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Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs back to nearly 7% after two-week slide 03/21/2024 07:00pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed back to nearly 7% this week, pushing up borrowing costs for home shoppers with the spring homebuying season underway. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.87% from 6.74% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thurs Deniz Undav eyes Germany debut and shot at Euro 2024 squad 03/21/2024 06:57pm • BERLIN (AP) — Deniz Undav’s goals for Stuttgart this season have earned the forward his first call-up for Germany for the upcoming friendlies against France and the Netherlands. On Saturday, he could make his debut playing against French star Kylian Mbappé in Lyon, or it could come Tuesday agai Prosecutors say Donald Trump's hush money trial should start April 15 without further delay 03/21/2024 05:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors on Thursday urged a judge to start Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial on April 15, saying the defense's calls for further delays or dismissal of the former president’s case because of a last-minute evidence dump were a “red herring.” The vast majo California wants to pay doctors more money to see Medicaid patients 03/21/2024 01:05pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When Hunter Morgan bought an optometry practice in Southern California three years ago, one of the first things he did was start seeing patients who use Medicaid, the government-funded health insurance program for low-income people. The previous owners had not accepted p 78,000 more public workers are getting student loans canceled through Biden administration changes 03/21/2024 10:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Another 78,000 Americans are getting their federal student loans canceled through a program that helps teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public servants, the Biden administration announced Thursday. The Education Department is canceling the borrowers’ loans because they How a Rockville store is fostering the growth of diverse women-owned businesses 03/21/2024 06:51am • As part of Women’s History Month, WTOP explores how two sisters are taking a homegrown business to the next level with the help of a local incubator program that includes business mentoring and classes for the next generation of female entrepreneurs. Turning a hobby into a successful busine Biden administration to forgive student loans for 78,000 public service workers 03/21/2024 06:45am • (WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that about 78,000 public service workers will have their student loans forgiven by his administration. The workers, which include teachers, nurses, firefighters and others, have “dedicated their careers to serving their communities,” Biden touts Arizona as America's 'future' as government invests $8.5 billion in chipmaker Intel 03/20/2024 09:14pm • CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday celebrated an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants around the country, talking up the investment in the political battleground state of Arizona and calling it a US inflation up again in February in latest sign that price pressures remain elevated 03/20/2024 05:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, both of which are counting on a steady easing of price pressures this year. Prices rose 0. Federal Reserve still foresees 3 interest rate cuts this year despite bump in inflation 03/20/2024 05:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024, fueling a rally on Wall Street, despite signs that inflation remained elevated at the start of the year. For now, the officials kept their benchmark rate unchan NY state asks court not to let Trump forgo $454M bond during fraud case appeal 03/20/2024 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers urged an appellate court Wednesday not to buy former President Donald Trump's claims that it's impossible to post a bond fully covering a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals. The presumptive Republican nominee's lawyers said earlier this week t Judge says Michael Cohen may have committed perjury, refuses to end his probation early 03/20/2024 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge suggested Wednesday that Michael Cohen committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump’s claims that his onetime personal lawyer — poised to be a star prosecution witness at his upcoming New York criminal trial — is an untru Trump favorites Moreno and Merrin win GOP primaries to face 2 vulnerable Ohio Democrats this fall 03/20/2024 06:32am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Things went former President Donald Trump’s way on Tuesday in a pair of high-profile elections in Ohio that could determine Republicans' chances of picking up critical seats this fall and expanding their power in Washington. In the bruising and expensive primary to face Is a HELOC a Smart Way to Pay Off Credit Card Debt? 03/19/2024 08:00pm • If you're drowning in credit card debt, did you know you can borrow against the equity in your home to repay it? A common way to do this is by taking out a home equity line of credit. A HELOC is a line of credit secured by your home that you can use for large purchases or to consolidate debt. Howeve How to Choose a Microcredential 03/19/2024 08:00pm • Microcredentials -- sometimes referred to as non-degree or short-term credentials -- have grown in popularity, raising many questions about their worth. In the U.S., the public has more familiarity with degrees than short-term credentials, says Marni Baker Stein, chief content officer at Coursera, a