Student loan borrowers with significant amounts of debt received some welcome news this week after the White House revealed the approval of $7.7 billion in student loan forgiveness. The latest round of forgiveness will extend to 160,500 additional borrowers. In total, the Biden administration will now forgive $167 billion in student loans for 4.75 million people. Those who qualify for …
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A number of family members who shared a meal of bear meat that one of the family members had harvested earlier were subsequently infected with brain worms, according toa new reportfrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In July 2022, the Minnesota Department of Health was flagged that a 29-year-old man had been hospitalized multiple times over a two-and-a-half-week …
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If you have $15,000 in a safe or a traditional savings account, you may be looking for a more effective way to grow your savings dollars. After all, traditional savings accounts currently only offer 0.45% average annual returns and your safe doesn’t produce any return. But, a certificate of deposit (CD) may help you passively grow your savings dollars. In …
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Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution. The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a false claim by Trump earlier this week that the FBI agents …
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Having friends and family over for a Memorial Day barbecue will cost you more this year, with the price of many grilling staples having risen even more sharply than that of other groceries. Americans will pay an average of just over 10% more this year than in 2023 for barbecue basics including ground beef, hot dogs, buns, relish, ketchup and …
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If you need to borrow money, you may want to consider tapping into your home equity. After all, the average American homeowner has nearly $300,000 in equity in their home. In turn,tapping into your equity could give you the funds you need for a wide range of purposes. And if you’re going to borrow against your home equity, you have …
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Your Rich BFF founder Vivian Tu has quickly emerged as one of the most prominent personal finance influencers, with millions of followers on Instagram, TikTok and other social media platforms. A former Wall Street trader, the 30-year-old shifted gears after noticing that many of her coworkers from the corporate world needed help even with basic financial tasks. Through Your Rich …
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After nearly three weeks of exhaustive tests and data analysis, NASA managers said Friday they are confident Boeing’s oft-delayed Starliner crew capsule can safely launch “as is” on June 1, saying a small helium leak in the ship’s propulsion system does not pose a flight safety concern. Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, said even if a suspect …
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Two years after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the Biden campaign released a new digital ad that hammers former President Donald Trump on gun control. “We honor those we lost in Uvalde,” the ad says in text that appears over a black screen. As “Ave Maria” plays, the text continues, and an altar memorializing the …
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Cracker Barrel has long been known for its combination of rustic charm and country dishes like biscuits and gravy. But its new CEO said that the old approach isn’t working any longer — and she’s planning some major changes. “We’re just not as relevant as we once were,” Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino said on a May 16 conference …
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