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Hunter Biden's lawyers push California judge to toss out tax charges 03/27/2024 08:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden asked a judge Wednesday to toss out the tax case accusing him of a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes while living an extravagant lifestyle. President Joe Biden's son has pleaded not guilty to the nine felony and misdemeanor tax of What Is the Average American Net Worth by Age? 03/27/2024 08:00pm • Net worth is frequently used as an indicator of financial success. This number adds up your total assets -- whether liquid or not -- and subtracts any debts to give a picture of how much money you have. Working toward a high net worth involves increasing your assets and paying down debts, both of wh 7 Strategies to Dig Out of Student Loan Debt 03/27/2024 08:00pm • Earning a college degree is seen as a key component of the American dream, but that achievement often comes at a steep cost. The average student loan debt among recent college graduates who borrowed is around $30,000, according to U.S. News data. For borrowers who attended graduate or professional s 'Women farmers are invisible': A West African project helps them claim their rights — and land 03/27/2024 02:27pm • ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AP) — Mariama Sonko’s voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit. This quiet village in Senegal is the headquar House Speaker Mike Johnson is committed to advancing Ukraine aid. But it will be a difficult task 03/27/2024 02:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a month, House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine, mulling how best to gain a grasp of what is expected to be a difficult lift in the House. The Republican speaker has indicated he will A UK financial trader dubbed the ringleader of an interest rate manipulation scandal loses an appeal 03/27/2024 12:54pm • LONDON (AP) — A British financial trader, who has been described as the ringleader in the manipulation of a key interest rate before and after the global financial crisis, lost his appeal Wednesday to have his conviction quashed. Tom Hayes, 44, who was a former trader at U.S. bank Citigroup and Sw Chinese leader Xi issues a positive message at a meeting with US business leaders as ties improve 03/27/2024 11:30am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s nationalist leader, Xi Jinping, called for closer trade ties with the U.S. during a meeting on Wednesday with top American business leaders in Beijing that came amid a steady improvement in relations that had sunk to the lowest level in years. Xi emphasized the mutually be Children's author Kouri Richins hit with new charges alleging earlier attempt to kill her husband 03/26/2024 09:43pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine's Day. Kouri Richins, 33, is accused of killing her husband w Struggling private Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama says it will close at end of May 03/26/2024 09:20pm • Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal arts college in Alabama, will close at the end of May after running into financial difficulties and being unable to secure a financial lifeline from the state, officials announced Tuesday. The College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to close the lo Poland's ruling coalition wants the central bank chief tried in court over hurting state interests 03/26/2024 08:52pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lawmakers with Poland’s ruling pro-European Union coalition launched a rare process Tuesday to bring the central bank chief before a special court on allegations of acting against the country's financial interests. The result could ban him from political life. Critics of th How to Get a $10,000 Personal Loan 03/26/2024 08:00pm • When an unexpected circumstance arises, you may not have enough emergency savings on hand. What should you do if you need to cover a medical emergency, a last-minute trip or pressing debt? One option is to take out a personal loan. Here's everything you need to know about getting a $10,000 personal When will Trump pay his $175 million appeals bond? Here's what's next in his civil fraud case 03/26/2024 07:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump got a break this week when an appeals court cut down the amount of money he needs to put up to pause collection while he appeals a $454 million-plus judgment in his New York civil fraud case. Here's a look at what happened and what could happen next: Travelers through Maine’s biggest airport can now fly to the moon. Or at least a chunk of it 03/26/2024 02:56pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fly me to the moon. Or, at least, to Maine. Maine's largest airport is now home to the second largest piece of the moon on Earth, according to moon rock enthusiasts who installed the extraterrestrial chunk. The moon piece is a little bigger than a rugby ball and is on loan t Millennial Money: Installment plans for rent divide up payments, but drive up costs 03/26/2024 10:46am • In January, I received an email from my apartment complex saying that I could now divide my monthly rent into two payments via a product called Flex. I would make the first payment on the first of the month, but I could choose when to make the second payment. According to the email, this would help 5 essential inventions by DC-based creators, from bloodmobiles to drinking straws 03/26/2024 08:38am • A wide variety of everyday, essential devices and practices still used today have roots in the nation's capital. Innovations such as the first message sent by telegraph, the first-ever instance of long-distance wireless communication of sound, the first clock made in America and even the football hu