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Minnesota governor signs gun safety measures: red flag law, expanded background checks 05/19/2023 04:56pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed two gun safety measures into law Friday afternoon, aligning his battleground state with others nationally that have taken steps to keep guns out of the hands of people in crisis and criminals. Gabby Giffords ��� a former Democratic c Stock market today: Wall Street's best week since March stalls amid debt worries 05/19/2023 04:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Wall Street���s best week since March ran out of steam Friday as worries rose about the U.S. government���s efforts to avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt. The S&P 500 slipped 6.07 points, or 0.1%, to 4,191.98. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 109.28, or 0.3 Arrestan en Puerto Rico a 44 personas acusadas de cometer fraude con ayudas econ��micas por covid-19 05/19/2023 01:44pm • (CNN Espa��ol) -- El jefe de la Fiscal��a Federal de Estados Unidos en Puerto Rico, Stephen Muldrow, dio a conocer este jueves la acusaci��n contra 44 personas residentes en la isla por su presunta participaci��n en un fraude multimillonario con la intenci��n de obtener ilegalmente fondos federales Federal Reserve Chair Powell hints at a pause in rate hikes when central bank meets next month 05/19/2023 01:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Chair Jerome Powell indicated Friday that the Federal Reserve will likely forgo an increase in its benchmark interest rate when it meets in June for the first time since it began raising its key rate 14 months ago to fight high inflation. In signaling so, Powell provided some cla In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival 05/19/2023 08:37am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) ��� Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands in his ID, the employee on the other side of the counter will look at him with suspicion, asking why he carries a document that identifies him as female. Whether it is a bank, a hospital or a human In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival 05/19/2023 08:12am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) ��� Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands in his ID, the employee on the other side of the counter will look at him with suspicion, asking why he carries a document that identifies him as female. Whether at a bank, a hospital or a human re How Do Installment Loans Work? 05/18/2023 08:00pm • Installment loans are a type of loan that allows you to finance large purchases or unexpected expenses and pay them off over time with a series of fixed payments, usually monthly. Unlike options such as payday loans or credit cards, installment loans have a set repayment schedule and interest rate w AP analysis: Most beauty school programs would be in jeopardy under US proposal 05/18/2023 06:20pm • Under a new proposal intended to protect students, nearly two-thirds of cosmetology certificate programs at for-profit colleges would would risk losing federal funding. So would over a third of such programs in massage therapy and dental support services. Overall, 22% of programs at for-profit schoo Ghana bets on $3bn IMF loan to ���reset��� economy, ease hardship 05/18/2023 04:37pm • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) ��� Ghanian officials said Thursday that the $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout approved for the West African nation would help ���reset the economy��� and ease the economic hardship on millions of citizens. Though ���far from a magic solution wand,��� the credit China's loans pushing world���s poorest countries to brink of collapse 05/18/2023 04:35pm • A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world���s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. An Associated Press analysis of a dozen countries most indebted to Chi US: 44 indicted in Puerto Rico in $1.2M scheme to obtain pandemic relief funds 05/18/2023 04:30pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicted 44 people accused in a $1.2 million scheme to illegally obtain pandemic relief funds, authorities said Thursday. The suspects are accused of submitting at least 52 loan applications to obtain federal recovery funds that U.S. Do you know the difference between banks and credit unions? 05/18/2023 03:19pm • This is the first article in our series, Money Matters. Nearly everyone interacts with a financial institution in some way ��� a checking or savings account, a mortgage or other loan, maybe some investments. But a lot of people could still use a little help navigating the crowded field of fin The average long-term US mortgage rate rose to 6.39% this week, Freddie Mac says 05/18/2023 01:07pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged higher this week after a two-week drop, a modest move in line with a mostly moderate shift in home-loan rates in recent weeks. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to Looking for a house? High mortgages, few homes lead to biggest annual price drop in 11 years 05/18/2023 01:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A persistently low inventory of homes on the market held back U.S. home sales again in April, even as the national median sale price posted its biggest annual drop in 11 years. Existing home sales fell 3.4% in April from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.28 millio Sam Zell, billionaire real estate investor, dies 05/18/2023 11:52am • Sam Zell, a Chicago real estate magnate who earned a multibillion-dollar fortune and a reputation as "the grave dancer" for his ability to revive moribund properties died on Thursday. He was 81. Zell died at home due to complications from a recent illness, according to Equity Group Investments, a c