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FILE - Vehicles are displayed for sale at a car dealership on April 21, 2022, in Valencia, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Car buyers are celebrating the first anniversary of the new-car shortage by paying the highest prices ever.J.D.

Bottles of Modelo Especial beer are displayed for sale in a grocery store on June 14, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Mexican beer Modelo Especial recently dethroned Bud Light as the top-selling beer brand in the U.S., with the growing Hispanic drinking age population and an increased trend toward premiumization as main causes, according to a top analyst. "Everybody kind of figured Bud Light was getting hit by that boycott so that fell out of number one.

FILE - Voters prepare their ballots in voting booths during early voting for the California presidential primary election at an L.A. County vote center on March 1, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

FILE - President Joe Biden delivers remarks on reducing gun violence at the Boys and Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley on March 14, 2023, in Monterey Park, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS - President Joe Biden will highlight the stark differences in how Democrats are tackling skyrocketing drug prices compared to their Republican counterparts as he gears up for an expected reelection announcement.In a speech on Wednesday in Las Vegas that could serve as a preview of the campaign ahead, Biden planned to put the issue of lowering drug costs at the center of his policy and political agenda.The White House thinks it has a winning message in showcasing legislation passed last year that is expected to save taxpayers billions of dollars and lower the cost of drugs for the roughly 84 million Americans who rely on Medicare."These kind of savings will give people a little bit more breathing room, more comfort as they decide to go to the grocery store to buy their food, more ability to pay their rent, or maybe it’s just to do something decent for their families," Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters on Tuesday as he previewed the Democratic president's remarks.Biden plans to talk up how his administration is rolling out several parts of that law, passed in a Democratic-controlled Congress last year, that cap the price of insulin, make most vaccines free and allow the federal government to negotiate deals on a handful of pharmaceutical drugs for Medicare enrollees.President Joe Biden appeared in Virginia on Feb.

Shopping carts are lined up in front of a Costco store on February 25, 2021 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Costco is certain to raise its membership fees in the future, but as the sixth anniversary of the last fee hike approaches, the company says there are no immediate plans to do so while membership rates are at all-time highs. "In our view, it's a question of when, not if," Costco CFO Richard Galanti told investors on a Q2 earnings call on Thursday. Galanti acknowledged that June would mark six years since the Washington-based retail giant last raised the price of its Gold Star membership, which currently costs $60.

HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVNo surprise, timekeeping is fairly complicated. According to McCarthy, June 29 was the shortest day in recent history but only since the international adaptation of the atomic clock. Even since his retirement in 2005, McCarthy remains a leading authority on timekeeping and continues to consult for the Observatory. FILE - The US Naval Observatory Master Clock on Massachusetts Avenue and 34th Street in Washington, DC on Nov.

FILE - Immigrants wait to board a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle to be taken for processing after crossing the border from Mexico on May 18, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona.

Oil pumpjacks stands in the Inglewood Oil Field on Nov. 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

WASHINGTON - Clogged U.S. ports are being given access to nearly $450 million in federal money from President Joe Biden's infrastructure law as part of the administration's recent stepped-up efforts aiming to ease supply chain congestion and lower prices for American consumers.Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday announced the availability of the first batch of competitive grants for ports that will be double last year's amount annually for five years.

A file image taken July 28, 2020 shows a nurse caring for a coronavirus patient in the Intensive Care Unit at El Centro Regional Medical Center in El Centro, California.

FILE - Clinicians work on intubating a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital on August 10, 2021, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Michelle Thomas, a registered nurse and a manager of the emergency department at a Tucson, Arizona, hospital, resigned three weeks ago after hitting a wall."There was never a time that we could just kind of take a breath," Thomas said Tuesday.

NEW YORK - MARCH 10: Accused $50 billion Ponzi scheme swindler Bernard Madoff exits federal court March 10, 2009 in New York City. Madoff was attending a hearing on his legal representation and is due back in court Thursday.

Cars are lined up at the mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium on February 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Uber, Paypal and Walgreens are teaming up to provide transportation for people to get their COVID-19 vaccinations with a new program.The companies created and donated $11 million to what they’re calling the Vaccine Access Fund. The new program will specifically target nonprofits in local cities to help low-income people in need of transportation.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks at a campaign event for Senate candidate Sen.

FILE - Side-by-side collage of Target storefront and Costco Wholesale storefront.

A resident of Koreatown receives a COVID-19 vaccination dose outside the Karsh Family Social Service Center on March 18, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ATLANTA - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that one in four Americans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, a critical milestone in the fight to get the country vaccinated.The agency reported that more than 83.9 million Americans have gotten a shot, representing 25.3% of the total U.S.

FILE - Funeral home workers load the casket of a person who died after contracting COVID-19 into a hearse on Jan. 15, 2021 in El Cajon, California.

SAT test preparation books sit on a shelf at a Barnes and Noble store (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) NEW YORK - The College Board said Tuesday it will eliminate the optional essay from the SAT and do away with subject tests amid a changing college admissions landscape."The pandemic has highlighted the importance of being innovative and adaptive to what lies ahead," according to a statement from the not-for-profit College Board, which said it wanted to make the SAT more flexible and reduce the demands on students.The coronavirus pandemic has forced the widespread cancellation of group testing sessions for the SAT and rival ACT since March, leading numerous schools to eliminate testing requirements for the current admissions cycle.

Patients lie on stretchers in a hallway in the overloaded Emergency Room at Providence St. Mary Medical Center amid a surge in COVID-19 patients in Southern California.

A sign is posted for social distancing requirements at an American Airlines check-in area at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid the COVID-19 pandemic on October 1, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) - Two airline passengers who got into disturbances after allegedly not wearing face masks now face potential fines.The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it is seeking civil penalties of $15,000 and $7,500 over two separate incidents.

(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) HARRISBURG - An appellate court judge in Pennsylvania turned down an emergency petition from Republicans seeking to block the Philadelphia suburb of Delaware County from operating a three-day, pop-up early voting center in a predominantly Black area.Commonwealth Court Judge Kevin Brobson, in a decision Friday night, wrote that a county judge had reasonable grounds to reject the emergency petition.With barely two weeks left before Election Day, Pennsylvania is shaping up as a key battleground state in the contest between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.RELATED: Pennsylvania high court to settle voter signatures fightThe voting center began operating Friday in Subaru Park in the

RELATED: Health officials urge flu vaccines amid 'twindemic' fearsOnly a test can tell the two apart.AdvertisementThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the flu vaccine for everyone starting at 6 months of age, and suggests getting it by the end of October.Medical experts are hoping the flu shot this year will help prevent a ‘twindemic’- an epidemic of influenza paired with a second wave of COVID-19 which could lead to overwhelmed hospitals amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A worker passes testing bags to a passenger at a drive-in COVID-19 testing center at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science amid the coronavirus pandemic on July 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

FILE - French fries are shown in a McDonald's restaurant on Sept. 3, 2002.

A variety of French wines is shown in a shop ( Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images )