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Spending bill aids retirees, and boosts financial industry 12/25/2022 08:23am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A section of the $1.7 trillion spending bill passed Friday has been billed as a dramatic step toward shoring up retirement accounts of millions of U.S. workers. But the real windfall may go to a far more secure group: the financial services industry. The retirement savings mea CNBC: Lo que debes saber sobre la condonación de préstamos estudiantiles 12/24/2022 09:07am • Dos de los desafíos legales presentados contra el plan de condonación de préstamos estudiantiles del presidente Joe Biden han llegado a la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos. En agosto, Biden anunció que decenas de millones de estadounidenses serían elegibles para la cancelación de su deuda ed Tunisia's political experiment threatens economic collapse 12/24/2022 04:49am • NICE, France (AP) — Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian president appears determined to upend the country’s political system. The strategy is not only threatening a democracy once seen as a model for the Arab world, experts say it is also sending the economy toward a tailspin. The Internation Judge kept FTX execs' plea deals secret to get founder to US 12/23/2022 06:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A judge kept secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s closest associates had turned against him so the cryptocurrency entrepreneur wouldn’t get spooked and fight extradition from the Bahamas, according to court transcripts made public Friday. U.S. prosecutors in New York waited u Ex-CEO gets later trial over millions in grain company fraud 12/23/2022 01:56pm • GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A federal trial has been delayed until May for the former leader of a Mississippi grain storage and processing company who is charged with defrauding farmers, banks and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture of tens of millions of dollars. John R. Coleman of Greenwood, Fairfax Co. library records 10M loans in 2022 12/23/2022 01:31pm • Fairfax County Public Library is on track to notch just over 10 million loans in 2022, and is once again among a handful of libraries nationwide with more than 2 million digital checkouts. Among those 10 million loans, Fairfax Co. readers had a few favorites in particular. The top circulating tit Maxi Moralez to leave NYC, return to Argentina’s Racing 12/23/2022 12:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Midfielder Maxi Moralez is rejoining Argentina’s Racing after six seasons with New York City in Major League Soccer. The 35-year-old Moralez had 36 goals and 60 assists in 194 games over all competitions, helping NYC win the 2021 MLS title. “My family and I have decided to retu When Is It Too Late to Start Saving for Retirement? 12/22/2022 07:00pm • As retirement nears, it's common to evaluate your nest egg and decide next steps. When only a few working years remain, you may be wondering if it's worth saving. If you haven't yet started, the process of setting aside funds might not seem effective. Any investments you make won't have many years t EXPLAINER: What's the debate over releasing Trump's taxes? 12/22/2022 02:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday voted to release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, raising the potential of additional revelations in the coming days related to the finances of the longtime businessman who broke political norms by Average long-term US mortgage rate falls a 6th straight week 12/22/2022 12:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate declined for the sixth straight week, giving potential homebuyers a tiny amount of relief after rates topped out over 7% last month. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the benchmark 30-year rate dipped to 6.2 Former Kansas lawmaker convicted of COVID-19 relief fraud 12/22/2022 10:27am • WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas state lawmaker was found guilty by a federal jury Wednesday of 12 felonies for lying on applications for federal COVID-19 relief. Federal prosecutors said Wichita Republican Michael Capps, 44, filed forms inflating the number of employees he had at two business 5 Ways to Pay for Community College 12/21/2022 07:00pm • Cost is often the deciding factor for students choosing between enrolling at a community college or four-year college. The average tuition and fees for full-time, in-district students at public two-year colleges in 2022-2023 was $3,860, according to the College Board's 2022 Trends in College Pricing Former Harvard coach, dad acquitted in college bribery case 12/21/2022 06:26pm • BOSTON (AP) — A former Harvard fencing coach was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he accepted more than $1.5 million in bribes in exchange for designating a wealthy businessman's two sons as recruits to help secure their admission to the elite university. Jurors found Peter Brand not guilty of Rep.-elect George Santos silent amid questions about resume 12/21/2022 05:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Republican who won a U.S. House seat in November is under pressure to explain himself amid evidence he fabricated parts of his life story. During his campaign, George Santos, 34, boasted impressive academic and professional credentials and portrayed himself as an embodim Wyoming bullishly courts crypto, even after collapse of FTX 12/21/2022 02:49pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Software engineer Jae Yang got a lot of questions from friends when he moved from Silicon Valley with plans to launch his cryptocurrency exchange not in the up-and-coming urban crypto hubs of Miami or Austin, Texas, but the windswept plains of southeastern Wyoming. While the