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[ad_1] Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) companies are tired of getting scolded by regulators and consumers so now some are going to see if changing their colors will work.PYMNTS reports that BNPL companies are doing three things to try and change the scowls they’re seeing. One is changing the way consumers pay. No longer is it just only “pay in four months,” but now Klarna, for one, is wooing consumers with up to 24 months. The second major move comes from Sezzle, which has tailor-made limits based on a person’s credit history – and how much business you’ve done with Sezzle.“These…

[ad_1] The par-72, 6903-yard course offers a bit of everything: elevation changes, more than 100 bunkers and views of the Estepona Mountains. Players from both the United States and Europe said on Tuesday Finca Cortesin is in fine shape but know what awaits them when the match begins Friday. “It’s going to be just as much of a physical test this week as a mental test,” Leona Maguire of Ireland, making her second Solheim Cup appearance, said. “We have a lot of practice, a lot of media, a lot of things this week, a lot of dinners, so managing energy…

[ad_1] HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats will retain their one-vote majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after voters in Pittsburgh on Tuesday elected former congressional aide Lindsay Powell. Powell’s victory gives Democrats a 102-101 majority in the House. Republicans have a 28-22 majority in the Senate, creating a divided Legislature that has kept Democrats from passing priorities such as broadened protections for LGBTQ+ people and gun control measures and Republicans from wins on issues including school vouchers. The divided Legislature has also meant Republican senators have been unable to take to voters proposed constitutional amendments limiting the governor’s power and…

[ad_1] Play video content The passenger who was filming and cackling while his buddy struck and killed a man riding his bike has been arrested. The unnamed suspect was taken into custody Tuesday in Clark County — this according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, which says they have their man. His identity has yet to be revealed … he’s also a minor — just like his alleged accomplice. The DAs said on Tuesday the 2 males are expected to be tried as adults, however. It was also revealed a student at a local school showed the shocking video…

[ad_1] The global investment and lending systems are on the verge of a climate-centric metamorphosis as the consequences of global warming on economies around the world become impossible to overlook. That change should be good news but it is the economically-challenged Global South that could bear the heaviest burden of this shift. Before 2021, climate change was primarily regarded as a concern that disproportionately affected the Global South. International financial institutions and advanced economies directed significant amounts of their finance earmarked for climate-related mitigation and investments towards vulnerable areas to enhance their ability to adapt. However, the past two years…

[ad_1] Mexico City has dedicated a new mausoleum to trans women, the first such memorial site of its kind in the country.The mausoleum opened last Thursday in Iztapalapa, the most populous borough in Mexico City, per the Associated Press. The project was organized by Casa de las Muñecas Tiresias, an organization dedicated to aiding trans people and sex workers.In an Instagram post from last week, the organization invited people to the inauguration celebration for the mausoleum, calling it a place of rest for their trans sisters.An altar with images of trans woman Paola Buenrostro, who was murdered in 2016, stands…

[ad_1] Kang sent out a desperate plea on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, for someone to put her clubs on a plane from Amsterdam to Malaga. The matches are at Finca Cortesin, about an hour down the coast from Malaga towards Gibraltar. “First they told me they were in Amsterdam. Then they said Vegas. Now it’s Amsterdam again. It’s been an adventure,” Kang told reporters during her news conference on Tuesday. “If it wasn’t a dramatic entrance, it wouldn’t be my life.” She said U.S captain Stacy Lewis and the rest of the American team has…

[ad_1] KYIV — Ukraine on Tuesday pushed back against a New York Times investigation, which said evidence suggested that Kyiv accidentally bombed a local market in its own town of Kostiantynivka killing 15 people. According to the New York Times‘ report published Monday, a combination of witnesses, findings in Kostyantynivka and open-source investigation of video footage and local anonymous Telegram channels indicated the September 6 attack was actually a tragic accident, caused by a Ukrainian BUK missile system firing toward Russian forces from the Ukrainian-controlled nearby town of Druzhkivka. Ukrainian law enforcement, however, says the evidence they have about the…

[ad_1] Shannon Beador was allegedly pretty boozed up ahead of her car crash and DUI arrest — we’re told she was at a nearby bar, complaining about a certain former ‘RHOC’ star. A witness tells TMZ … Shannon was with her pal and business partner, Steve Muller, at “A Restaurant” — that’s the real name — in Newport Beach, CA on Saturday night. FYI, the spot is about half a mile from where she crashed her car later in the night. We’re told Shannon appeared tipsy while hanging at the bar the entire time, but it’s unclear exactly what she…

[ad_1] A new report released on February 1, 2023 by a group of women’s rights activists from 128 countries documents a rapid rise in violence against women and girls worldwide and current gaps in international law to address this crisis. The “Safer Now” report was released by the Every Woman Treaty, a coalition of over 2,000 women’s rights activists from 128 countries, including Greece, advocating for a new global treaty to address this issue.  “Women and girls are dying. The activists defending them are hunted. The violence is rising. This begs a single question: Are the needs of women and girls being met…