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By JOSH BOAK, Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The smooth economy that Donald Trump was poised to inherit suddenly looks a bit rockier — with critics saying the president-elect is contributing to the uncertainty. The Dow Jones stock index essentially ended Thursday flat after having posted 10 days of losses.

By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press CONCORD, N. H. (AP) — A growing number of U. S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated, over concerns that he might impose travel bans like he did during his first administration. More than a dozen schools have issued advisories, even though Trump’s plans remain uncertain.

Tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tire pressure monitoring system. According to a letter Thursday from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the recall includes certain 2024 Cybertruck, 2017-2025 Model 3, and 2020-2025 Model Y vehicles. The issue is that the tire pressure monitoring system warning light on the vehicles may not remain illuminated between drive cycles, failing to warn the driver of low tire pressure.

State Rep. Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, spent most of his life in Fort Lauderdale, and represents much of the city. He’s being whispered about as a possible future candidate for mayor. He didn’t declare himself a candidate during a brief interview Thursday — but he also didn’t reject the idea. “It’s a possibility,” he said.

WEST PALM BEACH — A terrain for mini golf stood brand new Thursday, making Angela Cruz Ledford picture all the fun afternoons she’ll soon have there with her family. Ledford, who lives and works in the county for The Palm Beaches, said the new PopStroke will become her “Friday after-work hangout” in West Palm Beach.

Dear Eric: My husband and I, both happily retired with good pensions and Social Security, make our weekly grocery trips together. We take turns paying with our flight-points credit cards. Once the bill arrives, we split the cost of our groceries down the middle, sharing the expenses equally for everything we purchase at our preferred grocery store. Our grocery shopping typically includes a few low-cost personal favorites that not both of us enjoy eating, but for the sake of simplicity, we have agreed to split the grocery costs evenly, 50/50. My husband sometimes indulges in a piece of costly, extra-smoked pork he orders online from a specialty shop.