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How to pay for promising medications like Ozempic 12/27/2023 01:20pm • Steve Haines always loved to go for walks, but exercise had become a nightmare when he was 380 pounds and diabetic. The 49-year-old from Champaign, Illinois, says he would get ulcers on his feet after long walks. About six years ago, Haines’ doctor prescribed Ozempic, a medication approved by the This is the year: Top New Year's resolutions for 2024 12/27/2023 11:56am • Planning to save more money? That tops the list of most common New Year's resolutions, as 2023 winds down and people start setting goals for 2024. More than a third of people say they're making New Year's resolutions, a CBS poll revealed. About two-thirds of young people feel hopeful for the new Despair then delight at Old Trafford as United beats Villa in 1st game after deal. Liverpool top 12/26/2023 07:14pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Welcome to Manchester United, Jim Ratcliffe. In the space of 90 minutes, and in front of soon-to-be director Dave Brailsford, Old Trafford witnessed the best and worst of Erik ten Hag's team. Two days after confirmation that British billionaire Ratcliffe will buy a sta Americans ramped up spending during the holidays despite some financial anxiety and higher costs 12/26/2023 11:06am • NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday sales rose this year and spending remained resilient during the shopping season even with Americans wrestling with higher prices in some areas and other financial worries, according to the latest measure. Holiday sales from the beginning of November through Christmas Eve cl Millennial Money: 4 things that could impact your credit in 2024 12/26/2023 07:00am • Credit is top of mind for many folks going into 2024. Nearly 4 in 5 Americans (79%) say they are trying to improve their credit, according to a recent survey from NerdWallet. Getting ahead of surprises will go a long way in protecting your credit. Here are four things to look out for that could impa How to Back Out of a Financial Commitment 12/25/2023 07:00pm • When it comes to money, prioritizing your own financial security is paramount. That means when funds are tight, you might have to make some difficult decisions on where to cut back -- which might include backing out of a financial commitment you've made. Maybe you promised a friend you'd lend them s Sunday's Transactions 12/24/2023 10:31pm • BASEBALL Major League Baseball National League NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Smith on a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Recalled Fs Leonard Miller and Josh Minott from th Pentagon, states begin new push to help LGBTQ veterans kicked out of military 12/24/2023 01:27pm • For former Navy sailor Annie Reyes, seeing the words on paper still stings: "Reason for discharge: homosexual conduct." ABC News "We were in Bahrain in the middle of the ocean, and they're like, 'This is the perfect time to kick someone out for being gay,'" Reyes, 40, said of her 2009 dismiss Hawaii announces first recipients of student loan payment program for health care workers 12/23/2023 05:45pm • HONOLULU (AP) — The state has announced the first recipients of a program aimed at helping medical professionals pay off student loans in exchange for a two-year commitment to provide care in Hawaii. Gov. Josh Green on Friday thanked state lawmakers for providing $30 million to fund the program. A Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines 12/23/2023 03:32am • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Butter and milk shortages. Political party boycotts. Ongoing prosecutions of the president’s critics. This is the environment in which Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for the country's first local elections since President Kais Saied wrote a new constitution that Friday's Transactions 12/22/2023 10:31pm • BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Shelby Miller on a one-year contract with and option in 2025. Designated C Donny Sands for assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Claimed 1B Alfonso Rivas off waivers from Cleveland. National League ARIZONA DIAMON Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge tumbles in November as prices continue to ease 12/22/2023 11:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of prices fell last month, another sign that inflation is easing and that Americans should benefit from reduced interest rates and get relief from painful price shocks in 2024. Friday's report from the Commerce Department showed that U.S. High-income households in Northern Virginia can now qualify for a state housing loan 12/22/2023 09:53am • Virginia's housing finance authority is adding a new program to serve higher income levels with housing loans in Northern Virginia. Households that make more than $228,000 a year can now qualify for first-time homebuying assistance in Alexandria, Arlington and other counties or cities near the Di Homebuilders step up construction of single-family homes as 30-year mortgage rate eases below 7% 12/21/2023 01:03pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homebuilders are stepping up construction of single-family homes following a steady decline in mortgage rates and broad expectations among economists that home loan borrowing costs will ease further next year. Builders broke ground on single-family homes in November at a seasona Down again: Average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 6.67%, lowest level since June 12/21/2023 12:11pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Home loan financing costs eased again this week, pulling the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate down to a six-month low. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped to 6.67% from 6.95% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.27%.