over Labor Day weekend? Here’s what you can expect

Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images In pre-pandemic years, Labor Day sales events offered generous discounts on new cars as dealerships aimed to clear out current-year models and start selling the next year’s versions. These days? Not so much. The average new-car discount offered by manufacturers is down an …

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Shopify warns sellers against using Amazon’s ‘Buy With Prime’ service

The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 28, 2018. Chris Wattie | Reuters Shopify is pushing back on Amazon’s one-click checkout service. The e-commerce platform is warning merchants who try to install Amazon’s Buy With Prime button on their storefront that it violates …

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Republicans may try to block student loan forgiveness

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is reportedly considering a challenge to President Biden’s student loan forgiveness effort. Anna Rose Layden | Getty Images News | Getty Images A number of Republican legislators may bring a legal challenge against President Joe Biden’s historic announcement last week that he’d forgive the student debt …

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Nvidia says U.S. government allows A.I. chip development in China

A sign is posted at the Nvidia headquarters on May 25, 2022 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Nvidia on Thursday said the U.S. Government will allow it to continue developing its H100 artificial intelligence chip in China. It’s a win for the company after it warned …

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GM’s Cruise recalls and updates self-driving software following crash

A robot car of the General Motors subsidiary Cruise is on a test drive. Andrej Sokolow | picture alliance | Getty Images General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit Cruise has recalled and updated software in 80 self-driving robotaxis after a June crash in San Francisco that resulted in minor injuries, according …

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Borrowers react to Biden plan

Alexandra Steinheimer has dreamt of a life free from student debt since she graduated college over a decade ago.  She holds about $20,000 in student loan debt, half of which is in federal loans. At times, the debt has felt like an “inescapable burden,” the 35-year-old says, causing her to …

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Amazon took solar rooftops offline last year after fires, explosions

Amazon turned off solar energy systems at all of its U.S. facilities in 2021 after a rash of fires and explosions, including one at its Fresno warehouse in 2020. Fresno Fire Department On the afternoon of April 14, 2020, dozens of firefighters arrived at an Amazon warehouse in Fresno, California, …

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