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Debt is often stressful. After all, life comes with plenty of expenses. And when you use credit to address those expenses, they typically become larger as a result of interest and finance charges. If left unchecked, growing debt can lead to financial hardship. That’s especially true in today’s economic environment, in which high interest rates have become the norm. But, …

Hamas released a video Wednesday appearing to show one of its Israeli hostages delivering an address in captivity. In the video, a man identifies himself as Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin before delivering a long statement clearly crafted by Hamas, which has long been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel. The video may give the young man’s family hope, …

When the Federal Trade Commission began investigating problems related to romance scams five years ago, the consumer watchdog agency’s analysts gained access to internal data from one of the biggest players in the online dating space — Match.com. “It was incredibly troubling,” a former FTC analyst told CBS News, speaking on the condition of anonymity because portions of the case …