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Expert tips to ease financial pressure and avoid holiday overspending 12/13/2025 07:48am • NEW YORK (AP) — Are you feeling overwhelmed by the pressure to spend money on gifts, parties, and travel this holiday season? The job market is tough, student loan and credit card debt are rising, and prices for many items remain high due to inflation. If you’re feeling financially strained, kn Russian cargo jet grounded 16 years in Michigan's Upper Peninsula may soon fly again 12/12/2025 03:36pm • One of Michigan's most enduring sagas in the Upper Peninsula — the grounding of a Russian cargo jet marooned near Marquette for 16 years — may soon come to an end after years of lawsuits, police investigations and feuding over ownership. The tale that touches Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Pakistan and Te Experts share their top tips to save money this holiday season 12/12/2025 09:16am • NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday season means time with family and new memories, but it can also mean lots of spending — sometimes too much. From gifts to travel plans to grocery shopping, costs can pile up and become overwhelming, especially in a difficult economic environment. Holiday shopping can Puerto Rico sues Luma in first push to cancel contract with private power company 12/12/2025 07:41am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government has sued Luma Energy in the first legal step to cancel its multimillion-dollar contract with the private power company as the U.S. territory battles chronic outages, increases in power bills and the slow reconstruction of a grid razed by Hurr How Nonprofit Student Loan Lenders Can Help You Save Money 12/11/2025 07:00pm • When the federal student loans program undergoes significant restructuring in 2026, more parents and students will likely find themselves shopping around for private lenders to help finance higher education. Gone are the days when graduate students and parents of undergrads could borrow up to the fu Moving Your Senior Parents Into Your Home: What to Consider 12/11/2025 07:00pm • Multigenerational households are not as common here in the U.S. as they are in some other parts of the world, but the idea is gaining steam, according to Pew Research Center analysis of Census data. According to their analysis, in 2021, about 18% of the U.S. population lived in a multigenerational h Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for $40 billion stablecoin fraud 12/11/2025 06:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Onetime cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison after a $40 billion crash revealed his crypto ecosystem to be a fraud. Victims said the 34-year-old financial technology whiz weaponized their trust to convince them that the investment — secretly p In stunning reversal for Europe, Greek finance minister elected as Eurogroup president 12/11/2025 02:31pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis was elected Thursday as president of the Eurogroup — a move that would have been unthinkable just 10 years ago when the country was in the throes of a deep financial crisis that almost saw it tossed out of the eurozone altogether. Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies at 55 12/10/2025 08:16pm • LONDON (AP) — Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer. The family said in a statement on Kinsella's Instagram account that "she died How to Earn College Credit Through Dual Enrollment 12/10/2025 07:00pm • Dual enrollment programs help highly motivated high school students get a head start on their college education. For decades, the programs have allowed students to earn high school and college credit at the same time. Each year, about 2.5 million students take dual enrollment courses, according to t Ocean warmed by climate change fed intense rainfall and deadly floods in Asia, study finds 12/10/2025 06:03pm • BENGALURU, India (AP) — Ocean temperatures warmed by human-caused climate change fed the intense rainfall that triggered deadly floods and landslides across Asia in recent weeks, according to an analysis released Wednesday. The rapid study by World Weather Attribution focused on heavy rainfall fro What the Federal Reserve rate cut means for you 12/10/2025 03:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the third time since September, bringing its key rate to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly three years. Before September, it had gone nine months without a cut. The benchmark rate is the rate at wh Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion offer by Netflix 12/10/2025 02:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidder Netflix to buy the company behind HBO, CNN and a famed movie studio along with the power to reshape much of the nation's entertainment landsc U.S. News Money Surveys 2025: 6 Responses That Caught Our Eye 12/09/2025 07:00pm • Each year, the U.S. News money team conducts regular surveys focusing on a range of financial topics. These surveys help inform our reporting and gauge the financial health, habits and attitudes of Americans from year to year. We ask savers to reveal their emergency fund balance. We ask homebuyers w What the Fed Rate Cut Means for Credit Cards 12/09/2025 07:00pm • The Federal Reserve has cut rates for the third and final time this year. At its Dec. 10 meeting, the Fed reduced rates by 0.25 of a percentage point, making the new federal funds rate 3.5% to 3.75%. This move doesn't come as a surprise to a lot of economists, with many predicting the Fed was going