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The Great Grift: COVID-19 aid thieves bought fancy cars, a Pokemon card - even a private island 11/10/2023 10:44am • YANKEETOWN, Fla. (AP) ��� A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf Coast town. Pelicans divebomb nearby into the cool waters of Florida's Withlacoochee Ba Disputes over safety, cost swirl a year after California OK'd plan to keep last nuke plant running 11/10/2023 12:30am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� More than a year after California endorsed a proposal to extend the lifespan of its last nuclear power plant, disputes continue to swirl about the safety of its decades-old reactors, whether more than $1 billion in public financing for the extension could be in jeopardy and even Biden says workers need 'a fair shot' as he celebrates the labor deal saving an Illinois auto plant 11/09/2023 09:30pm • BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden put on a red United Auto Workers shirt on Thursday as he celebrated a labor deal that will reopen the Stellantis plant in Belvidere, Illinois, treating the factory's salvation as a vindication of his decision to stand with striking union members as they d Nigeria's president approves spending millions on a presidential yacht and SUVs for lawmakers 11/09/2023 07:46pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Nigerian President Bola Tinubu's approval of a supplementary budget earmarking millions of dollars for a presidential yacht and sport utility vehicles for his wife and top government officials has again stoked anger among ordinary Nigerians over what they see as a growing eco Donald Trump���s civil fraud trial will go on after lawyers seek early verdict ending case 11/09/2023 07:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump���s lawyers were thwarted Thursday in their longshot bid to immediately end the New York civil fraud trial that threatens the former president���s real estate empire. Judge Arthur Engoron didn't rule on the request, but indicated the trial will go on as scheduled Monda 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. First-of-a-kind nuclear project is terminated in a blow to Biden's clean energy agenda 11/09/2023 06:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A project to build a first-of-a-kind small modular nuclear reactor power plant was terminated Wednesday, another blow to the Biden administration's clean energy agenda following cancellations last week of two major offshore wind projects. Oregon-based NuScale Power has the only 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 Business Highlights: The Fed���s cautious approach; Biden says workers need ���a fair shot��� 11/09/2023 04:45pm • ___ Powell reinforces Fed���s cautious approach toward further interest rate hikes WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested that the Fed is in no hurry to further raise its benchmark interest rate, given evidence that inflation pressures are continuing to ease at a gradual p 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 Powell reinforces Fed's cautious approach toward further interest rate hikes 11/09/2023 03:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested Thursday that the Fed is in no hurry to further raise its benchmark interest rate, given evidence that inflation pressures are continuing to ease at a gradual pace. At the same time, in a panel discussion at the International Monetar Bo Hines, who lost a close 2022 election in North Carolina, announces another Congress run 11/09/2023 02:35pm • MOCKSVILLE, N.C. (AP) ��� A North Carolina congressional candidate who narrowly lost in the state's only U.S. House swing district in 2022 is running in 2024 for a seat in another part of the state. Republican Bo Hines on Thursday filed candidacy papers with federal elections officials and released The average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 7.5% in second-straight weekly drop 11/09/2023 12:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan fell for the second week in a row, positive news for prospective homebuyers after rates touched a 22-year high just last month. The latest decline brought the average rate on a 30-year mortgage down to 7.5% from 7.76% last week Bypassing mortgage rates: Share of US homes bought with cash hits highest level in nearly a decade 11/09/2023 08:00am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Homebuyers who can afford to bypass the highest mortgage rates in two decades are increasingly forgoing financing and paying all cash. Homes purchased entirely with cash, which means there was no reference to a mortgage on the deed, accounted for 34.1% of all sales in September. 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