The Trump administration has moved to wipe away a Biden-era education policy that tied LGBTQ guidance to Title IX, and the reaction has been loud. Supporters see it as a blunt reset that puts the rule back on firmer ground, while critics are treating it like a direct attack on protections they fought hard to expand. The change centers on…

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Business & Finance

The Federal Reserve’s first rate hike in more than three years is set to ripple through household budgets, and the impact will not be subtle for people leaning on variable-rate debt. Credit cards, HELOCs, and adjustable-rate loans are the pressure points, while fixed-rate borrowers mostly get to keep breathing normally. Savers may catch a small break, but for many families…

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Leaf blowers did not start out as the sleek, grab-and-go tools most people know today. In the 1970s, some of them looked more like odd little machines from a garage experiment than the compact blowers stacked on store shelves now. The path from those early designs to modern handheld and backpack models is a surprisingly short but busy stretch of…

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