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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The first time Denys’s children heard fireworks go off in Spokane, Washington, they were terrified. His kids had grown up about 20 miles from the Russian border, in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and they knew too well the booms of Russian missile attacks and screeching sounds of Ukrainian air defenses. In 2023, after Russians attacked the hospital where his youngest daughter, Olivia, had recently been born, Denys knew he needed a way out, and fast. That’s when a former neighbor, living in an American city on the other side of the world, offered him an…

Netskope jumped more than 18% in its Nasdaq debut on Thursday, pushing the cybersecurity firm to $8.6 billion in market value.The stock debuted at $23 under the ticker symbol “NTSK,” after Netskope sold shares at $19 on Wednesday at the top end of its recently upped pricing range. The sale raised over $908 million.CEO and co-founder Sanjay Beri said in an interview with CNBC ahead of the first trade that the offering was more than 20 times oversubscribed. Netskope aims to help companies protect their data while harnessing artificial intelligence tools.”The world is moving to AI and cloud,” he said.…

Property taxes aren’t usually the biggest part of a monthly housing bill, but they’ve become a growing strain on household budgets.Homeowners are paying 27.4% more in property taxes than they did in 2019, CoreLogic data from 2024 shows. That may help explain why 67% of homeowners who budgeted for taxes said their bill came in higher than expected this year, according to a March survey by Ownwell.Property taxes were also the most-cited underestimated cost among Gen Z homeowners, according to a recent Insurify poll.Together, this data suggests that climbing property tax bills are making it harder for homeowners to plan…

While working as a teacher in Atlanta, Georgia, Lexi Smith, 24, found herself dreaming of seeing more of the world and living a simpler life.”I wasn’t quite loving the school system from having an overbearing administration that didn’t appreciate me to having a hard time living on my salary,” Smith tells CNBC Make It. “When I found out that I could teach abroad for a much easier life and the ability to see more culture, I had to jump on it.”Smith started looking into the possibility of going abroad to teach English and worked with a company called Xplore Asia,…

Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks at the Peterson Institute For International Economics in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to lift lower court rulings that have blocked President Donald Trump from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.The request came a day after Cook participated in a meeting of the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee, which decided to cut its benchmark overnight lending rate by a quarter percentage point.”This application involves yet another case of improper judicial interference with the President’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration moved Thursday to shut down a Miami organ donation group, calling it “failing” because of underperformance, unsafe practices and paperwork errors.The Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency is one of 55 organ procurement organizations, or OPOs, nonprofit agencies around the country that coordinate the recovery of organs from deceased donors and help match them to patients on the nation’s transplant waiting list.The administration cited an investigation that found a 2024 case where an unspecified mistake led a surgeon to decline a donated heart for a patient awaiting surgery.In a news briefing, Dr. Mehmet Oz, who…

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, over what it called “illegal” ticket resale tactics.The lawsuit was filed in federal court in California. Seven states joined in the lawsuit, including Florida, Illinois and Virginia.In the filing, the FTC wrote that the companies “tacitly worked” with scalpers, allowing them to “unlawfully purchase” tickets to increase their profits.”[Ticketmaster and Live Nation’s] illegal conduct frustrates artists’ desire to maintain affordable ticket prices that fit the needs of ordinary American families, costing ordinary fans millions of dollars every year,” the lawsuit reads.The lawsuit alleged Ticketmaster…

As a result of Israel’s ongoing deadly bombardment of Gaza City’s infrastructure, nearly one million Palestinians have been left in a total internet and telecommunications blackout.  While network in a few parts of the city have been restored, such as in the Baptist Hospital area, internet access remains shut down across most of Gaza City.  The shutdown of communications in the city began on Wednesday, coinciding with the advance of Israeli army vehicles into the city’s northwestern neighbourhoods The situation is extremely tense, with widespread fears over what will unfold in the coming days. Palestinians on the ground told Middle…

Viewed through the prism of Gio Reyna, is it a Fluch oder Segen (blessing or curse) that his new circumstances at Borussia Mönchengladbach have immediately taken on a new dimension?We genuinely can’t say just a few days on from the unsurprising departure of Gerardo Seoane, who became the second Bundesliga coach to be removed from his position already this season after Erik ten Hag down the road at Bayer Leverkusen. The Swiss tactician was on decidedly shaky ground going into Sunday’s ill-fated 4-0 home Packung (thrashing) at the hands of Werder Bremen.Too many negatives had piled up for sporting chief…

Car prices are still hovering near all-time highs, but one of the main reasons is that automakers are stacking their lineups with high-end vehicles.As of August, the share of new cars sold over $50,000 was almost double what it was in 2019, according to Cox Automotive. There were about 33 models for sale with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price, or MSRP, above $100,000 and 18 below $30,000.Wealthier customers have been boosted by rising house values, stock market returns and favorable credit, while lower- and middle-income buyers find themselves locked out.”We either need a much more viable, lower cost alternative or something…