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Is the Nordstrom Store Credit Card Worth It? 04/13/2023 08:00pm • Consumers can earn two points per dollar spent at Nordstrom locations after opening a Nordstrom Credit Card. Shoppers can redeem their points to cover Nordstrom spending and enjoy a few additional perks. For the average shopper, a Nordstrom Credit Card is unlikely to be more useful than a solid rewa How Do Personal Loans Work? 04/13/2023 08:00pm • Personal loans are one way to get financing for a major expense, often at an affordable rate compared to credit cards and other high-interest borrowing options. However, before you get too deep into researching the best personal loan lenders, make sure you understand how a personal loan works and wh Funerals set for most of Louisville's bank shooting victims 04/13/2023 06:44pm • Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for most of the five bank employees killed this week in Louisville, Kentucky, as the city continues to grieve the victims of one of the latest U.S. mass shootings. As obituaries were posted online, more details surfaced about the lives of the employees ki Supreme Court won't block $6B student debt relief settlement 04/13/2023 04:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a roughly $6 billion legal settlement to go forward that will cancel student loans for hundreds of thousands of borrowers who say they were misled by their schools. The justices did not comment in rejecting an emergency plea from Everglades C Average long-term US mortgage rate drops a 5th straight week 04/13/2023 12:02pm • The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate inched down for the fifth straight week, positive news for potential home buyers and a real estate market that’s been chilled by the Federal Reserve's series of interest rate hikes the past year. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average Italy vows help with IMF in bid to stabilize Tunisia 04/13/2023 11:31am • ROME (AP) — Italy on Thursday pledged Tunisia a host of investments and help negotiating an International Monetary Fund bailout as the European nation seeks to stem the number of migrants arriving from North Africa. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani outlined Italy’s efforts and pledges during a m Maryland transit group asks federal judge to compel release of toll lane proposal documents 04/13/2023 10:23am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A coalition opposed to a plan to construct toll lanes along the Capital Beltway wants a federal judge to compel the release of public doc US wholesale inflation pressures eased sharply last month 04/13/2023 09:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices fell in March, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy are easing more than a year after the Federal Reserve began aggressively raising interest rates. Plunging energy prices pulled the government's producer price index down 0.5% from February to M Brazil's Lula in Shanghai on visit to boost ties with China 04/13/2023 06:38am • BEIJING (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on Thursday as he looks to boost ties and win political support for attempts to mediate the conflict in Ukraine. Lula arrived late Wednesday and is due to meet with his Chinese counterpart X 911 calls show chaotic moments during Kentucky bank shooting 04/12/2023 10:08pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Frantic calls from witnesses reporting a mass shooting at a Louisville bank were released Wednesday by police — including from a woman who was on a virtual meeting and saw the shooter, as well as one from the man's mother, who told a 911 operator that her son “currently States confront medical debt that's bankrupting millions 04/12/2023 09:51pm • DENVER (AP) — Cindy Powers was driven into bankruptcy by 19 life-saving abdominal operations. Medical debt started stacking up for Lindsey Vance after she crashed her skateboard and had to get nine stitches in her chin. And for Misty Castaneda, open heart surgery for a disease she'd had since birt When Is the Best Time to Pay My Credit Card Bill? 04/12/2023 08:00pm • Timing is everything, especially when paying your credit card bill. If you want to avoid penalties, plan to pay your credit card bill by the due date. But an early credit card payment might make sense if you want to improve your credit score and save on interest charges. When Is the Best Time to Pay Zelenskyy calls for confiscating Russian Central Bank funds 04/12/2023 05:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In an appeal to the heads of the IMF and World Bank, Ukraine's president on Wednesday renewed his call to confiscate Russian Central Bank assets held around the world and use them to help rebuild Ukraine. “To charge the aggressor with compensation for damages," Ukrainian Presi Bank turmoil led Fed officials to forecast fewer rate hikes 04/12/2023 04:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Turmoil in the banking system after two major banks collapsed led many Federal Reserve officials to envision fewer rate increases this year out of concern that banks will reduce their lending and weaken the economy. The heightened uncertainty surrounding the banking sector also h MATCHDAY: Man United hosts Sevilla in Europa League QF 04/12/2023 03:57pm • A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Thursday: EUROPA LEAGUE Manchester United will be missing top scorer Marcus Rashford because of a muscle injury when it hosts six-time champion Sevilla in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals. United, which won the second-tier European c