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Former Slovak president convicted of tax fraud, receives a fine and suspended sentence 10/11/2023 01:56pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ��� A court in Slovakia found Wednesday former President Andrej Kiska guilty of tax fraud and gave him a two-year suspended sentence. The county court in the city of Poprad also handed him a fine of 15,000 euros (about $16,000). The verdict is not final and his legal team s Hal Steinbrenner says Yankees may make personnel changes but he's not sure yet 10/11/2023 01:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said personnel changes are possible after three days of meetings last week that followed the team's worst season in three decades. ���We���re going to be making some changes. Some may be more subtle than others. But I think we���ve uncovered certainly Va. Attorney General tells voting group to stop distributing flyers containing misleading information 10/11/2023 10:46am • Virginia���s Attorney General is telling a nonprofit group to stop handing out flyers with what he described as false information about voting. A cease-and-desist letter has been sent to the D.C.-based ���Look Ahead America.��� Mailers received by Prince William residents disseminated false i St. Louis launches program to pay $500 a month to lower-income residents 10/11/2023 09:52am • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� St. Louis is launching a program that seeks to help low-income families by providing them with $500 monthly payments for 18 months. The program is a signature priority for Mayor Tishaura Jones, who said Tuesday that the money will go to hundreds of city households, the St. Louis P Stellantis picks Kokomo, Indiana, for its second US battery venture with Samsung SDI 10/11/2023 09:11am • DETROIT (AP) ��� Jeep maker Stellantis says it will build a second electric vehicle battery factory in Kokomo, Indiana, that will create 1,400 new jobs. The $3.2 billion joint venture plant with South Korea's Samsung SDI is to start production early in 2027. Construction already is underway on the c Editorial Roundup: United States 10/11/2023 07:05am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Oct. 7 The Washington Post on U.S. interest rates Borrowing is expensive again, as anyone who has tried to buy a car or home lately can tell you. The interest rate on 10-year Treasury bonds, the benchmark for home loans, is hovering ar New Zealand immigration hits an all-time high as movement surges following pandemic lull 10/11/2023 12:16am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� New Zealand's immigration numbers have hit an all-time high, enabling employers to fill jobs but also putting pressure on the housing market, according to economists. The net number of immigrants was 110,000 in the year ending August, beating the previous high of 103 Former Alabama lawmaker pleads guilty to voter fraud charge for using fake address to run for office 10/10/2023 08:42pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� A former Alabama lawmaker on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a voter fraud charge that he rented a closet-size space in a home to fraudulently run for office in a district where he did not live. Former state Rep. David Cole, a Republican from Huntsville, pleaded to a charge of vo Fraud trial: Trump acknowledged penthouse size at 11,000 square feet, not 30,000 he later claimed 10/10/2023 08:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump signed a document 30 years ago that gave the true size of his New York penthouse which was later listed as far larger on financial statements, according to evidence Tuesday at the former president's civil business fraud trial. The evidence appeared in an email attachme Gainful Employment Rule: What Students Should Know 10/10/2023 08:00pm • College programs with a pattern of leading graduates to low-paying jobs or leaving them with debt they can't afford could lose access to federal financial aid money beginning in 2026 under a rule change announced by the Biden Administration in September 2023. As the cost of attending college continu Stock Market Sectors 101: A Guide to All 11 Sectors 10/10/2023 08:00pm • You've probably heard of stock market sectors, but do you know what they are? Stock sectors are categories of companies that operate certain types of businesses. There are 11 stock market sectors that make up the stock market, according to the Global Industry Classification Standard. Sector classifi How Spending Limits Can Help Partners Avoid Money Conflicts 10/10/2023 08:00pm • Couples in long-term relationships share many parts of life -- including their finances. But does that mean you have to check with your partner before every purchase you make? Julia Carpenter brought up this important topic in her recent article in The Wall Street Journal, $50 or $500: When Do We Te 7 of the Best Tax-Free Municipal Bond Funds 10/10/2023 08:00pm • While there are numerous strategies to optimize investment returns, one of the simplest yet most effective tactics is asset location, especially for those in a high tax bracket. This refers to the practice of strategically placing investments in accounts based on their tax treatment to maximize retu Retirement Checklist for Open Enrollment 10/10/2023 08:00pm • While you might equate open enrollment with health insurance, it's also a good time to tinker with other employee benefits such as those affecting your retirement. Every year, typically in the fall, for about two to four weeks, employees can elect or change the benefits their employer provides durin What Is Pro Bono Law? 10/10/2023 08:00pm • The American Bar Association and other organizations encourage lawyers to do "pro bono work," providing free legal services to low-income clients dealing with legal issues. While the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution provides that everyone has a right to counsel, only criminal defendants -- those