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How to Know if the 50/30/20 Budget Will Work for You 09/22/2024 08:00pm • Budgeting can seem pretty straightforward, but there are many strategies you can use to reach your goals. One of them is the 50/30/20 rule for allocating your monthly earnings. But is it right for you? Here's what experts say. What Is the 50/30/20 Rule?The 50/30/20 method is a budgeting framework th 8 Top-Performing Fidelity Funds for Retirement 09/22/2024 08:00pm • The history of the Fidelity Magellan Fund (ticker: FMAGX) serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying solely on past performance when selecting funds. Under the leadership of Peter Lynch from 1977 to 1990, this actively managed mutual fund achieved an impressive annualized return of 29% How to Pay Back a Reverse Mortgage 09/22/2024 08:00pm • Homeowners 62 and older may opt to use a reverse mortgage to help fund their retirement. Reverse mortgages provide money to borrowers and don't require repayment until the borrower sells the home or stops living in it. Most reverse mortgages are backed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Dev 10 of the Best Vanguard ETFs to Buy 09/22/2024 08:00pm • Before investing in one of Vanguard's renowned mutual funds, it might be worth considering its expansive lineup of 86 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) instead. "Overall, Vanguard is highly regarded among professional investors and financial experts, primarily due to its extensive array of offerings," sa 5 Top Crypto Scams to Watch in 2024 09/22/2024 08:00pm • Despite the progress it's made toward maturity in recent years, the cryptocurrency marketplace remains a Wild West, with the lack of regulation breeding a hotbed for scammers. According to a report from the FBI, "pig butchering" and other crypto-related scams cost Americans $5.6 billion in 2023. Los Britain's Labour Party gathers after a rocky start in government and a scandal over clothes 09/22/2024 07:00pm • LONDON (AP) ��� This should be a time of celebration for Britain���s Labour Party, which opens its annual conference Sunday less than three months after winning power in a landslide after 14 years in opposition. But it���s no victory lap for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. His government is facing a re Angela Alsobrooks improperly claimed tax deductions on DC, Maryland properties, records show 09/22/2024 01:00pm • (CNN) ��� Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maryland, improperly took advantage of tax breaks she did not qualify for, including one meant for low-income senior citizens, saving thousands of dollars in taxes on two properties she owned in D.C., and in Maryland. A CNN re Deadline looms for Maryland to obligate federal money for schools 09/22/2024 12:26pm • Maryland school officials said they are confident they will able to obligate almost $780 million in federal funds by Sept. 30 ��� money that will have to be returned to the federal government if they don���t. The funding is part of $1.95 billion Maryland received in use-it-or-lose-it pandemic-rel Profiles in clean energy: Dad concerned about climate change shifts company away from oil and gas 09/22/2024 09:32am • ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, Netherlands (AP) ��� At first, working in the oil and gas industry was great, Jordi Zonneveld recalls. Near his home in the Netherlands, there was an oil and gas company that, back in 2005, was growing and hiring. Zonneveld knew nothing about its business, which was designing an More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents mean fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco 09/22/2024 07:05am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Sidewalks once teeming with tents, tarps and people passed out next to heaps of trash have largely disappeared from great swaths of San Francisco, a city widely known for its visible homeless population. The number of people sleeping outdoors dropped to under 3,000 in January, Attacks by Islamic extremists are rampant in Africa's Sahel. Here's what we know about them 09/22/2024 03:04am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� Extremist attacks in Sahel, an arid swath of land south of the Sahara in Africa, have proliferated in recent months: Last week, Islamic militants attacked Bamako, the capital of Mali, for the first time in almost a decade, demonstrating their capacity to carry out large scale Dan Evans, former Republican governor of Washington and US senator, dies at 98 09/21/2024 06:11pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Dan Evans, a popular three-term Republican governor of Washington state who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate before leaving in frustration because he felt the chamber was too rancorous and tedious, has died. He was 98. Evans died Friday, according to the University of Washington, Vote count underway in Sri Lanka's presidential election after years of turmoil 09/21/2024 12:39pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Voting ended in Sri Lanka's presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval. The election, contested by 38 candidates, was largely a three-way race among incumbent liberal Pr Ex-Memphis police supervisor says there was 'no need' for officers to beat Tyre Nichols 09/20/2024 07:52pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� There was ���no need��� for five Memphis police officers to punch, kick, and hit Tyre Nichols with a baton on the night he was fatally beaten after a traffic stop, their former supervisor testified Thursday in the federal trial for three of the officers. Dewayne Smith told th Wojnarowski one of the first significant sports 'insiders' to step away from the spotlight 09/20/2024 07:37pm • Adam Schefter was surprised the first time he heard his friend Adrian Wojnarowski was considering retiring from his job as ESPN���s NBA reporter. When Wojnarowski announced his decision Wednesday, though, he wasn���t. That���s because Schefter is part of a small circle in sports media that knows wha