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Money Market Funds: What Are They and How Do They Work? 04/18/2023 08:00pm • According to the mutual fund industry trade group Investment Company Institute, continued upheavals in the banking industry and the unsettled economy have caused over $30.28 billion to flow into money market funds, or MMFs, in the week ending Wednesday, April 12. This has pushed total money market f 7 of the Best ETFs to Fight Inflation 04/18/2023 08:00pm • The 2022 bear market may be in the rearview mirror for many investors now, but the ugly specter of inflation isn't quite gone just yet. The latest consumer price index, or CPI, report on April 12 showed a 0.1% increase for the month of March, for a 5% increase year over year. "Thankfully, inflation A look at who's who in the murder trial of slain kids' mom 04/18/2023 06:30pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� Prosecutors say the mother charged in a triple murder case took part in a complex conspiracy that included unusual spiritual beliefs and efforts to kill those who stood in the way of her goals. Here, a look at the defendants and the first witnesses in the trial of Lori Vallow D Son confronts mom, testifies in doomsday plot murder trial 04/18/2023 06:30pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� The only surviving child of a woman charged in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival confronted his mother about his siblings��� deaths in an emotional phone call played for jurors on Tuesday in a trial that has touched on claims of evil spirits, zombie DC Health Link data breach blamed on human error 04/18/2023 05:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The recent data breach of personal information for thousands of users of Washington D.C.'s health insurance exchange, including members of Congress, was caused by basic human error, according to a top administrator. The revelation comes from prepared statements submitted in ad US charges 4 Americans, 3 Russians in election discord case 04/18/2023 04:40pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ��� Four Americans affiliated with a Black empowerment and political organization have been charged along with three Russians with conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society, spread Russian propaganda and interfere illegally in U.S. elections, according to an indict Brazil government aims to boost safety after school attacks 04/18/2023 04:37pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Brazil���s government announced efforts Tuesday to spend more on securing schools and crack down on the incitement of violence as officials seek to curb a wave of fatal school attacks. The array of measures were discussed at a meeting convened by President Luiz In��cio Lula US reporter held by Russia on spying charges denied release 04/18/2023 02:33pm • A Russian judge ruled Tuesday that American journalist Evan Gershkovich must remain behind bars on espionage charges in a case that is part of a crackdown the Kremlin has intensified on dissent and press freedom since invading Ukraine. Appearing in public for the first time in weeks, the 31-year-old Air Force unit in document leaks case loses intel mission 04/18/2023 02:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Air Force is investigating how a lone airman could access and distribute possibly hundreds of highly classified documents, and in the meantime has taken away the intelligence mission from the unit where the leaks took place, Air Force leaders said Tuesday. Air Force Secretary Left your taxes till the last minute? Here are some tips 04/18/2023 12:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� If you've waited till the last minute to file your taxes, don't panic. The tax deadline is Tuesday, but you still have time to get it done. If you are worried that you might not be able to finish in time, you can file for an extension, though that���s not ideal (more on that bel China calls US accusations of police stations 'groundless' 04/18/2023 07:40am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� China denied all accusations of an overseas police presence, saying Tuesday that the United States was making ���groundless accusations��� after U.S. law enforcement arrested two men in New York for establishing a secret police station. ���The relevant claims have no factual What are China's alleged 'secret overseas police stations'? 04/18/2023 07:25am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Police in New York have arrested two men for allegedly setting up a secret police station for a Chinese provincial police agency to collect information on opponents of the ruling Communist Party. Such offices have been reported across North America, Europe and in other countries wh Top Kremlin critic convicted of treason, gets 25 years 04/17/2023 11:39pm • A Russian court on Monday convicted top opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. of treason for publicly denouncing Moscow���s war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 25 years in prison as part of the Kremlin���s relentless crackdown on critics of the invasion. The political activist and journalist, wh Speaker McCarthy vows to pass debt bill ��� but can he do it? 04/17/2023 10:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledged Monday to pass legislation to raise the nation's debt ceiling ��� but only on condition of capping future federal spending increases at 1% ��� as he lashed out at President Joe Biden for refusing to engage in budget-cutting negotiations to pre Opposition figure's sentence underlines Russian intolerance 04/17/2023 09:41pm • The 25-year treason sentence imposed on prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza on Monday was a particularly severe show of Russian authorities��� intensifying intolerance for criticism of the war in Ukraine and other dissenting opinions. Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia for ye