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Vatican questions how priest moved $17 million meant for missionary work into investment fund 05/31/2023 02:40pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� The Vatican is seeking clarity after the former director of its U.S. missionary fundraising office oversaw the transfer of at least $17 million of its endowment and donations into a new nonprofit and private equity fund that he created and currently manages, The Associated Pres Vatican questions how priest moved $17 million meant for missionary work into investment fund 05/31/2023 02:38pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� The former monastery on a quiet residential street in Rome once sheltered Jews fearing deportation during World War II. Purchased by the Vatican in 2021 as a dormitory for foreign nuns studying at Rome���s pontifical universities, the building now stands empty, a collateral vic Yeezy shoes are back on sale ��� months after Adidas cut ties with Kanye West 05/31/2023 02:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Some of Adidas' remaining Yeezy shoes are back on sale ��� months after the German sportswear company cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Adidas ended its yearslong partnership with Ye in late October, in light of his antisemitic remarks and other harmful b What's in DC's $20 billion budget for 2024? 05/31/2023 01:38pm • The D.C. Council unanimously passed a $20 billion budget for fiscal year 2024 on Tuesday, which Mayor Muriel Bowser says is focused on preserving social services amid a difficult budget season. In a statement, Bowser celebrated the vote's result, while acknowledging challenges in its passage. Finnish company Admares plans $750 million modular housing factory in US, hiring 1,400 05/31/2023 11:35am • WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) ��� Finnish company Admares plans to invest $750 million to build a modular housing factory in the U.S. state of Georgia, hiring 1,400 people, officials announced Wednesday. The company plans to mass produce housing using heavily automated factories. Admares, which was founded in Editorial Roundup: United States 05/31/2023 07:37am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 28 The Washington Post on the debt limit Finally, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) have reached a deal to avert an embarrassing ��� and potentially disastrous ��� U.S. default. It���s hard to view thi Additional funding for most vulnerable Fairfax Co. students at risk as amended state budget remains unfinished 05/31/2023 05:26am • Additional funding for the most vulnerable Fairfax County Public School students is at risk as Virginia lawmakers remain divided over how they will distribute a revenue surplus and pass an amended budget. In a letter to the Fairfax County General Assembly Delegation, obtained by WTOP, school boar DeSantis kicks off presidential campaign in Iowa, vows to 'fight back' against Trump 05/30/2023 10:54pm • CLIVE, Iowa (AP) ��� Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped into Iowa on Tuesday for the first time as a Republican presidential candidate and stepped up to Donald Trump, vowing to ���fight back��� against the former president as the GOP���s 2024 campaign enters a new phase. Until now, the 44-year-old Re Here's what's in, what's out of the debt limit bill to avert US default 05/30/2023 09:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have been working the phones in an intense push to sell Congress on the 99-page bill that would suspend the nation's debt limit through 2025 to avoid a federal default while limiting government spending. The Democratic presiden Debt limit deal is in place, but budget deficit is still a multi-decade challenge for US government 05/30/2023 08:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Even with the new spending restraints in the debt limit deal that cut borrowing by $1.5 trillion, the U.S. government's deficits are still on course to keep climbing to record levels over the next few decades. The projections are a sign that the two-year truce between President J Hidden Costs of Divorce: Learn How to Prepare for Them 05/30/2023 08:00pm • Divorce: It's complex, stressful and ripe with negative connotations but it's the reality for hundreds of thousands of couples every year, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Beyond the emotional burden of ending a partnership, divorce also comes with a slew of financial costs -- 7 Best Money Market Funds for 2023 05/30/2023 08:00pm • Along with stocks and bonds, cash and cash-like assets form a critical part of a diversified investment portfolio. As the "asset of last resort," cash is one of the few assets to remain truly safe and risk free during the worst of market crashes. While it can be eroded by inflation, cash is as riskl Retirement Account Withdrawal Strategies 05/30/2023 08:00pm • The retirement savings you have accumulated in a tax-deferred 401(k) or individual retirement account will be considered taxable income when it is distributed. This means you can expect to owe taxes when you take funds from the account. The timing of your retirement account withdrawals can play a ro 10 Ways to Get Free Money From the Government 05/30/2023 08:00pm • Depending on your circumstances and possibly bad luck, you may be in need of all the government help you can get. After all, while unemployment has been pretty low -- 3.4% in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- if you're part of that 3.4%, you're out of a job and looking for work. Saban says current track in college football will lead to less competitive balance 05/30/2023 07:22pm • DESTIN, Fla. (AP) ��� Alabama coach Nick Saban says college football is not a business that operates like the NFL and warned that without more uniform rules on player compensation only the biggest spenders will compete for championships. Saban met with reporters Tuesday as the Southeastern Conferenc