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7 Housing Options for Seniors 07/12/2023 08:00pm • Today's housing options for seniors run the gamut, from at-home living arrangements to new communities that offer a full range of amenities and support services. "If your idea of senior living is a nursing home with linoleum floors and hallways lined with wheelchairs, think again," says Sue Johansen 8 Best Bank Stocks to Buy for 2023 07/12/2023 08:00pm • After a rough year in 2022, bank stocks faced a fresh minefield in 2023. Rising interest rates triggered a sharp decline in long-term bond prices, resulting in massive losses for banks holding them on their balance sheets. As a result, a handful of U.S. regional banks collapsed in March and April as Sending Money to a Friend via App? Here's How to Stay Safe 07/12/2023 08:00pm • The rise in popularity of cashless payment options like Venmo and CashApp have made them a go-to way to pay friends or make purchases from small vendors. An advisory from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, however, warned that there are risks involved with storing money in these apps, and the Home Loan Programs for Teachers: What You Should Know 07/12/2023 08:00pm • A number of local, state and federal programs offer eligible teachers discounts on homes and attractive mortgage terms. The Good Neighbor Next Door program, for example, sells homes for 50% off the appraised value. Other programs offer down payment assistance, homeownership grants and mortgage credi How Long Does It Take to Close on a House? 07/12/2023 08:00pm • You found your dream house and the seller accepted your offer. Before moving in, there's a long list of steps that must be completed before you close on the house and receive your new set of keys. "Once your purchase agreement is fully executed, meaning all parties have signed, you can expect to clo The Best Vanguard Money Market Funds 07/12/2023 08:00pm • Money market funds don't offer the highest returns. They get left in the dust when the stock market rallies, but when equities tumble, investors give these funds a closer look. Money market funds generally don't endure the same volatility as stocks. While a Federal Reserve rate hike can cause dramat Insider Secrets to Booking Cheap Airfare 07/12/2023 08:00pm • Gas and other oil product prices have come down and stabilized in 2023, a welcomed relief after the price volatility in 2022. In June of 2022, the average price per gallon of regular gas hit a high of $5.01, while this year it's sitting around $3.50. Even as gas prices drop, you may still consider c Former Mozambique finance minister is extradited to the US to face trial over $2 billion scandal 07/12/2023 06:56pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A former Mozambique finance minister who has been held in prison in South Africa for nearly five years was extradited Wednesday to the United States to face a fraud and corruption trial over a $2 billion scandal involving fraudulent government loans. South African authorities s Inflation drops to 3% and Biden hopes to turn a weakness with voters into a strength 07/12/2023 06:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The politics of inflation took a sharp turn Wednesday with a report showing consumer prices rose at the slowest pace since the early months of Joe Biden’s presidency. Republicans have hammered Biden over the cost of groceries, gasoline, utilities and more, saying his $1.9 tril Sarah Silverman and novelists sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for ingesting their books 07/12/2023 06:22pm • Ask ChatGPT about comedian Sarah Silverman's memoir “The Bedwetter” and the artificial intelligence chatbot can come up with a detailed synopsis of every part of the book. Does that mean it effectively “read” and memorized a pirated copy? Or it scraped so many customer reviews and online cha Lawsuits could delay the start of New Jersey's first offshore wind power project 07/12/2023 03:48pm • OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — A tangle of litigation could delay the start of New Jersey's first offshore wind energy project, as developer Orsted is suing governments to stop delaying necessary permits, and citizens groups try to halt the project altogether. The latest in a fast-growing thicket of liti Editorial Roundup: United States 07/12/2023 02:15pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 10 The Guardian on the U.S. providing cluster bombs to Ukraine Twenty-thousand Laotians, almost half of them children, have been killed or injured by unexploded ordnance since the Vietnam war ended. It is half a century since the Bank of England says UK banks are resilient enough to offer struggling households support 07/12/2023 08:35am • LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England warned Wednesday that U.K. households are facing mounting financial difficulties from the sharp increase in interest rates but expressed hope that the country's biggest banks are resilient enough to offer more help than they could before the global financial crisi Inaugural season and the Annapolis Blues are in the playoffs 07/12/2023 04:30am • There's excitement and joy in Annapolis, Maryland, over the triumphant inaugural season of the city's semipro soccer team Annapolis Blues FC. The team finished 8-1-1 to earn first place in the Mid-Atlantic division of the National Premier Soccer League, a summer league for top-notch college playe Stock market today: Asian shares follow Wall Street higher; Activision Blizzard jumps 07/11/2023 11:29pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday after stocks advanced on Wall Street as investors awaited an update on U.S. inflation that will hopefully show a smaller increase in pain for everyone. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index jumped 1.3% to 18,907.36 and the S&P/ASX 200 in Austr