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Q&A: Understanding Captive vs. Independent Advisors 06/16/2021 12:00am • Financial advisors have no shortage of career paths from which to choose. They may choose to be a representative at a major brokerage firm, such as Fidelity or Vanguard, or they could follow the franchise model with Edward Jones. Both are examples of being what's called a captive advisor. Alternati How to Use Your IRA to Buy a House 06/16/2021 12:00am • If you're shopping for a new home, you may be looking for ways to fund the purchase. Taking out cash from a retirement account such as an IRA might be an option in some cases. However, before you withdraw money from an IRA, you'll want to evaluate the short-term and long-term consequences. Use the f How 3 Bipartisan Senate Bills Could Affect Student Loans 06/16/2021 12:00am • A bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently introduced three bills aimed at making the financial aid and student loan processes easier to navigate for families trying to pay for college. The bills, introduced at the end of April and crafted by Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith and Iowa Republicans Chu Survey: Over a Third Frequently Engage in Retail Therapy 06/16/2021 12:00am • If you're shopping to help get out of a pandemic funk, you're not alone. According to a U.S. News survey, a chunk of people have been doing a lot of retail therapy. In a survey conducted in late May and early June 2021 on Americans' post-pandemic spending habits, almost 34% of those who say they pr AP: Some stolen US military guns used in violent crimes 06/15/2021 11:42pm • Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police. “Don’t do it!” a pursuing officer pleaded. The young man complied, releasing the bystander and tossing the gun, which skittered across the city street and then into the hands of police. They soon learned th Eastman Kodak execs told to testify in insider trading probe 06/15/2021 08:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO and general counsel of Eastman Kodak must both testify under oath as part of an investigation from New York's attorney general into possible insider trading, a judge ordered Tuesday. Attorney General Letitia James is investigating CEO Jim Continenza's purchase of company st Man pleads guilty in $20M fraud on coronavirus aid programs 06/15/2021 03:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese man who prosecutors say tried to get $20 million in federal aid for distressed businesses pleaded guilty Tuesday to two criminal charges. Muge Ma entered the plea in Manhattan federal court to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, admitting the fraud that authorities Harris announces $1.25 billion for community lenders 06/15/2021 01:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tuesday that the Biden administration is distributing $1.25 billion to hundreds of community lenders in an effort to help boost the economic recovery from the coronavirus for small businesses and disadvantaged business owners. “President J 'We need more': Democrats frustrated as agenda faces hurdles 06/15/2021 01:53pm • EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — They have spent much of the past year fighting for Democrats in this working-class corner of northeastern Pennsylvania, knocking on thousands of doors, giving their evenings to phone banks and devoting weekends to voter registration drives. But the small group of progressi US military guns keep vanishing, some used in street crimes 06/15/2021 11:52am • In the first public accounting of its kind in decades, an Associated Press investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen during the 2010s, with some resurfacing in violent crimes. And that's certainly an undercount. Government records covering the Army, Marin Mexican president to make National Guard part of army 06/15/2021 11:19am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Tuesday he plans to make the National Guard part of the army, erasing the thin pretense of a civilian-controlled force that was used to gain approval for its creation two years ago. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador dissolved the former Federal P Charitable giving in the U.S. reaches all-time high in 2020 06/15/2021 09:04am • Galvanized by the racial justice protests and the coronavirus pandemic, charitable giving in the United States reached a record $471 billion in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday that offers a comprehensive look at American philanthropy. The Giving USA report says Americans gave more to ch Millennial Money: It’s time for better employee benefits 06/15/2021 07:16am • Vaccination rates are climbing and employers are rolling out back-to-office, back-to-normal plans. But some employees may want a new normal — one that includes flexible scheduling and benefits that align with their needs and values. “Expectations have changed. They were already changing, but How to Come Out of Mortgage Forbearance 06/15/2021 12:00am • Mortgage forbearance offered much-needed relief to millions of homeowners during the coronavirus pandemic, but now many borrowers are leaving the programs. The CARES Act established forbearance programs last year for federally backed mortgages, but private lenders and servicers often provided their Indiana rushes to spend virus relief aid on new jobs program 06/14/2021 12:14pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana legislators scrambled in the final days of their session to make decisions on spending the state’s $3 billion share of the $350 billion in federal coronavirus relief money approved this year for state and local governments. Like many states, they directed aid to schoo