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Can You Get a Loan Without a Job? 10/03/2023 08:00pm • Losing your job can be scary. You need your paycheck to cover essentials like housing, food and child care. If you're out of work, you may need to get an emergency loan to make ends meet. You can take out a loan without a job, but qualifying for one will be difficult unless you can show another sour US adds another option for fall COVID vaccination with updated Novavax shots 10/03/2023 04:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another option for fall COVID-19 vaccination, updated shots made by Novavax. Updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna began rolling out last month, intended for adults and children as young as age 6 months. Now the Food and Drug Administra Updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine wins FDA approval 10/03/2023 03:05pm • The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use approval for Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax’s updated COVID-19 booster shot, nearly three weeks after approving mRNA vaccine updates from Pfizer and Moderna. The Novavax vaccine still must get approval from the Centers for Dis The Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to reverse enlistment shortfalls 10/03/2023 02:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to focus more on young people who have spent time in college or are job hunting early in their careers, as it scrambles to reverse years of enlistment shortfalls. A major part of this is the formation of a new profession Britain's COVID-19 response inquiry enters a second phase with political decisions in the spotlight 10/03/2023 01:03pm • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation entered its second phase Tuesday, with political decision-making around major developments, such as the timing of lockdowns, taking center stage. For the first time, the inquiry heard emoti Loudoun County leads Virginia for tourism spending (but it gets to count the airport) 10/03/2023 11:28am • Loudoun County, Virginia, accounted for 13.2% of tourism spending in the Commonwealth in 2022, the most of any Virginia county, largely from Dulles International Airport. Tourism spending includes the transportation category, so Loudoun County's tourism spending includes landing fees and other fe Rays, Rangers face off in AL Wild Card Series after looking at points like best teams in baseball 10/02/2023 09:27pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers both looked like they might be the best teams in baseball for significant stretches of a long season in which they now find themselves facing each other in an AL Wild Card Series. The Rays got off to a historic 13-0 start and led the Man convicted of stealing $1.9 million in COVID-19 relief money gets more than 5 years in prison 10/02/2023 04:49pm • BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man was sentenced Monday to more than five years in federal prison for organizing a scheme that stole nearly $2 million in government aid intended to help businesses endure the coronavirus pandemic. A U.S. District Court judge in Brunswick sentenced 41-year-old Ber Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work that enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 10/02/2023 03:51pm • STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic — technology that's also being studied to fight cancer and other diseases. Hungarian-American Katalin The Supreme Court opens its new term with a case about prison terms for drug dealers 10/02/2023 02:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with a case about prison terms for drug dealers and rejections of hundreds of appeals, including one from an attorney who pushed a plan to keep former President Donald Trump in power. The court turned away attorney John Eastman's ef MLB draws 70.75 million fans, first time over 70 million since 2017 10/02/2023 01:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball attendance topped 70 million for the first time in six years. Total attendance of 70.75 million was up 9.6% from last year's 64.56 million, and the average of 29,295 was up 9.1% from last year's 26,843, the commissioner's office said Monday. The total and aver Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots 10/02/2023 12:24pm • The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded Monday to two scientists whose work led to the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. As countries prepared to roll out those shots, The Associated Press took a look at how the vaccines were developed so quickly. Below follows the original story, first published on Britain's Treasury chief raises the minimum wage but angers some colleagues by ruling out tax cuts 10/02/2023 12:15pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief announced a hike in the national minimum wage Monday, as the governing Conservative Party tries to persuade voters it is on the side of workers who are struggling financially. But Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt ruled out tax cuts, sayi The UAE holds a major oil and gas conference just ahead of hosting UN climate talks in Dubai 10/02/2023 10:29am • ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks urged oil and gas companies Monday to be “central to the solution” for climate change, a message delivered even as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising global What to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway 09/29/2023 01:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines may be getting a little easier for adults to find but they’re still frustratingly scarce for young children. Health officials said Thursday the kid shots have started shipping — and reminded most everyone to get a fall flu shot too. About 2 million A