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Charitable giving in the U.S. reaches all-time high in 2020 06/15/2021 09:04am • Galvanized by the racial justice protests and the coronavirus pandemic, charitable giving in the United States reached a record $471 billion in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday that offers a comprehensive look at American philanthropy. The Giving USA report says Americans gave more to ch Millennial Money: It���s time for better employee benefits 06/15/2021 07:16am • Vaccination rates are climbing and employers are rolling out back-to-office, back-to-normal plans. But some employees may want a new normal ��� one that includes flexible scheduling and benefits that align with their needs and values. ���Expectations have changed. They were already changing, but How to Come Out of Mortgage Forbearance 06/15/2021 12:00am • Mortgage forbearance offered much-needed relief to millions of homeowners during the coronavirus pandemic, but now many borrowers are leaving the programs. The CARES Act established forbearance programs last year for federally backed mortgages, but private lenders and servicers often provided their Indiana rushes to spend virus relief aid on new jobs program 06/14/2021 12:14pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Indiana legislators scrambled in the final days of their session to make decisions on spending the state���s $3 billion share of the $350 billion in federal coronavirus relief money approved this year for state and local governments. Like many states, they directed aid to schoo Financing an auto purchase? Your credit score might look higher than you thought it was 06/14/2021 09:20am • Auto dealer inventories remain tight, but buyers are undeterred, with sales of both new and used vehicles at record highs. Many buyers finance their purchase, and that requires a credit check. The standard FICO score ranges from 300 to 850. But for vehicle loans, lenders instead use the FICO Auto The Latest: Belgium's Castagne to miss rest of Euro 2020 06/12/2021 05:47pm • The Latest on soccer���s European Championship: ___ Belgium coach Roberto Martinez says wing back Timothy Castagne will miss the rest of the European Championship after sustaining a double fracture of his right eye socket during the match against Russia. Castagne was forced off the field after a cla Final presidential debate shows Iran's political fissures 06/12/2021 02:54pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ��� Iran held a final presidential debate Saturday that showed the fissures within the Islamic Republic���s politics, as hard-liners referred to those seeking ties to the West as ���infiltrators��� and the race���s two other candidates brought up the unrest that surrounded Tehran�� The Netherlands return, will face Ukraine at Euro 2020 06/12/2021 12:54pm • AMSTERDAM (AP) ��� Seven years is a long, long wait. It's been that many years since the Netherlands last played at a major soccer tournament, dating back to the orange-clad team's run to the World Cup semifinals in 2014. On Sunday in Amsterdam, the Dutch will finally be back on the field to take on Moyes gets 3-year extension after strong West Ham season 06/12/2021 10:05am • LONDON (AP) ��� West Ham manager David Moyes signed a three-year contract extension Saturday after a season in which he led the Premier League club to European qualification. The resurgent Hammers achieved their highest Premier League points total in finishing sixth to earn a spot in next season's E Pippy makes Md. state Senate bid official 06/12/2021 07:59am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Del. Jesse T. Pippy (R-Frederick) made it official Friday: He���ll leave the House and run for the state Senate in 2022. ���Over the pa Pandemic relapse spells trouble for India's middle class 06/12/2021 02:53am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Ram Babu moved from his village to the Indian capital New Delhi in 1980, to clean cars. Soon, he learned to drive and got a job as a tour bus driver. Decades later, he set up his own company, Madhubani Tours and Travels. In March 2020, a stringent nationwide lockdown to fight the Top US regulators pledge to seek reforms for money markets 06/11/2021 07:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Top regulators pledged Friday to push reforms in a key corner of U.S. financial markets that the Federal Reserve and Treasury had to rush to support after it was roiled during the coronavirus outbreak in the spring of 2020. Members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council di Prison for swindler who cost Md. woman, 66, her home 06/11/2021 03:12pm • A Maryland man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he swindled a longtime public school aide out of her money by promising to get her a more affordable mortgage payment ��� for a home she eventually lost. Patricia Duckett, 66, was making plans to retire when her hairdresser told her Summer camps return but with fewer campers and counselors 06/11/2021 11:37am • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� Overnight summer camps will be allowed in all 50 states this season, but COVID-19 rules and a pandemic labor crunch mean that many fewer young campers will attend, and those who do will have to observe coronavirus precautions for the second consecutive year. The Southeast is Judge pauses loan forgiveness program for farmers of color 06/11/2021 11:02am • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� A federal judge has halted a loan forgiveness program for farmers of color in response to a lawsuit alleging the program discriminates against white farmers. U.S. District Judge William Griesbach in Milwaukee issued a temporary restraining order Thursday suspending the program for