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Amnesty: Creditors should provide debt relief to Sri Lanka 10/05/2022 07:36am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — International creditors should provide debt relief to Sri Lanka to alleviate suffering as its people endure hunger, worsening poverty and shortages of basic supplies, Amnesty International said in a statement Wednesday. For months, Sri Lanka has been in the grip of a dir Depositors storm 4 Lebanese banks, demanding their own money 10/04/2022 10:22pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors, including a retired police officer, stormed at least four banks in the cash-strapped country Tuesday after banks ended a weeklong closure and partially reopened. As the tiny Mediterranean nation's crippling economic crisis continues to worsen, a growing number of Former veteran California FBI agent convicted of bribery 10/04/2022 09:03pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI agent in Northern California who handled national security issues was convicted Tuesday of accepting at least $150,000 in gifts and cash bribes to provide confidential information to a man with organized crime ties, prosecutors said. Babak Broumand, 56, of Lafayette White House unveils artificial intelligence 'Bill of Rights' 10/04/2022 06:17pm • The Biden administration unveiled a set of far-reaching goals Tuesday aimed at averting harms caused by the rise of artificial intelligence systems, including guidelines for how to protect people’s personal data and limit surveillance. The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights notably does not set ou Poll: Many pessimistic about improving standard of living 10/04/2022 01:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — More than half of Americans believe it’s unlikely younger people today will have better lives than their parents, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Most of those US job openings sink as economy slows, cost to borrow rises 10/04/2022 12:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of available jobs in the U.S. plummeted in August compared with July as businesses grow less desperate for workers, a trend that could cool chronically high inflation. That is good news for the Federal Reserve in its efforts to bring down high prices without plunging Millennial Money: You nixed your homebuying plan. What now? 10/04/2022 09:12am • Millennials are in peak nesting mode. We want the outdoor space many apartments lack, or the room to grow that a starter house doesn’t offer. There’s just a not-so-small problem. (Gestures broadly at everything.) The median existing home sales price of U.S. homes was $389,500 in August, accordin Asian shares rise after 'relief rally' on Wall Street 10/04/2022 12:07am • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Tuesday, encouraged by a rally in U.S. shares after some weak economic data raised hopes that the Federal Reserve might ease away from aggressive interest rate hikes. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 2.3% in morning trading to 26,811.08. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 US auto sales fell slightly in 3Q, even with September gains 10/03/2022 06:03pm • DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales fell slightly in the third quarter, even though some automakers reported improvement in September. But there are warning signs consumers' appetite for expensive new cars, trucks and SUVs may be waning. Edmunds.com said Monday that sales fell 0.9% from July thr DC aims to make 20,000 more Black Washingtonians homeowners by 2030 10/03/2022 03:51pm • D.C. wants to make 20,000 additional Black Washingtonians homeowners by 2030. The announcement Monday included the release of the Black Homeownership Strike Force's final report of recommendations for the use of a $10 million Black Homeownership Fund in the city's Fiscal Year 2023 budget. Want a lower mortgage rate? Borrow bigger (or gamble on an ARM) 10/03/2022 10:30am • Mortgage rates across the board are at a 15-year high, with a traditional 30-year fix hitting an average of 6.7% last week, according to Freddie Mac's weekly rate report. But some unusual dynamics are playing out in the current mortgage lending environment. One of them is rates being offered on Kimberly Palmer: How to handle your medical bills 10/03/2022 09:44am • When she was 19, writer Emily Maloney found herself facing about $50,000 in medical debt after hospital treatment for a mental health crisis. The debt followed her throughout her twenties, hurting her credit and leading to stressful calls from collection agencies. Her experience is all too common: T Emerging from primary, John King urges end school-to-prison pipeline, student debt 10/03/2022 01:00am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Former U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. calmly walked on stage at a national conference in Washington, D.C., Friday to offer recomme Mortgage Rates Rise to 6.7%, Continuing Upward Streak 10/02/2022 08:00pm • Mortgage rates have surged for the sixth consecutive week, according to Freddie Mac. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage has risen more than a percentage point during September, from 5.66% on Sept. 1 to 6.7% currently. In a grim indicator, we've had to adjust the Y-axis higher on our mortga How to Take Advantage of Rising Interest Rates 10/02/2022 08:00pm • The Federal Reserve raised interest rates in September for the fifth time this year in an effort to cool rising inflation. These increasing interest rates will affect the way you save, spend and invest. When interest rates rise, it's generally good news for savers, as rates on deposit accounts and o