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A movement called FIRE -- Financial Independence, Retire Early - gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. FIRE redefines wealth as a means to align with your values. The pr Sound Financial Strategies for Single Adults 01/28/2024 07:00pm • Over the last 70 or so years, a growing number of Americans have been living unmarried. In 2023, 51% of Americans 15 and older weren't married, compared to 35% in 1950, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. While single life has many advantages, like more freedom and a simpler budget, it can also bri Edge rusher James Houston returns for the Lions in the NFC title game 01/28/2024 05:26pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Edge rusher James Houston was active for the first time since September, giving the Detroit Lions' pass rush a boost for the NFC championship game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Houston broke his ankle in Week 2 but was finally able to get back on the field f French farmers aim to put Paris 'under siege' in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at 'Mona Lisa' 01/28/2024 05:06pm • PARIS (AP) — France's interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital, hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre Museum. French farmers a Ex-NHLer Alex Formenton has been charged by police in Canada and turned himself in, his lawyer says 01/28/2024 04:10pm • Former NHL player Alex Formenton turned himself in to police on Sunday in connection with an investigation into an alleged sexual assault by several members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team. Formenton’s legal team confirmed to The Associated Press that police in London, Ontario, have charged F A driver backs into a nail salon, killing a woman and injuring 3 other people 01/28/2024 03:45pm • PACIFIC, Mo. (AP) — A driver backed through the wall of a Missouri nail salon, killing a woman and injuring three other people, authorities said. The crash happened Saturday afternoon in Pacific, a town about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of St. Louis, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Republicans see an opportunity with Black voters, prompting mobilization in Biden campaign 01/28/2024 09:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t known for fostering deep connections with the Black community. From his earliest days as a New York real estate developer, Trump has faced accusations of racist business practices. He spent years spreading the lie that Barack Obama, America’s first Black pr Bayern Munich signs right back Sacha Boey from Galatasaray 01/28/2024 05:57am • MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich has signed French defender Sacha Boey from Galatasaray in a deal that could be worth more than 35 million euros ($38 million). Boey has signed a contract through 2028 and could become Bayern's first-choice right back as it tries to catch Bundesliga leader Bayer Leverkus Bangladesh appeals court grants bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in labor case 01/28/2024 05:41am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An appeals court in Bangladesh on Sunday granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who had been sentenced earlier to six months in prison for violating the country’s labor laws. The court also agreed to hear an appeal against his sentencing. Yunus who pioneered the US sees signs of progress on deal to release hostages, bring temporary pause to Israel-Hamas war 01/27/2024 11:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages who were captured in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to two senior ad Embattled UN agency warns its aid operation in Gaza is 'collapsing' over a wave of funding cuts 01/27/2024 11:42pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The head of the main U.N. aid agency in the war-battered Gaza Strip warned late Saturday that its work is collapsing after nine countries decided to suspend funding over allegations that several agency employees participated in the deadly Hamas attack on Israel four months Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border 'right now' if Congress sends him a deal 01/27/2024 09:34pm • COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Bidding to salvage a border deal in Congress that also would unlock money for Ukraine, President Joe Biden offered fresh assurances Saturday night that he would be willing to close the U.S.-Mexico border if lawmakers would only send him a bill to sign. Biden — als Biden returns to South Carolina to show his determination to win back Black voters in 2024 01/27/2024 08:56pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden doesn’t need to worry about his prospects in South Carolina’s Democratic primary next week. He’s got that locked up. He also knows he’s not likely to win the solidly red state come November. It hasn’t voted for a Democrat since 1976. He’s spent the