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Official: Reality TV star sentenced for Ponzi scheme, fraud 09/15/2021 06:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A former cast member on the reality television show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for conspiracy and wire fraud related to a Ponzi scheme and related charges involving a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan application. Saudi conglomerate to repay $1.9B to banks after law change 09/15/2021 11:27am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi company that owes billions of dollars will pay banks back $1.9 billion after an agreement was reached with creditors following more than decade of efforts, according to a news report on Wednesday. The website of the Abu Dhabi-based The National newspaper UN urges moratorium on use of AI that imperils human rights 09/15/2021 10:39am • GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief is calling for a moratorium on the use of artificial intelligence technology that poses a serious risk to human rights, including face-scanning systems that track people in public spaces. Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, also Chinese property developer's debt struggle rattles investors 09/15/2021 05:06am • BEIJING (AP) — One of China’s biggest real estate developers is struggling to avoid defaulting on billions of dollars of debt, prompting concern about a broader economic fallout and protests by buyers of unfinished apartments. Evergrande Group appears likely to be unable to repay all of the 572 How to Use Student Loan Rehabilitation to Recover From Default 09/15/2021 12:00am • Federal student loan default -- which happens if a borrower misses payments for at least 270 days -- comes with severe consequences. To resolve default, a borrower has options that include full immediate repayment, loan consolidation or loan rehabilitation. For most student loan borrowers, immediat Private School vs. Public School 09/15/2021 12:00am • Deciding whether to send a child to public or private school can be a tough choice for parents of elementary, middle and high school students. Data on whether public or private education is better can be challenging to find and difficult to understand, and the cost of private school can be daunting Are 401(k)s Worth It? 09/15/2021 12:00am • While 401(k) plans typically come with benefits that promote long-term saving, you might find some drawbacks as well. Understanding the potential downsides of 401(k)s, along with how to resolve or work around them, can help you better plan for your financial future. Some of the common disadvantages Film financier gets 13 years in prison for $60M fraud scheme 09/14/2021 08:37pm • MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida man claiming to be a film financier was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in prison for running a scheme to steal over $60 million from investors and producers seeking financing for movies and Broadway shows. Benjamin Forrest McConley, 39, was sentenced in Miami federal c Feds: NYC mobsters shook down union with threats, extortion 09/14/2021 07:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Members of a New York City crime family threatened violence, pressured workers and pocketed phony “pension” payments in a two-decade plot to seize control of a city construction union and its lucrative employee health insurance program, prosecutors alleged in an indictment unse Millennial Money: Beat your summer ‘revenge shopping’ debt 09/14/2021 07:39am • The joy of shouting to your friends over the roar of a crowded bar, the giddiness of seeing the world rushing by below you from the seat of an airplane, the weirdly constricting sensation of wearing pants that aren’t elastic — the summer of 2021 brought back many experiences we had forgone durin See 10 Years of Average Total Student Loan Debt 09/14/2021 12:00am • Average student loan debt has been on the rise in the last decade as families try to keep up with soaring college costs. Though recent college graduates who borrowed to pay for school took out, on average, $135 less in loans compared with the prior year, the average total student debt continues to How Much Does Private School Cost? 09/14/2021 12:00am • The average annual tuition among America's 22,440 private K-12 schools is $12,350 as of August this year, according to EducationData.org. But behind that average is a very wide range of numbers. How much private school costs depends on not only education level, but where the school is located, whet US budget deficit rises to $2.71 trillion through August 09/13/2021 04:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit rose to $2.71 trillion through August, on track to be the second largest shortfall in history due to trillions of dollars in COVID relief. In its monthly budget report, the Treasury Department said Monday that the deficit for the first 11 months of this bu MATCHDAY: Chelsea opens title defense in Champions League 09/13/2021 12:44pm • A look at what’s happening in the Champions League on Tuesday: GROUP E Barcelona’s ability to compete in Europe without Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann will be put to the test when it hosts the team that dealt the Spanish side its most humiliating defeat in recent memory. The 8-2 shellacking Original newspaper prints of US Constitution on display in Annapolis 09/13/2021 10:48am • ANNAPOLIS, Md.-- Walking into the Annapolis State House recently became a bit like time travel as several national founding documents from the 18th and 19th centuries were unveiled Thursday night as part of a Founding Freedoms exhibit. Early and immediate newspaper printings of the Declaration of