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Joseph Sohm // Shutterstock The draft is a seminal moment for many incoming players. Putting aside competitive stakes, each young athlete’s life is irreversibly altered by the fame and fortune that comes with being an NBA player. The exorbitant contract values ensures these players almost never have to worry about personal finances. Plus, these
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Merge Digital Media LLC // Shutterstock The draft is a seminal moment for many incoming players. Putting aside competitive stakes, each young athlete’s life is irreversibly altered by the fame and fortune that comes with being an NBA player. The exorbitant contract values ensures these players almost never have to worry about personal finances.
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beeboys // Shutterstock Stacker compiled the richest billionaires in California using data from Forbes. Net worth is as of June 18, 2026. The first billionaire is generally considered to be John D. Rockefeller in 1916, though some argue it was Henry Ford in 1925. Fast-forward over 100 years and there are now around 3,000
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beton studio // Shutterstock Ask anyone what summer tastes like, and you’ll get a different answer. A perfectly ripe peach. Sweet corn straight off the grill. Watermelon at a Fourth of July cookout. The list is different for everyone, but the euphoric feeling of biting into something at peak ripeness is the same. These
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Nin2530 // Shutterstock During the height of the pandemic in 2022, the typical home took less than a month to go from listed to under contract, creating the fastest housing market in history. But since then, home prices and mortgage rates have climbed substantially, pricing out many would-be buyers and sellers and slowing the
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Konstantin L // Shutterstock Purchasing a home is one of the most important investments there is. More than a place to live, homeownership is an asset with the potential to tremendously rise in value. But with home prices reaching record heights, affordability plays a huge role for buyers. The typical home value in the
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Marek Masik // Shutterstock Data shows that annual annual income depends heavily on an individual’s educational attainment, race, ethnicity, gender, and even location. One cluster of the United States is particularly well off: The five of the seven counties with the highest median household income in the country can be found in the Washington
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fizkes // Shutterstock The U.S. housing market has been uncharacteristically slow since the pandemic, when buyers and sellers jumped on ultra-low mortgage rates. Since then, high prices and economic uncertainty have scared many consumers off, leading to multiple years with home sales near 30-year lows. This slowdown hasn’t played out evenly across the country,
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Jeff Couch Food Images // Shutterstock Few holidays show up in Instacart orders quite like the Fourth of July. Fire up the grill, open that bag of chips, and pack the cooler because Independence Day is summer at its peak, filled with plenty of food and festive traditions. Instacart looked at what Americans in
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Seadog81 // Shutterstock Stacker compiled a list of the most Shazamed songs in Los Angeles. Data is as of July 16, 2026. Keep reading to see which of your favorite songs made the list. #25. La Cheyenne– Artist: El De Las R’s– Popularity in other metros— Top 20 song in five other metros— Top
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Maxim Grohotov // Shutterstock In 2022, the continental United States experienced its third hottest July since 1895, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, while 20 states saw one of their 10 hottest days in the same month. The year prior, July marked the hottest month on record worldwide. Climate change
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Daniel Avram // Shutterstock Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in California using data from AAA. Gas prices are as of July 17. California by the numbers– Gas current price: $5.43– Week change: +$0.03 (+0.6%)– Year change: +$0.92 (+20.5%)– Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22) – Diesel current price: $6.64– Week change: +$0.16 (+2.4%)–
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pan demin // Shutterstock Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of July 20. Los Angeles by the numbers– Gas current price: $5.54— California average: $5.50– Week change: +$0.13 (+2.4%)– Year change: +$1.05 (+23.4%)– Historical expensive gas price: $6.49
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Natural Earth Imagery // Shutterstock When pilot Kenneth Arnold took off from Chehalis, Washington, in his single-engine airplane one afternoon in June 1947, he was looking for a lost military aircraft that had crashed. But what he found was something completely different—something that would set off a cultural obsession in the U.S. that persists
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alisalipa // Shutterstock Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Julys in California since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Rankings are based on the lowest average temperature in each month. For each of the coldest months listed below, we’ve included the average state temperature, state-wide highs and lows for
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Pharmacies have spent the better part of a decade absorbing pressure that other industries felt only briefly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the people inside each pharmacy responsible for ordering medications and tracking inventory have felt it most. Their daily work of finding the right drug at the right cost has gotten harder as
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Car shows are one of the highlights of the summer season and the warm weather that comes with it, allowing enthusiasts to showcase their labor of love to fellow gearheads. While auto shows should be enjoyed by attendees of all ages, demographics, and walks of life, there are certain unspoken rules of etiquette every
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Maine Democrats have plenty of questions about who will replace Senate nominee Graham Platner on the ballot. But one thing is clear — his successor will start from a severe financial disadvantage, OpenSecrets reports. Platner’s withdrawal amid a sexual assault allegation has triggered a scramble over who will replace him and exposed a deeper
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Mental health in underserved communities refers to the unique needs, stressors, and barriers to care faced by diverse communities. Access to mental health support is an ongoing nationwide issue. But it disproportionately impacts underserved groups. Factors like cultural stigma, systemic racism, and a lack of awareness have negatively affected mental health in these communities
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For years, smartwatches have helped us monitor our health. From tracking how many steps we take each day to measuring our heart rate, our watches have helped us stay healthy. More recently, many smartwatches can measure our blood pressure, letting the user take a reading as and when they need to. But now, thanks
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