BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs declared a state of emergency recently after the Bench and Beachcomb fires merged, consuming more than 60,000 acres. At least six homes have been destroyed by the wildfires in the Warm Springs area. The crisis on the reservation comes as more than 1 million acres
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The confidential company document has a new address: someone’s personal chatbot history. In a July 2026 survey of 500 employed U.S. adults commissioned by Kolmogorov Law, a California business-litigation firm, and conducted through the Pollfish research platform, 38% admitted they have entered at least one type of work information into a personal AI account
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Whether your roof is dripping steadily during a heavy storm or you notice a water stain on your ceiling, a leak can cause immense stress. If not tackled properly and on time, water intrusion can have severe consequences, some of which can affect your home’s structural integrity and your insurance claim. While your first
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Each year, July is one of the peak times for moving. In recent years, moving in July has typically involved some sticker shock. High home prices and equally lofty rental costs have left young adults between a rock and a hard place as they try to find a place to launch out on their
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For years, the warning has been the same: AI is coming for jobs. But the data from businesses actually using it shows otherwise. Small businesses using AI are four times more likely to say it helped them hire than say it led to cuts, according to the 2026 AI Impact Report from Intuit QuickBooks.
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In the summer of 2018, Bobby Healy was sitting in his garden in a Dublin suburb, enjoying a glass of wine, when he decided he wanted nothing more than a bag of fries to go along with his drink. But there was a problem. “It was impossible to get a delivery here on the
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Splitting a music festival ticket into payments with buy-now-pay-later apps isn’t necessarily reckless. It might be one of the smarter money moves to make right now, Intuit TurboTax reports. Here’s how to do it right. Key takeaways For many, epic memories are replacing traditional milestones. Experiences make you happier than stuff, and research agrees.
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At 28, Logan became what he calls a “walking zombie.” He had crushing fatigue, no sex drive, little emotion, and no motivation. Blood tests from his primary care doctor showed a testosterone level around 180 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dL), well below the standard diagnostic cutoff for low testosterone. But because his doctor wasn’t experienced
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Your car, truck, or SUV may not always perform as expected. If your vehicle is sputtering, hesitates when you press on the gas, or feels like there’s insufficient power, your fuel pump may be to blame. The signs of a failing fuel pump are varied, but your driving experience is the best place to
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A tick latches onto the skin, feeds for hours or days, and can transmit dangerous pathogens. Knowing what symptoms to watch for in the days after a tick bite can mean the difference between early treatment and serious complications. Tick-borne diseases include Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis, and anaplasmosis, each with distinct
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Around 4 million homes have been sold in the U.S. each year going back to 2023, which might superficially suggest that the real estate agents overseeing this vast volume of property transactions are overburdened. However, this vast industry comprises more than 1.5 million members of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). In that context,
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Family disagreements about an aging parent’s care are more common than many caregivers realize. One sibling may see growing safety concerns, while another sees a parent determined to remain independent. These conflicts often involve more than care decisions alone — they can reflect different experiences, responsibilities, fears, and family dynamics. Experts say that while
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A third of parents will use a credit card as their primary payment method for back-to-school shopping this year, according to a Motley Fool Money survey of 2,000 parents of K-12 students in the U.S. conducted in July 2026. With back-to-school shopping expected to average around $864 per family this year, according to the
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Maybe you work from home and your entire business runs from your laptop. You don’t have employees, a storefront or a fleet of vehicles. So it’s natural to wonder: Is my small business too small for business insurance? The answer is: Probably not. The risks of running a business depend more on what you
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If you work in sales, marketing, or legal, there’s a decent chance someone on your team built an AI-powered tool in the last few months. It could be a workflow, a custom chatbot, or an automation that pulls data from multiple systems. Building it didn’t require IT and it likely works just fine. But
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Last-minute private aviation bookings impose predictable cost penalties that erode quarterly travel budgets. When corporate treasurers wait until the final days to confirm flights, they surrender pricing power to the market. Empty repositioning legs, fuel surcharges, peak-window premiums, and dynamic pricing all compound into single-booking costs that spike far beyond early-booking rates. As BlackJet,
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A digital business card is the modern replacement for the paper card you hand over at a meeting, a conference booth, or a jobsite. Instead of printing your name, title, and phone number onto a stack of cardstock, you share a link, a QR code, or a wallet pass that opens a page holding
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Back-to-school season has always stretched family budgets, but this year, parents are starting from a deeper hole. Key takeaways: 57% of parents are entering back-to-school season with credit card debt, and nearly half (48%) have opened or plan to open a new credit card—or increase their credit limit—to help cover back-to-school expenses. 45% of
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Even as job seekers fret about artificial intelligence and tech behemoths announce massive layoffs, Matt Walsh is finding it surprisingly hard to help technology companies hire certain kinds of workers. That’s what Walsh’s recruiting firm, Blue Signal, does. And in specialties including semiconductor production, “the unemployment rate is probably negative 20%,” the CEO of
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At the January benchmark, an investment of 500,000 euros translated to about $586,050. At the latest available benchmark, the same euro amount translated to $570,900, a difference of $15,150. This is a currency-translation exercise, not a historical audit of immigration rules. It applies both exchange rates to the current standard or listed amounts shown
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