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Credit scores range from 300 to 850 under the FICO® Score system, which is the one most widely used by lenders. As is usually the case with any type of score, higher is better. A higher credit score has lots of potential financial benefits, including lower interest rates on loans and access to better credit […]
DOD/108th Public Affairs Detachment (KUWAIT CITY) — An American soldier was killed in a non-combat rollover accident in Kuwait, U.S. officials said late Friday. Spc. Jayson Reed Haven, 20, of Aiken, South Carolina, died from a rollover accident that occurred in a non-combat situation on Thursday at Camp Buehring in the northwestern desert of Kuwait, about […]
Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Future Publishing via Getty Images (BELGOROD, Russia) — At least two people have died in strikes on Russian territory as Russia reported more attacks on Saturday, with drones crashing in its western regions and areas on the border with Ukraine coming under shelling, according to Russian officials. Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NASSAU, Bahamas) — A recent high school graduate from Louisiana is missing after going overboard while on a trip to the Bahamas, school officials said. Cameron Robbins, who attended University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge, was on a trip with a group of students when he went overboard on Wednesday night, according to […]
It’s important to have savings for a variety of purposes, like emergencies and retirement. But data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reveals that consumer savings rates are below their historical average. In February, the average personal savings rate was 4.6%. That’s well below the average yearly rate of more than 8%, according to […]
Tom Soufi Burridge/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Earlier this week, an unknown number of heavily armed soldiers stormed over Ukraine’s north-eastern border with Russia. At around the same time, Russian media reported explosions inside Belgorod. Russian officials later said Ukrainian artillery was used to fire into Belgorod. The official version of events from the Ukrainian side […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A recent high school graduate from Louisiana is missing after going overboard while on a trip to the Bahamas, school officials said. Cameron Robbins, who attended University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge, was on a trip with a group of students when he went overboard Wednesday night, school officials […]
Tristan Fewings/Getty Images (LONDON) — A driver has crashed a car into the gates outside Downing Street, the residence of Britain’s prime minister, authorities said. No injuries were reported. The incident isn’t considered terror-related, according to police. The driver was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, according to police. Copyright © 2023, […]
Philip Waller/Getty Images (LONDON) — An American tourist was seriously injured in a shark attack in Turks and Caicos on Wednesday, authorities said. The 22-year-old Connecticut woman was snorkeling with a friend in the waters off Blue Haven Resort on Providenciales island at around 3 p.m. local time when a shark attacked, according to the […]
JonGorr/Getty Images (LONDON) — One of the world’s most wanted fugitives accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide has been arrested in South Africa after more than two decades on the run, authorities announced Thursday. Fulgence Kayishema was taken into custody in Paarl, about 35 miles northeast of Cape Town, on Wednesday afternoon in a […]
