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How to Get Free Money as a Student 11/09/2023 07:00pm • The average cost of college is $36,436 per student per year in 2023, according to the Education Data Initiative. But you may not have to pay for the full cost of your attendance. Before turning to student loans or dipping into your savings, consider the following free ways to get money for college. Accelerate Diagnostics: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 11/09/2023 06:42pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Accelerate Diagnostics Inc. (AXDX) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $910,000, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Tucson, Arizona-based company said it had net income of 6 cents. Losses, adj Few community college students go on to earn 4-year degrees. Some states have found ways to help 11/09/2023 05:16pm • After delaying college for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jaden Todd wasn’t sure a four-year school was the right place to start. “I was extremely concerned that I forgot how to learn,” he said. Community college appealed as a stepping stone, but he also had heard stories of stude Why 'buy now, pay later' plans have become 'big debt traps' for shoppers 11/09/2023 04:31pm • Are you gearing up for the holiday shopping season? Retailers sure are, and they're offering consumers all kinds of options of pay, besides credit cards. One of those payment options is buy now, pay later. "They've been around a long time. They started out as a way that retailers could make ex Yellen stresses economic cooperation with China as she begins talks with her Chinese counterpart 11/09/2023 03:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. has no desire to break economic ties with China as she began two days of talks with her Chinese counterpart on Thursday. The finance leaders are aiming to make progress on a slew of economic issues at a time when competition has marke US plans to build a $553 million terminal at Sri Lanka's Colombo port in rivalry with China 11/09/2023 12:31am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The U.S. announced a $553 million project Wednesday to build a deep-water shipping container terminal in Sri Lanka's Port of Colombo as it competes with China in international development financing. The project is billed as providing critical infrastructure for the South GOP candidates hit Trump and back Israel. Here are highlights from the Republican debate 11/09/2023 12:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As they face an increasingly urgent task to emerge as a clear alternative to former President Donald Trump, five Republican presidential candidates gathered Wednesday for the party's latest debate. Trump, the overwhelming front-runner in the race, skipped the event, as he has the 7 Best High-Dividend Mutual Funds 11/08/2023 07:00pm • Some investors think the universe of investment products begins and ends with exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. But traditional mutual funds still have a lot to offer -- particularly the high-dividend mutual funds that provide diversification as well as consistent yield. Also, the old perception of di Alabama sets January execution date using nitrogen gas 11/08/2023 06:47pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set a January execution date for what would be the nation's first attempt to put an inmate to death using nitrogen gas. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced a Jan. 25 execution date for Kenneth Eugene Smith using the new method. Smith was one of two men AMC Entertainment: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 11/08/2023 05:30pm • LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (AMC) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $12.3 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The Leawood, Kansas-based company said it had net income of 8 cents per share. Losses, adjust Citigroup discriminated against Armenian Americans, federal regulator says; bank fined $25.9 million 11/08/2023 04:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup intentionally discriminated against Armenian Americans when they applied for credit cards, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday. The bureau said some bank employees argued internally that Armenian Americans were more likely to commit fraud and referred King Charles proposes bill that takes aim at European Super League 11/08/2023 01:39pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Over two fraught days in April 2021, a newly formed “Super League” threatened to change the face of European soccer by creating an elite tournament that would protect 15 top clubs from relegation. It quickly collapsed, but a U.K. government bill announced by King Cha Effort to remove Michigan GOP chair builds momentum as infighting and debt plague party 11/08/2023 10:00am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former staunch allies of Michigan GOP Chairwoman Kristina Karamo, who assumed the role following an unsuccessful secretary of state campaign, are now uniting to remove her as the party remains mired in infighting and hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. It's a swift fall Food doc 'Common Ground' makes DC premiere at Miracle Theatre starring Donald Glover, Laura Dern 11/08/2023 03:54am • Their influential documentary "Kiss the Ground" (2020) reached over a billion people globally and inspired the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to devote $20 billion toward the health of American soil. Now, husband-and-wife co-directors Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell are Mainers vote against new utility, approve restoration of tribal obligations to printed constitutions 11/07/2023 11:50pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine voters turned down an attempt to oust the state’s corporate-owned electric utilities among several ballot initiatives Tuesday, and approved one to stop foreign spending in referendums. Voters also decided to restore language about honoring obligations to Native Ameri