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Building collapse shows town's rich, middle-class division 07/07/2021 02:13pm • SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The condo tower collapse in Surfside could exacerbate the division that already exists between the tiny Florida town’s new luxury buildings built for the global elite and those constructed decades ago for the middle class. It is already creating headaches for some small bus Teachers, students struggle with online classes in Chile 07/07/2021 11:14am • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Marcela García teaches science classes sitting on three cushions placed on a chair in her dining room in Chile's capital, while many of her students listen to her from their beds because both sides lack sufficient space for the remote teaching brought on by the coronavirus Are state interest-rate caps an automatic win for borrowers? 07/07/2021 08:07am • Small-dollar, short-term lenders, unburdened by a federal maximum interest rate, can charge borrowers rates of 400% or more for their loans. But more states are bringing that number down by setting rate caps to curb high-interest lending. Currently, 18 states and Washington, D.C. , have laws that li The 2021 Child Tax Credit: Why Some Families Are Opting Out 07/07/2021 12:00am • Families are scheduled to receive their first iteration of the 2021 advance child tax credit payment starting on July 15, but not everyone who receives the payment will actually qualify for it. Those who don't qualify and fail to opt out will ultimately have to repay the monthly credit of up to $30 How to Get Tiny House Financing 07/07/2021 12:00am • Tiny houses are pint-size dwellings, mostly between 100 and 400 square feet, built for simpler living and smaller budgets. Financing for a tiny house can get tricky, though. You may have a hard time finding a traditional mortgage, leaving you to seek alternative financing options. This is because m How Volunteer Work Can Pay Your Student Loans 07/07/2021 12:00am • Paying off your student loans by volunteering might sound counterintuitive, but there are ways that such service efforts can help reduce debt accumulated from attending college. There are programs that allow college graduates to volunteer and in exchange receive money toward paying down their stude Millennial Money: What will you teach your kids about money? 07/06/2021 04:42pm • Hey, internet: Remember millennials? Many of us have graduated from our lattes and leisurely brunches to become parents with jobs, car loans and perhaps even a mortgage. On our road to adulthood, we’ve experienced two global crises — a recession and a pandemic. Many of us are also still carrying Ocugen, Welbilt rise; Talos Energy, Hess fall 07/06/2021 04:18pm • Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Weibo Corp., up $3.43 to $57.74. The China-based social media company is reportedly in talks to go private, though it has denied the media reports. Ocugen Inc., up 24 cents to $7.53. The biotechnology company's partner Bharat Biote Paris Saint-Germain signs Morocco right-back Achraf Hakimi 07/06/2021 01:58pm • PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain bolstered its defense by signing Morocco right-back Achraf Hakimi from Inter Milan on Tuesday. PSG, which is reportedly set to sign former Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, said the 22-year-old defender signed a five-year d Capitol Police change training, security procedures 6 months after insurrection 07/06/2021 10:44am • Six months after a pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to prevent Joe Biden from being certified as the 46th president of the United States, U.S. Capitol Police has announced departmental changes to training, communication, security and wellness services. Among the improvements Job openings, consumer borrowing, wholesale inventories 07/06/2021 06:00am • A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: HELP WANTED The number of job openings is rising as more businesses that closed due to the pandemic reopen. U.S. employers advertised a record 9.3 million jobs in April. Hotels and restaurants, reopening after bein Best Peer-to-Peer Lending Websites for Investors 07/06/2021 12:00am • With fixed income paying a pittance, some investors are turning to peer-to-peer lending platforms for above-market returns. Peer-to-peer lending platforms have grown from a few startups in 2014 into a multibillion-dollar industry. Peer-to-peer lending has three competitive advantages: First, platfo Liz Weston: Smart strategies to fight back against inflation 07/05/2021 07:00am • Few economists predict we’ll return to the double-digit price increases of the late 1970s and early 1980s . But knowing some of the ways consumers coped back then — and how things are different now — can help you formulate a plan to deal with rising prices. First, a primer: Inflation shrinks y Surfside pushes back on report on delayed building repairs 07/04/2021 03:55pm • A Surfside, Florida, official pushed back Sunday on the idea that the town was responsible for slowing down a condo board’s plans to make needed structural repairs to a building that eventually collapsed, killing dozens. Following a Miami Herald report that it took more than a month for the town Emerson takes unconventional route to Euro 2020 semifinals 07/04/2021 09:37am • LONDON (AP) — Emerson Palmieri hasn’t exactly taken the conventional route to the European Championship semifinals. That’s not just a reference to the fact he has made only two Premier League appearances — both as a substitute — for Chelsea this season. A grand total of 89 minutes. Or the