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Is Summer Camp Tax Deductible? 06/12/2023 08:00pm • When school lets out for the summer parents who work need to scramble to find child care options, which can be expensive. But the cost of summer camp and other child care expenses may qualify for some valuable tax breaks that can help stretch your dollars. If you pay for summer camp while you and yo The 25 Best Places for Young Professionals to Live 06/12/2023 08:00pm • Whether they're just out of college or several years into the workforce, Gen Z workers are often willing to move to a new place for career opportunities, fresh experiences and cheaper housing. To determine the best places for young professionals, we pulled some of the data points young professionals How to Find Last-Minute Cruise Deals in 2023 06/12/2023 08:00pm • Cruising is back -- in a big way -- after all the turmoil and shutdowns in the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Cruise Lines International Association's 2023 State of the Cruise Industry report, the intent to cruise is higher now than it was in December 2019, before the pandemic. Young climate activists take Montana to court for its role in global warming 06/12/2023 06:52pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Rikki Held decided to join other young plaintiffs in a lawsuit to force Montana officials to do something about climate change after watching wildfires blacken the sky over her family's ranch, drought stress the cattle and violent floods erode the banks of a nearby river. Hel Political collateral? Oregon GOP walkout on abortion, trans health bill threatens school funds 06/12/2023 04:39pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Funding for schools, literacy programs and special education teachers in Oregon — a state where 60% of third graders can't read at grade level — could be jeopardized by a Republican walkout that has stalled hundreds of bills and derailed the Legislature for nearly six wee More than 45 people killed by militia groups in eastern Congo, says the United Nations 06/12/2023 03:50pm • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 45 people have been killed and a dozen wounded by a militia group in eastern Congo's Ituri province, said the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo on Monday. The attack, which occurred Sunday evening into Monday morning, is believed to have been perpetrate Amazon’s appetite for Northern Virginia: $52 billion and counting 06/12/2023 01:39pm • Amazon’s HQ2 headquarters build out in Arlington County, Virginia, has been a high-profile project for the company, but over the past decade and a half, it has quietly been building out a huge network of data centers in Northern Virginia as well. In a recent report, Amazon Web Services said Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred former Italian leader, dies at 86 06/12/2023 01:21pm • MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died Monday. He was 86. Supporters applauded as his body arrived at his villa outside Milan from the city's San R Senator asks LIV Golf, PGA Tour leaders for records on merger 06/12/2023 12:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The leader of a Senate subcommittee is demanding the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's LIV Golf present records about negotiations that led to their new agreement and plans for what golf will look like under the arrangement. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., sent letters Monday to PGA Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's tarnished 3-time premier, dies at 86 06/12/2023 11:33am • ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi cast a spell over Italy — and nearly led it to financial ruin. Many Italians admired the media mogul for his wealth, his charm and his brash, boastful style, and they kept returning him to power, making him the country's longest-serving premier. Nothing seemed What to know as the falls of Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon roil UK politics 06/12/2023 10:30am • LONDON (AP) — Two very different British politicians who often clashed, Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon both led their parties to great heights — and both have had sudden and dramatic falls. Former U.K. prime minister Johnson quit as a lawmaker rather than face being ousted for lying to Parli Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-Italian leader, dies at 86 06/12/2023 09:02am • MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died Monday. He was 86. Berlusconi was admitted to the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan on Friday, his second rec The Great Grift: 5 things to know about how COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted 06/12/2023 06:27am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The greatest grift in U.S. history was brazen, even simple. Criminals and gangs grabbed the money. So did an U.S. soldier in Georgia, the pastors of a defunct church in Texas, a former state lawmaker in Missouri and a roofing contractor in Montana. Over the last three years, thie Israeli opposition leader says Netanyahu tried to get him to back tax breaks for Hollywood mogul 06/12/2023 05:50am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's opposition leader testified Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apparently tried to persuade him — twice — to back legislation that would have given a Hollywood mogul millions in tax breaks. But Yair Lapid, a former prime minister himself and a major Netanya UBS completes takeover of Credit Suisse in deal meant to stem global financial turmoil 06/12/2023 04:10am • BERLIN (AP) — UBS said Monday that it has completed its takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse, nearly three months after the Swiss government hastily arranged a rescue deal to combine the country's two largest banks in a bid to safeguard Switzerland’s reputation as a global financial center