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Lugging Credit Card Debt Into 2024? Now’s the Time to Make a Plan
As 2024 dawns, Americans’ credit card debt and late payments are rising, and card interest rates remain high, but many people lack a plan to pay down their debt. If your balances are ballooning, a New Year’s resolution to tackle them would be timely.
Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty to Tax Evasion Charges
LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of evading taxes on millions in income from foreign businesses, six months after the collapse of a plea deal that would have brought an end to the long-running investigation into him.
The Tech That Needs Fixing in 2024, and What Got Fixed Last Year
Tech companies would like us to believe that their products tell a story about progress. Faster phones! Better cameras! Brighter screens! Yet despite all the improvements, there are pieces of tech that have been flawed for years.
Mortgage Rates and Inflation Could Draw Attention to the Fed This Election
This year is set to be a big one for Federal Reserve officials: They are expecting to cut interest rates several times as inflation comes down steadily, giving them a chance to dial back a two-year-long effort to cool the economy.
Secret Synagogue Tunnel Sets Off Altercation That Leads to 9 Arrests
NEW YORK — A decades-old fight about the direction of one of New York’s most prominent Hasidic Jewish groups tipped into chaos this week, when a faction of the group clashed with police over a tunnel that had secretly been built to the movement’s main synagogue, one of the most significant religious sites in the city.
Ukraine’s Patriot Defenses at Work: Shuddering Booms and Bursts of Light
The first warning was a blip, a small anomaly picked up by radar scanning the skies over Ukraine. Within seconds, it became clear that the blip was a Russian ballistic missile streaking in Kyiv’s direction at several times the speed of sound.
How Trump Has Used Fear and Favor to Win Republican Endorsements
On his last day as president on Jan. 20, 2021, Donald Trump stood in a snapping wind and waved goodbye to relatives and supporters before he took his final flight on Air Force One back to Mar-a-Lago. No elected Republican of any stature showed up at Joint Base Andrews for the bleak farewell.
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