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What International Students Should Know About Financial Aid 12/18/2023 07:00pm • On top of tuition and fees, housing, books and other supplies, international students face additional costs compared to their domestic peers when studying at colleges in the U.S. Some of those supplementary expenses include visa application fees and international airfare. While earning an education How to manage holiday spending when you're dealing with student loan debt 12/18/2023 10:56am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� For Nicole Plauch�� and her family, Christmas is the time of the year where they can use their preferred love language: gift giving. This year, however, Plauch�� is worried about how much she can afford to spend on gifts. Her main struggle? Student loan payments. ���It just does Berlin Zoo sends the first giant pandas born in Germany to China 12/18/2023 04:26am • BERLIN (AP) ��� The Berlin Zoo has sent the first giant pandas born in Germany to China, dispatching the 4-year-olds on a journey that was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pit and Paule, who also are known by the Chinese names Meng Xiang und Meng Yuan, departed from Berlin on Saturday aboard an Air Recession 2024: What to Watch and How to Prepare 12/17/2023 07:00pm • The U.S. economy is on relatively solid footing heading into 2024 compared to a year ago. Inflation has cooled, labor markets have remained stable and the Federal Reserve has opened up to the possibility of decreasing interest rates at some point next year. Many economists, including Federal Open Ma What Is a Purchase APR? 12/17/2023 07:00pm • Every credit card has certain terms and features you should be aware of -- and purchase APR is one of the most important. The APR, which stands for annual percentage rate, is the amount of interest you will pay if you carry a balance. While there are a few different types of APR, perhaps the most im Kings goaltender Pheonix Copley placed on long-term injured reserve 12/17/2023 06:07pm • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) ��� Goaltender Pheonix Copley has been placed on the long-term injured reserve list by the Los Angeles Kings. Copley suffered a lower-body injury during Friday's practice. He did not make the road trip to Seattle for Saturday's game as the Kings defeated the Kraken 3-2 in a s British man pleads not guilty in alleged $99 million wine fraud conspiracy 12/16/2023 04:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A British man pleaded not guilty in a New York courtroom Saturday in connection with an alleged $99 million, Ponzi-like fraud involving high-priced fine wine and duped investors. Stephen Burton, 58, was extradited Friday to New York from Morocco, where he was arrested in 2022 after Federal Reserve on cusp of what some thought impossible: Defeating inflation without steep recession 12/16/2023 07:29am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when ���The Dukes of Hazzard��� and ���The Jeffersons��� were topping the TV charts. Yet the Federal Reserve now seems on the verge of defeating it ��� and without the surge in unemployment and the deep reces After 40 witnesses and 43 days of testimony, here's what we learned at Trump���s civil fraud trial 12/15/2023 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� After hearing from 40 witnesses over 2�� months, Judge Arthur Engoron sounded almost wistful as he presided over the last day of testimony in former President Donald Trump���s civil business fraud trial. ���In a strange way, I���m gonna miss this trial,��� he said Wednesday. Thing Vermont, ranked as one of the safest states, sees dramatic spike in gun violence 12/15/2023 12:31pm • BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) ��� The recent shootings of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont���s largest city come as the small rural state, often ranked as one of the nation's safest, is grappling with a spike in gun violence. Two days after the students were shot and seriously wounded The nation���s largest credit union rejected more than half its Black conventional mortgage applicants 12/15/2023 10:16am • (CNN) ��� The largest credit union in the US has the widest disparity in mortgage approval rates between White and Black borrowers of any major lender, a trend that reached new heights last year, a CNN analysis found. Navy Federal Credit Union, which lends to military servicemembers and veterans, Thursday's Transactions 12/14/2023 10:29pm • BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS ��� Agreed to terms with RHP Seth Lugo on a two-year contract. Acquired RHP Ryan Brady and INF Cam DeVanney from Milwaukee in exchange for RHP Taylor Clarke. TEXAS RANGERS ��� Agreed to terms with RHP Tyler Mahle on a two-year contra Biden hosts four NASA astronauts, the first crew aiming to fly around the moon in a half-century 12/14/2023 07:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House, where he showed off an moon rock on display in the Oval Office that was collected in the Apollo era. The Artemis II crew ��� three Amer What Is the Average Student Loan Payment? 12/14/2023 07:00pm • The average student loan payment is between $200 and $299, according to the most recent available data from the Federal Reserve. But considering the average debt among recent graduates who took out student loans is nearly $30,000, per an analysis by U.S. News, the monthly payment on a 10-year standa Should I Buy a House Now or Wait Until 2024? 12/14/2023 07:00pm • Many prospective homebuyers have been biding their time this year, waiting for more favorable conditions. With mortgage rates sitting stubbornly around 7% and home prices up year over year, 2023 hasn't been a stellar period to buy a home. Inflation was running wild at the start of this year, prompti