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Judge allows a third offshore wind project to resume construction as the industry challenges Trump 01/16/2026 06:32pm • A federal judge ruled Friday that work on a Virginia offshore wind project could resume, the third project this week to successfully challenge the Trump administration in court. The administration announced last month it was suspending leases for at least 90 days on five East Coast offshore wind pro Credit Privacy Number -- More Like Credit Piracy 01/15/2026 07:00pm • You may have come across credit privacy numbers, or CPNs, while scrolling through your feed lately. They've increased in popularity, which isn't necessarily surprising considering the current state of the economy. A CPN looks just like a Social Security number and can be enticing to consumers with b 83-year-old man convicted of killing Uber driver who he wrongly thought was scamming him 01/15/2026 11:28am • SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A jury convicted an 83-year-old Ohio man of murder in the shooting of an Uber driver who he wrongly thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both. William J. Brock fatally shot the driver after wrongly assuming she was in on a plot to get $12,000 Myanmar's military government claims a record seizure of illicit drugs at production sites 01/15/2026 10:57am • BANGKOK (AP) — The military government of Myanmar, long noted as one of the world’s biggest producers of heroin and methamphetamine, has announced what it describes as the country’s largest-ever seizures of illicit drugs and equipment used to produce them, state media reported Thursday. The se Beware of online ads with elaborate backstories. They may not be from a real small business 01/15/2026 09:25am • Melia & Co appears to be a small family-run business. The sweaters on its website feature a photo of a woman hand-knitting a Christmas design. The caption says that after decades of creating knitwear that tells "quiet stories of care and beauty,” she is closing her little studio and the pieces 4 Factors That Could Impact Your Bank Account in 2026 01/13/2026 07:00pm • With each new year, changes in laws or economic conditions can alter how much you save, earn and owe. Prices rise. Saving yields fluctuate. Tax breaks come and go. Some of these financial changes you may feel acutely, while you may never notice the impact others might be having on the balance in you How to Simplify Activities of Daily Living 01/11/2026 07:00pm • As Tamara Myer began to struggle with dementia and her husband Michael approached his 100th birthday, independent living and performing activities of daily living (ADLs) became more difficult. Tamara had always cooked the meals, but suddenly she'd forget that she'd put food in the oven or on the sto Where to Save Your Money Now That Interest Rates Are Lower 01/11/2026 07:00pm • Savings yields have nudged lower in recent months as the Federal Reserve closed out 2025 by making three straight quarter-point cuts to its benchmark interest rate. Savers face a shifting interest-rate environment that can impact savings accounts, certificates of deposit and other financial product Luxury watch con ends with McLean man sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison 01/11/2026 06:54pm • A McLean, Virginia, resident was sentenced Thursday to a year and nine months in federal prison for mail fraud after prosecutors say he carried out a sprawling luxury watch scam. Jaivin Raj Karnani, 45, used multiple American Express accounts — including two cards under his mother's name, a Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good's killing 01/10/2026 09:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive response as President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation operations spark protests nationwi US will provide $45 million in aid to Thailand and Cambodia in a bid to ensure regional stability 01/09/2026 09:47am • BANGKOK (AP) — The United States, which played a major role in ending border clashes last year between Thailand and Cambodia, will be providing $45 million in aid packages to the two Southeast Asian countries to help ensure regional stability and prosperity, a senior U.S. State Department official Why Southeast Asia’s online scam industry is so hard to shut down 01/08/2026 07:27pm • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Cambodia’s arrest and extradition of a powerful tycoon accused of running a vast online scam network marks a rare strike against an industry that has stolen tens of billions of dollars worldwide. U.S. and U.K. authorities say Chen Zhi led a transnational criminal en Businessman extradited from Cambodia to China suspected of running vast online criminal empire 01/08/2026 07:55am • BANGKOK (AP) — Chen Zhi boasted of pulling in $30 million a day, prosecutors in the United States said — a suspected criminal mastermind and onetime internet cafe manager who authorities say presented himself as a legitimate businessman. But in reality, they say, he ran online gambling sites, sc Cambodia extradites alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi to China 01/08/2026 03:29am • BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodia’s government said Wednesday it had arrested and extradited to China a tycoon who has been accused of running a huge online scam operation. Cambodia’s Interior Ministry said Prince Holding Group chairman Chen Zhi and two other Chinese citizens were arrested and extradite 2026 Banking Predictions: What to Expect with Rates, Scams and More 01/07/2026 07:00pm • Banking in 2025 resembled a year on the Florida coast. Much of the first half of the year remained calm, quiet and balmy, with consumers enjoying steady, relatively high yields on their certificates of deposit and savings accounts, and few major bank deals to shake up the overall landscape. Sure, th