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10 Fun Things to Do in Your Free Time That Cost Nothing 12/18/2023 07:00pm • If you're financially wiped out from buying holiday gifts, going on a vacation or whatever you've been spending your money on lately, you may be looking for something fun to do in your free time that costs nothing. "You don't have to spend a fortune to have fun," says Katie Ross, executive vice pres What International Students Should Know About Financial Aid 12/18/2023 07:00pm • On top of tuition and fees, housing, books and other supplies, international students face additional costs compared to their domestic peers when studying at colleges in the U.S. Some of those supplementary expenses include visa application fees and international airfare. While earning an education Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it's going through a reckoning 12/18/2023 03:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The promise of self-checkout was alluring: Customers could avoid long lines by scanning and bagging their own items, workers could be freed of doing those monotonous tasks themselves and retailers could save on labor costs. All that has happened since the rollout of self-checkout Liberals seek ouster from Wisconsin judicial ethics panel of Trump lawyer who advised fake electors 12/18/2023 03:25pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Liberals are calling for former President Donald Trump's Wisconsin lawyer to step down from a state judicial ethics panel, saying he is unsuitable due to his role advising the fake Republican electors who admitted to taking part in an effort to overturn the 2020 election. Jim What You Should Know About Tenant Rights 12/17/2023 07:00pm • The radiator stopped working in your apartment and your landlord hasn't responded to emails or answered the phone for two days. As much as you love your new winter coat, wearing it while you watch TV -- and while you sleep -- isn't your idea of fun. The arctic chill may have you thinking: At what po Gift Card Do's and Don'ts 12/17/2023 07:00pm • As the name implies, gift cards are made for giving. These financial tools are loaded up with cash that the recipient can spend on what they want. They're widely available, both in stores and online, so they can be perfect when you need a last-minute gift and don't want to take chances on buying som The jungle between Colombia and Panama becomes a highway for migrants from around the world 12/17/2023 09:22am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Once nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle between Colombia and Panama this year became a speedy but still treacherous highway for hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. Driven by economic crises, government repression and As Trump threatens to repeal Obamacare, these 'insurance godmothers' are signing Florida Latinos up 12/16/2023 10:48am • MIAMI (AP) ��� Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a kiosk and an office showing signs for ��� Obamacare,��� where they hope to renew their health coverage plans before the year ends. It���s areas near this mall where former Democratic Preside With Iowa's caucuses a month away, Trump urges voters to hand him not just a victory, but a blowout 12/15/2023 08:44pm • CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) ��� Donald Trump was uncharacteristically serious when he implored an audience in eastern Iowa to carry him to a blowout in next month's Republican caucuses. ���The margin of victory is very important, it's just very important,��� Trump told about 1,000 people attending a Wedn Wild say they took 'appropriate steps' after 2 investigations into possible conduct violations 12/14/2023 11:27pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� The Minnesota Wild recently concluded two investigations into their code of conduct, and the organization said Thursday night it took ���appropriate steps��� to address the matters that were brought to its attention. The Athletic reported that Bill Guerin was the focus of an GOP lawmakers sink aid to Penn as statehouses watch how universities are handling Israel-Hamas war 12/14/2023 08:00pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania defeated legislation to send $33.5 million to the University of Pennsylvania's veterinary school over criticism that the school has tolerated antisemitism, as statehouses across the U.S. eye how higher ed is handling tensions around the I 7 Best Marijuana Stocks to Buy in 2024 12/14/2023 07:00pm • The coming year could be a big one for cannabis stocks. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has five categories of drugs based on their potential for abuse, dependency and acceptable medical use. Marijuana is listed as Schedule 1, alongside heroin and LSD, but after a recommendation from the De 'These issues are personal': Maryland to expand overdose prevention beyond opioids 12/14/2023 03:11pm • Fentanyl and other types of opioids drive most of the overdoses in the state of Maryland, but as Gov. Wes Moore noted, not all of them. On Thursday, he announced a new executive order aimed at broadening the effort put into helping those battling substance abuse. Of those who spoke, the governor, 2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence ��� and weren't sure what to do about it 12/14/2023 01:44pm • Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 ��� it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people's science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. Catalyzing a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The chatbot gave the world a glimpse of recent advances in comput Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report 12/14/2023 03:28am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday. Before the Taliban seized power in 2021, there were 23 state-sponsored women protection centers in Afghanistan where survivors of gender-