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3 Senate Democrats draft plan to end federal ban on marijuana
07/14/2021 05:30am • Three top Senate Democrats have a draft plan to end the federal ban on cannabis and implement a series of programs to help communities that have been harmed by the war on drugs, which have disproportionately tended to be communities of color. Senators Chuck Schumer, the majority leader; Ron Wyden
What to Do if Your TEACH Grant Becomes a Loan
07/14/2021 12:00am • The federal Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education grant, or TEACH grant, can be a great way for prospective teachers to fund part of the cost of college, but it comes with a few strings attached. Unlike other federal grants, you must complete a teaching service obligation an
8 Latest Reddit Stocks Trending in July
07/14/2021 12:00am • WallStreetBets posters are buzzing about these eight Reddit stocks.As unlikely as it would have sounded a year ago, Reddit has become a major hub for retail stock traders in 2021. Reddit's WallStreetBets community has repeatedly led targeted buying campaigns in a handful of heavily shorted stocks, c
Trump's finance chief loses titles, roles after indictment
07/13/2021 08:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The move by Donald Trump's company to strip its top finance chief from several leadership positions less than two weeks after his criminal indictment suggests it is facing a tricky, new business environment as it seeks to reassure lenders and other business partners. Allen Weisselb
Volunteer Maryland seeking young people who want to serve their communities
07/13/2021 05:58pm • A program that struggled through the pandemic is recruiting young Marylanders who are looking to give back to their communities. Applications for Volunteer Maryland are now open. "Volunteer Maryland is an AmeriCorps program housed in the Governor's Office of Community Initiatives. And we partner
California men plead guilty in Florida to $1.3B fraud scam
07/13/2021 05:09pm • MIAMI (AP) — Two more California men have pleaded guilty in South Florida for their roles in a $1.3 billion real estate fraud scheme that stole money from thousands of investors nationwide. Dane Roseman, 38, and Ivan Acevedo, 44, both of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty Monday in Miami federal court to
Families of Lebanese blast victims protest interior minister
07/13/2021 04:53pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Riot police fired tear gas and scuffled with protesters — mostly family members of victims of the Beirut Port blast — outside the home of Lebanon's caretaker interior minister Tuesday. The demonstrators demanded an end to what they call the obstruction of an investigation into on
Chicago banker convicted in
loans
-for-Trump job scheme
07/13/2021 04:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan jury on Tuesday convicted a Chicago banker of criminal charges for enabling Paul Manafort to get $16 million in
loans
before the former campaign manager for ex-President Donald Trump helped him get an interview for a job in the Trump administration. The jury returned it
US deficit for current budget year climbs to $2.24 trillion
07/13/2021 02:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's deficit for the first nine months of this budget year hit $2.24 trillion, keeping the country on track for its second biggest shortfall in history. In its monthly budget report, the Treasury Department said Tuesday that the deficit for the budget year that e
Putin hosts leader of Belarus for talks on closer ties
07/13/2021 01:13pm • MOSCOW (AP) — The authoritarian leader of Belarus visited Russia on Tuesday for talks with President Vladimir Putin as soaring tensions with the West have boosted his reliance on Moscow’s support. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko thanked Putin for the “very serious support" Belarus ha
Bank of England ditches dividend limits on UK banks
07/13/2021 11:39am • LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England on Tuesday ditched limits on dividends banks pay out to their shareholders that were first introduced at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic as part of a package of measures to shore up the British economy. The bank's Financial Policy Committee, which monitors
JPMorgan's 2Q profits more than double, beating expectations
07/13/2021 11:31am • NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase said its second quarter profits more than doubled from a year ago — a reflection of the improving global economy and fewer bad
loans
on its balance sheet. But the bank's revenues fell noticeably in the quarter, due partially to a decline in interest rates during th
How to Build an Investment Portfolio
07/13/2021 12:00am • Investing can be challenging for anyone, but for those in their mid-20s to mid-30s, it can be especially daunting to build a portfolio from scratch -- especially while paying off student
loans
, credit card debt and establishing some savings. Add in 2020's pandemic-inspired sell-off and the 2008 fina
What makes Boulder best place to live in US in 2021-22?
07/13/2021 12:00am • There's no denying that Boulder, Colorado, offers a lot of what people are looking for when they consider moving to a new part of the country. College students, recent grads and established professionals in the tech industry alike see Boulder as an ideal spot, and the active atmosphere and easy acce
Musk on trial: Defends SolarCity, calls lawyer 'bad human'
07/12/2021 04:51pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Tesla founder Elon Musk took to a witness stand Monday to defend his company’s 2016 acquisition of a troubled company called SolarCity against a lawsuit that claims he’s to blame for a deal that was rife with conflicts of interest and never delivered the profits he'd pr
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