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One Tech Tip: Spend quality time with loved ones, not a screen, over the holidays 12/18/2025 07:20am • The Christmas holiday season is a time to step back from the busy pace of modern life and connect with our nearest and dearest instead of screens, apps and chatbots. Here are some suggestions on how to unplug from the online world for the next few weeks as you sit down for a festive meal, exchange Efforts to reconnect Americans face challenges in a lonely time 12/18/2025 07:06am • It's been called an “epidemic” of loneliness and isolation. The “bowling alone” phenomenon. By any name, it refers to Americans' growing social disconnection by many measures. Americans are less likely to join civic groups, unions and churches than in recent generations. They have fewer frie These Credit Cards Offer the Chance at World Cup Tickets 12/17/2025 07:00pm • Are you a soccer fan looking to score tickets to the 2026 FIFA World Cup? For a limited time, new applicants approved for the Bank of America® Customized Cash Rewards credit card or the Bank of America® Unlimited Cash Rewards credit card will have special access to purchase up to two tickets -- bu Brown University shooting leaves students, community frustrated with official response 12/16/2025 07:00pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The ongoing effort to find a man who walked onto Brown University ’s campus during a busy exam season and shot nearly a dozen students in a crowded lecture hall has raised questions about the school's security systems and the urgency of the investigation itself. A day aft Retail sales unchanged in October hurt in part by a decline in auto sales 12/16/2025 10:41am • NEW YORK (AP) — Sales at U.S. retailers and restaurants were unchanged in October from September as consumers moderated their spending amid worries about higher prices and other economic uncertainties after splurging over the summer. But a big factor dragging down the figure was a 1.6% drop in sal A warning about a new gift card scam called draining 12/16/2025 03:52am • Are gift cards on your holiday shopping list? Beware, there’s a new scam where the balance on cards you buy may disappear before it can be used. It’s called gift card draining. According to a news release from the office of D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, scammers take an unpurchased gif APY vs. Interest Rate: What's the Difference? 12/14/2025 07:00pm • The APY and the interest rate are two key figures to know when storing money in a savings account or other interest-earning bank account. Both are expressed as percentages, but an account's APY gives you the full picture of how much interest you can earn on your money. What Is an Interest Rate?An in A Chinese official exposed his boss. Now in Texas, he’s hunted by Beijing - with help from US tech 12/12/2025 01:25pm • MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang was recuperating from cancer on a Korean resort island when he got an urgent call: Don’t return to China, a friend warned. You’re now a fugitive. Days later, a stranger snapped a photo of Li in a cafe. Terrified South Korea would sen This holiday season isn't very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds 12/12/2025 11:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) — This holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds. The vast majority of U.S. adults say the Sao Paulo blackout leaves 1.3M without power, hundreds of flights canceled 12/11/2025 07:28pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 1.3 million Sao Paulo residents remained without electricity late Thursday after strong winds caused trees to fall onto the Brazilian metropolis' grid the day before. Authorities said almost 400 flights were canceled. Utility Enel said in a statement it had returned serv How Nonprofit Student Loan Lenders Can Help You Save Money 12/11/2025 07:00pm • When the federal student loans program undergoes significant restructuring in 2026, more parents and students will likely find themselves shopping around for private lenders to help finance higher education. Gone are the days when graduate students and parents of undergrads could borrow up to the fu Senior Centers: Benefits for Healthy Aging 12/11/2025 07:00pm • Many older adults hope to age in place in their own homes for as long as possible. Whether for financial reasons or a desire to maintain independence, this goal can be achieved with the help of a local senior center. Read on to learn all about what senior centers offer and how their services can hel Oklahoma Black Lives Matter leader indicted for fraud, money laundering 12/11/2025 06:19pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted the leader of the Black Lives Matter movement in Oklahoma City over allegations that millions of dollars in grant funds were improperly spent on international trips, groceries and personal real estate, prosecutors announced Thursday. Tashella Sher US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI 12/11/2025 05:54pm • The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to purge their gift shops of items it deems objectionable. The Interior Department said in a memo last month that gift shops, bookstores and concession stands have until Dec. 19 to empty Things to do in the DC area: Capital Art & Craft Festival, 'an Irish Carol' … and more! 12/11/2025 04:27am • One of Northern Virginia's largest winter markets returns this weekend. The Capital Art and Craft Festival features more than 300 juried artists at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia. From Friday through Sunday, expect everything from glass and metal works to jewelry and clothing to po