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Maryland credit union's mission for financial literacy 01/09/2023 12:27pm • A recent Standard & Poor���s study determined just 57% of U.S. adults are considered financially literate, as measured by their knowledge of basic banking and personal finance topics. Some Americans are more vulnerable to financial illiteracy than others, something Audra Pettus remembers expe Justices turn away Israeli spyware maker in WhatsApp suit 01/09/2023 12:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an Israeli spyware maker's bid to derail a high-profile lawsuit filed by the WhatsApp messaging service. The justices left in place lower court rulings against the Israeli firm, NSO Group. WhatsApp claims that NSO targeted some 1,400 users of US law based on anti-Latino racism fuels immigration fight 01/09/2023 11:07am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� As thousands of children were taken from their parents at the southern border during a Trump administration crackdown on illegal crossings, a federal public defender in San Diego set out to find new strategies to go after the longstanding deportation law fueling the family separat Virginia lawmakers returning for short election-year session 01/09/2023 10:54am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� The part-time, politically divided Virginia General Assembly is set to convene this week in Richmond for its annual sprint of a legislative session. Members of the Republican-controlled House of Delegates and Democratic-held Senate will meet for at least 30 days to debate i Review: Janet Malcolm���s quasi-memoir on pictures and memory 01/09/2023 09:29am • ���Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory,��� by Janet Malcolm (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) When Janet Malcolm died 18 months ago at 86, her New Yorker colleague Ian Frazier wrote a eulogy for the magazine noting that the famed and feared journalist had been working on a series of essays based on CEO of Booking.com parent talks about travel, leadership 01/09/2023 09:20am • The travel recovery has boosted Booking Holdings Inc. to record quarterly earnings, and Wall Street expects the company to post even bigger profits this year. The company, which operates its namesake website, Booking.com, plus Priceline, Kayak and other travel and dining sites, has earned $1.8 billi AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2023: Ash Barty still in news, not on court 01/09/2023 09:09am • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) ��� Ash Barty finished 2022 the way she started it ��� in the spotlight. There will be no Barty Party at Melbourne Park this time around, though, because it's been 10 months since she retired at age 25 while the No. 1-ranked woman in tennis. When the Australian Open gets sta Palestinian prime minister says Israel aims to topple the PA 01/09/2023 07:43am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� The Palestinian prime minister on Monday accused Israel���s new ultra-nationalist government of trying to topple the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority, and warned that a series of new Israeli sanctions could further inflame what has been a particularly deadly In polar night, Norway-Russia kids event lights up Christmas 01/09/2023 07:30am • BARENTSBURG, Norway (AP) ��� A 15-year-old boy in a polar bear hoodie took turns reading the Gospel passage about Jesus���s birth in Russian with three girls in dresses and bows who proclaimed it in Norwegian, in a shared celebration of Orthodox Christmas deep in the Arctic undimmed by war and the r Spielberg, 'Top Gun' feted by National Board of Review 01/09/2023 01:12am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The prize for best film of the year at the National Board of Review Awards went to ���Top Gun: Maverick." Martin McDonagh's ���The Banshees of Inisherin��� took home the most trophies. But the night belonged to its best-director honoree, Steven Spielberg, and the parade of tributes J.J. Watt bids farewell to NFL with emotional 2-sack game 01/08/2023 09:32pm • J.J. Watt's day started with a ceremonial bow following yet another sack. It ended with an emotional goodbye fitting for the end of the career of one of the NFL's best defensive players. Watt managed to go out still playing at a high level, adding two more sacks to his career total in the Arizona Ca Sports Betting on College Campuses: What to Know 01/08/2023 07:00pm • College athletics is a billion dollar industry. Until recently, there was one cash cow it could never tap into legally: sports betting. That landscape is changing. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law prohibiting sports betting. Now, according to the American Gaming Association, 8 Top Nancy Pelosi Stocks to Buy 01/08/2023 07:00pm • Nancy Pelosi is betting on these eight stocks.In September 2022, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Senate would soon vote on a bill banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks. In 2023, however, Democrats no longer control the House, Pelosi is no longer House Speaker and ther Israel revokes Palestinian FM's travel permit over UN move 01/08/2023 12:54pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel on Sunday revoked the Palestinian foreign minister's VIP travel permit, part of a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians that Israel's new hard-line government announced days ago. Riad Malki said in a statement that he was returning from the Brazilian president's 'M3gan' dolls up with $30.2M while 'Avatar' stays No. 1 01/08/2023 12:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Blumhouse evil-doll horror film ���M3gan��� got off to a killer start, debuting with $30.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates, while ���Avatar: The Way of Water��� continued its box-office reign in the top spot. Universal Pictures' ���M3gan," about a robot