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Texas Tech's biggest and richest fan explains how he'd fix college sports 12/31/2025 03:20pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) ��� Because he is a billionaire, the chairman of the Texas Tech board of regents and the school's No. 1 superfan, the easiest route for Cody Campbell would be to keep pumping money into his school���s sports programs and let the chips fall where they may. ���For Texas Tech, Average US long-term mortgage rate falls to the lowest level of the year at 6.15% 12/31/2025 01:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell to its lowest level of 2025 this week, an encouraging sign for prospective home buyers. The average long-term mortgage rate dipped to 6.15% from 6.18% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday. That's the lowest average Pakistan���s premier offers 'complete solidarity' to Saudi Crown Prince after Yemen port strike 12/31/2025 12:19pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistan���s Prime Minister spoke by telephone with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday to express his ���complete solidarity��� with the Kingdom following this week's Saudi bombing of Yemen's port city of Mukalla, the prime minister���s office said. According Lens and PSG resume Ligue 1 title battle with Marseille waiting to pounce 12/31/2025 07:58am • PARIS (AP) ��� Lens begins the year one point ahead of defending champion Paris Saint-Germain in what French fans hope will be a close title race in Ligue 1. PSG won a record-extending 13th title by 19 points last term, losing its only two games of the campaign after the title was sealed, and by nin China Vanke's near-default exposes fragility of the faltering recovery in the property industry 12/30/2025 11:37pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� State-backed property developer China Vanke, once the country���s largest homebuilder by sales, narrowly avoided defaulting on a 2 billion yuan ($284 million) bond last week as the painfully slow recovery in China���s property market drags on. The Chinese developer also was seekin If You're in Student Loan Default, Trump Might Start Garnishing Your Wages. Now What? 12/30/2025 07:00pm • Some student loan borrowers may discover an alarming letter in their mailbox in the coming weeks: A notice that the federal government is coming for their paycheck. The Department of Education has confirmed its plans to begin garnishing wages of student loan borrowers who are in default, dusting off US Sen. Angela Alsobrooks reflects on her first year on Capitol Hill 12/30/2025 05:07pm • Sen. Angela Alsobrooks made history in 2025 as the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Maryland. In a year-end interview, the Democrat and former Prince George's County Executive told WTOP that Marylanders wanted her to concentrate on economic opportunity. "They wanted me to foc 7 Best Marijuana Stocks and ETFs to Buy in 2026 12/29/2025 07:00pm • In December, President Donald Trump in an executive order told his attorney general to expediate a rulemaking process related to rescheduling marijuana as a less-dangerous drug. Publicly traded cannabis stocks popped but have since eased back. The excitement and then caution has been a characteristi First-half blitz sends Roma into top four of Serie A with 3-1 win over Genoa 12/29/2025 05:08pm • ROME (AP) ��� Roma scored three times in a one-sided first half to beat Genoa 3-1 on Monday and move into fourth place in Serie A. Mat��as Soul�����s neatly taken goal after 13 minutes was followed quickly by an opportunistic strike by Manu Kon�� as the home side overran its lowly opponent. On-loan Stocks slip on Wall Street as 2025 winds down 12/29/2025 05:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks slipped in quiet trading on Wall Street Monday to kick off another holiday-shortened week. The losses have little impact on the broader annual gains for major indexes as they close out their final days of the year. There are two trading days left before the year ends. Market How to build an emergency fund, pay off debt and make a plan for your money in 2026 12/29/2025 01:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The start of a new year usually brings new motivation to achieve goals like eating healthier or finally cleaning your basement. Many resolutions also focus on financial goals, such as paying off credit card debt, saving for a new house, or simply getting more educated about money. Young Africans find hope in farming as urban life becomes too expensive 12/29/2025 03:22am • TAMBACOUNDA, Senegal (AP) ��� On a blazing afternoon in Senegal, 33-year-old farmer Filly Mangassa heaved peanut plants onto a horse-drawn cart, sending clouds of dust swirling. Ten years ago, he left his village for the capital, Dakar, dreaming of becoming a professor. But the high cost of living a Editorial Roundup: United States 12/24/2025 03:01pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 23 The Washington Post on conservatism and free markets When American conservatives abandon free-market principles, there���s no telling what follows. The Heritage Foundation has been illustrating this the past few months. One Zelenskyy says he's open to creating demilitarized zone in Ukraine's industrial heartland 12/24/2025 02:20pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country���s eastern industrial heartland as part of a plan to end Russia���s war, if Moscow also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized zone monitored by international forces. Average US long-term mortgage rate ticks down to 6.18% this week 12/24/2025 12:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ticked down modestly this week, remaining in the same narrow range of the past two months. The average long-term mortgage rate fell to 6.18% from 6.21% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday. A year ago, the rate averaged