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7 National and Economic Issues That Could Affect Your Financial Well-Being 02/20/2024 07:00pm • On a micro level, you can directly control many personal finance decisions. For example, you can become a savvy shopper to locate the lowest price on what you want, and develop a budget that fits your lifestyle and income parameters. By making conscious borrowing choices, you can avoid consumer debt How to Choose and Prioritize Extracurricular Activities as a Premed Student 02/20/2024 07:00pm • Extracurricular activities can help to differentiate your application in the medical school admissions process and require thoughtful decision-making and careful planning. Here's some advice on choosing and prioritizing extracurriculars, plus some examples of activities that may impress med school a Arnautović helps Inter beat Atlético 1-0 in 1st leg of Champions League last 16 02/20/2024 06:27pm • MILAN (AP) — Marko Arnautović came off the bench to help Inter Milan to a 1-0 win over Atlético Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 on Tuesday. Arnautović replaced the injured Marcus Thuram at halftime and redeemed himself after missing a couple of golden chances by scor Iditarod's reigning rookie of the year disqualified from 2024 race for violating conduct standard 02/20/2024 05:52pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The governing body of the world’s most famous sled dog race has disqualified the 2023 Iditarod rookie of the year from this year’s contest by citing a rule but not the specific infraction of it. After an emergency meeting Monday, the Iditarod Trail Committee announced Man accused of killing wife sentenced in separate case involving sale of fake Andy Warhol paintings 02/20/2024 05:28pm • BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man charged with killing his wife was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years behind bars over an unrelated art fraud case involving the sale of two fake Andy Warhol paintings. Brian Walshe, who faces first-degree murder and other charges in the death of 39-year Ukraine's Zelenskyy says foreign aid delays are making life 'very difficult' on the front line 02/20/2024 04:10pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Delays in weapons deliveries from Western allies to Ukraine are opening a door for Russian battlefield advances, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, making the fight “very difficult” along parts of the front line where the Kremlin’s forces captured a strategic Many small business owners see 2024 as a 'make or break' year, survey shows 02/20/2024 04:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — About 40% of small business owners think 2024 will be a “make or break” year for their business, according to a survey by messaging service Slack. After several years of dealing with the pandemic, rising inflation and a tight job market, some small businesses — 32% of respond For Black ‘nones’ who leave religion, what’s next? 02/20/2024 03:47pm • (RNS) — When Black Americans leave religion, it’s rarely a clean break. Take Rogiérs Fibby, a self-described agnostic, atheist and secular humanist who grew up in the Moravian Church. The head of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Black Secular Collective, Fibby also considers himself “cult Ransomware group LockBit is disrupted by a global police operation that includes 2 arrests 02/20/2024 02:51pm • LONDON (AP) — Law enforcement agencies have infiltrated and disrupted the prolific ransomware syndicate LockBit that has extracted $120 million from thousands of victims around the world, with two people arrested, British, U.S. and European officials said Tuesday. Britain's National Crime Agency, New York Archdiocese denounces transgender activist's funeral held at St. Patrick's Cathedral 02/20/2024 12:33pm • The funeral of a renowned transgender activist in a New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by a senior church official, who called the Mass a scandal within one of the preeminent houses of worship in U.S. Catholicism. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York condemned the funer Zimbabwe starts an emergency polio vaccination drive after detecting cases caused by a rare mutation 02/20/2024 11:50am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe began an emergency campaign to inoculate more than 4 million children against polio on Tuesday after health authorities detected three cases caused by the rare mutation of the weakened virus used in oral vaccines, including a 10-year-old girl who was paralyzed in J A shaken Minnesota community gets some answers on the killings of 2 officers and 1 firefighter 02/20/2024 11:25am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It started out as a 911 call about a domestic incident. It ended with two police officers, a firefighter and the suspect dead, a third officer wounded, and a suburb of Minneapolis badly shaken and waiting for answers. Agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension wer Officials offer few details about death of Maryland state employee in Annapolis office building 02/20/2024 10:08am • Maryland officials are releasing few details about the death of a state employee inside a state government office building in Annapolis 10 days ago. Police and emergency medical crews were called to the Attman-Glazer building at 45 Calvert St. in Annapolis for reports of an employee who was found Two years after his birth, a DC couple is out to prove their son actually belongs to them 02/20/2024 09:35am • Imagine if you had to prove to the government that the child you gave birth to is in fact your child. It may sound crazy, but it’s exactly what a D.C. couple is currently facing. Teresa and Jeff Williams' baby Jeff Niklaus Williams, who the couple calls J.J., was born in their Southwest D.C. ho South Korean doctors walk out to protest medical training push, causing surgery cancellations 02/20/2024 07:08am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean trainee doctors collectively walked off their jobs Tuesday to protest a government push to recruit more medical students, triggering cancellations of surgeries and other medical treatments at hospitals. The Health Ministry urged them to return to work immedia