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remortgage mortgage

Business & Lifestyle

Is it the right time for a remortgage?

Borrowers have to think about remortgages under certain circumstances. The goal is to save money and to keep on paying the loan at the low fixed interest rate you first secured when you borrowed the money. Whenever your current mortgage deal is about to end, you should shop around for new fixed rates. This will save you time, money, and effort. As a general rule, do this six months before your current contract ends. This will ensure that your loan […]

todayJuly 14, 2021 63

Pritzker

Capitol News Illinois

Pritzker signs bill expanding covered Medicaid services

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinois residents who have health coverage through Medicaid now have access to a broad range of services including mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, smoking cessation, and dental services. Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed Senate Bill 2294, which passed unanimously out of both chambers during the spring legislative session. “This legislation that I'm signing into law today is a product of our passionately dedicated, bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators who are part of the […]

todayJuly 6, 2021 21

Joey Chestnut

Entertainment

Chestnut relishes Nathan’s hot dog eating contest with record 76

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (UPI) -- Joey Chestnut chowed down a record 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes for his 14th title and surpassing his record by one last year as Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest returned outdoors on Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., Sunday after it went inside during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Chestnut, 37, of San Jose, Calif., captured the mustard belt by dwarfing the 18-man field with Jeffrey Esper, 46, of Oxford, Mass., second with 50. […]

todayJuly 4, 2021 35

gas leak

Business & Lifestyle

Gas leak causes “eye of fire” in Gulf of Mexico, investigation underway

CAMPECHE SOUND, Mexico (UPI) -- Mexico's Pemex is launching an investigation into a huge gas pipeline fire in the Gulf of Mexico that occurred Friday morning. The blaze resembled a large "eye of fire" and was circulated on social media due to its unusual shape. Pemex said in a statement published on Twitter that the fire was caused by an underwater gas leak at approximately 5:15 a.m. local time. It was close to an oil platform and put out by 10:45 […]

todayJuly 3, 2021 78

Richa

Business & Lifestyle

Branson to be onboard Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed spaceflight

MOJAVE, Calif. (UPI) -- Virgin Galactic announced Thursday it will launch its first fully crewed spaceflight on July 11 with founder Richard Branson onboard. The space tourism company said it will launch the 22nd flight of its VSS Unity spacecraft with a full crew of two pilots and four mission specialists, including Branson who will test the "private astronaut experience." "After more than 16 years of research, engineering, and testing, Virgin Galactic stands at the vanguard of a new commercial space […]

todayJuly 1, 2021 40

Illinois economy

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois economy surges in first quarter

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – The Illinois economy showed strong signs of recovery during the first quarter of 2021 as businesses continued to reopen from the pandemic and direct government payments flowed to businesses and individual consumers. Data released last week from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis showed the state’s economy grew at an annual rate of 6.4 percent during the quarter as its gross domestic product – the market value of all goods and services produced by labor […]

todayJune 29, 2021 16

print messages iPhone

Technology News

How to print messages from your iPhone

Millions use iPhones for daily communication. Text messages may become crucial keepsakes for work and school, as memories, or even as pieces of evidence in court. However, the iPhone messaging app does not feature AirPrint, so you can’t use it to print the message like a photo. Furthermore, our phones can be stolen, our messages can be wiped by accident, and our storage memory can run out. One way to prepare for these situations is to print out our text […]

todayJune 28, 2021 30

HIV prevention

Heartland Newsfeed Podcast Network

HIV prevention experts urge regular testing

CHICAGO (Public News Service)  -- This Sunday is National HIV Testing Day, when people are urged to find out their HIV status and work to end the stigma around HIV and AIDS. Jim Pickett, senior director of prevention advocacy and gay men's health for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, said it's important for people to know testing can be done quickly, within a half-hour or less. He pointed out for those who test negative, there's the option to take a prescription […]

todayJune 25, 2021 150

Great Western

Business & Lifestyle

New ownership looks to expand Great Western

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” That quote is more than valid for Great Western Products in rural Assumption, who has built a 25-plus year tradition in Christian County. “A lot of folks do not realize that we are there,” stated Rocky Franklin, the company’s vice president, from their corporate office in Hollywood, AL. “It just looks like we’re an extension of the property in front of us.” A quick rundown of what Great Western does […]

todayJune 16, 2021 307

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