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Rick Derringer, who had a hit with 'Hang On Sloopy' and produced 'Weird Al,' dies at 77

05/27/2025 10:04pm
Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame when his band The McCoys recorded "Hang On Sloopy," and earned a Grammy Award for producing "Weird Al" Yankovic's debut album, has died. He was 77.

Trump delays EU tariffs until July 9; European markets rally

05/27/2025 9:48pm
President Donald Trump backed away from his threat to impose 50% tariffs on imports from the European Union next month to allow for talks between Washington and the 27-nation bloc to produce a deal.

Tuesday is the last day to get free checked bags through Southwest Airlines

05/27/2025 9:26pm
For decades, Southwest Airlines has been known for the fact that all its passengers get two free checked bags, but starting Wednesday, that will no longer be the case.

LA fires could drastically drive up insurance premiums — and test California's new market rules

05/27/2025 5:43pm
California's plan to fix the insurance crisis had barely rolled out when the Los Angeles fires began. Can the market recover and stabilize?

US consumer confidence improves in May, tariffs anxiety lingers

05/27/2025 4:32pm
Consumer confidence improved in May after deteriorating for five straight months amid a truce in the trade war between Washington and China, though households continued to worry about tariffs raising prices and hurting the economy.

Southwest Airlines reveals how much it will cost to check a bag

05/27/2025 2:33pm
New York (cnn) — Southwest Airlines has put a price tag on checking bags, a coveted free perk that is about to

FBI announces new probes into Dobbs Supreme Court leak, White House cocaine incident

05/27/2025 6:51am
The FBI will launch new probes into the 2023 discovery of cocaine at the White House and the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a top official announced on Monday.