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Should You Use a Personal Loan to Pay Off Student Loans? 09/29/2025 08:00pm • Refinancing your student loan debt into a personal loan may seem like a way to simplify payments and escape federal loan complexity. Before you make the switch, understand what you might give up and whether it's worth it. Can You Use a Personal Loan to Pay Off Student Loans?Personal loans typically Is This the End of Paper Checks? 09/29/2025 08:00pm • The paper check has been bounced from the federal government. But how much longer will we pay with checks at all? As of Sept. 30, the Social Security Administration, IRS and other federal departments and agencies will no longer send or receive paper checks, with only a few rare exceptions. That mean 6 Mistakes That Make Your Credit Card Debt Cost More 09/29/2025 08:00pm • Credit card debt can be costly and quickly spiral out of control. Interest charges can add to your balance, and habits like relying on minimum payments, making new charges or overlooking relief programs can make your credit card debt cost more. If you're trying to pay down credit card debt, avoid th What to know about the Gaza peace plan agreed to by Trump and Netanyahu 09/29/2025 06:55pm • CAIRO (AP) — After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threw his support behind the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, the question now is whether Hamas will agree. Hamas faces a bitter tradeoff — the proposal demands that the militant group effectively surrender in return for uncertain gains. But Trump and Netanyahu say they've agreed on a plan to end the Gaza war. Hamas is now reviewing it 09/29/2025 06:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a 20-point proposal supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that would end the war in Gaza and free remaining hostages, leaning heavily into conditions that Hamas has previously rejected. The U.S. president, who has become Linebacker Devin Lloyd is a defensive catalyst for the Jaguars' surprising start to the season 09/29/2025 06:49pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Devin Lloyd hasn’t enjoyed a month like this since his rookie season. The Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker, the 27th overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft who is in the final year of his contract, has three interceptions in four games and has been a defensive catalyst for t Joe Alt's ankle injury leaves the Chargers' offensive line in a bad spot 09/29/2025 06:48pm • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers went into training camp expecting their offensive line to be a major strength. Now, four games into the season, injuries have left the group depleted at the two most important spots. Offensive tackle Joe Alt is undergoing testing after hurting his Donovan Mitchell's drive intensifies with the Cavaliers after Max Strus injury 09/29/2025 06:29pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell already had plenty of motivation in his offseason workouts after the Cleveland Cavaliers were eliminated by the Indiana Pacers in five games in the Eastern Conference semifinals despite being the top seed. His drive went to another gear when he heard last month Ma The Latest: Congressional leaders meet with Trump as possible government shutdown looms 09/29/2025 06:29pm • Democratic and Republican congressional leaders met at the White House on Monday with President Donald Trump in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides thus far have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions. If government funding legislation isn’t 1 man killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda 09/29/2025 06:24pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas closed most schools Monday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including over Cuba where landslides killed at least one man. The storm was located about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Great Abaco Island Wolves find comfort in feeling of being settled, after big trade brought rocky start last season 09/29/2025 06:20pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The only splashes made this summer by the Minnesota Timberwolves were new contracts for two of their best big men, an unusually quiet offseason for an organization that has rarely been far from the next round of upheaval. The front office stayed intact. No roster-rattling trade California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs landmark bill creating AI safety measures 09/29/2025 06:13pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law that aims to prevent people from using powerful artificial intelligence models for potentially catastrophic activities like building a bioweapon or shutting down a bank system. The move comes as Newsom touted California Black Sheep Egg Company of Arkansas recalls free-range brown eggs over salmonella concerns 09/29/2025 06:10pm • An Arkansas egg producer is recalling 12-count and 18-count cartons of free-range large brown eggs after federal health inspectors detected salmonella contamination at a processing site. Black Sheep Egg Company of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, pulled products and notified direct customers about the recal College-reform bill could generate extra billions by allowing conferences to pool their TV rights 09/29/2025 06:06pm • Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is proposing a bill that would rewrite a 1961 law prohibiting college sports conferences from banding together to sell their media rights, a move she says is designed to protect athletes, Olympics sports and smaller leagues that could be getting priced out of the increa When food banks need bread, 900 home bakers answer the call 09/29/2025 05:27pm • On a recent Saturday near Seattle, Cheryl Ewaldsen pulled three golden loaves of wheat bread out of her kitchen oven. The fragrant, oat-topped bread was destined not for her table, but for a local food bank, to be distributed to families increasingly struggling with hunger and the high cost of groce