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Some might say that stress about finances just comes with the territory of being an adult. But knowing how common financial concerns are doesn’t make them any easier to deal with. If you want a little less financial pressure on your plate, try to identify the specific stressors in your life and come up with […]
Evgenii Bugubaev/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LONDON) — Several drones struck Moscow early on Tuesday, damaging residential buildings in the Russian capital, the mayor said. The pre-dawn attack “caused minor damage to several buildings” in a residential area, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin. Some residents were evacuated from their apartments due to “safety reasons” […]
Evgenii Bugubaev/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LONDON) — Several drones struck Moscow early on Tuesday, damaging residential buildings in the Russian capital, the mayor said. The attack “caused minor damage to several buildings” in a residential area, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin. Some residents were evacuated from their apartments due to “safety reasons” as […]
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, has been severely beaten in Peruvian prison, his lawyer told ABC News on Monday. Van der Sloot is awaiting extradition to the U.S. on extortion and wire fraud charges stemming from […]
Morgan Winsor, ABC News (LONDON) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law on Monday. The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, which was introduced in Uganda’s Parliament in early March, calls for the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” which is defined as cases of same-sex relations involving people who are […]
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 […]
