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Reasons Retirees Carry Debt 06/29/2023 08:00pm • Amid economic changes, many retirees are watching their budgets tighten. The number of seniors living in poverty is at a 20-year high, according to data released in 2022 from the U.S. Census Bureau. This demographic often finds it difficult to keep up with payments. Among retirees, 71% have debt not California's historic work on possible Black reparations moves to the Legislature 06/29/2023 06:35pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Members of California's Black reparations task force handed off their historic two-year report to state lawmakers Thursday, beginning the next chapter in the long struggle to compensate the descendants of slavery. The first U.S. panel of its kind met one last time Thursd Ex-GOP Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years for role in $60M bribery scheme; appeal expected 06/29/2023 05:28pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for his role in the largest corruption scandal in state history and taken immediately into custody, a judge declaring that “the court and the community's patience with Larry Householder has The Supreme Court made big decisions this week and more are coming. Here's what you need to know 06/29/2023 02:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is expected to announce major decisions Friday on President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program and a case that impacts gay rights. It's the court's final day before the justices go on their summer break. Already this week the justices have released imp Migrants in Mexico fall victim to rampant scams on their way to the US 06/29/2023 01:00pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Latin American migrants making their often-arduous journey to the United States frequently fall victim to scams that can amount to thousands of dollars in losses paid to fraudulent businesses that spread disinformation and prey on the vulnerable. The scammers range from human tr IMF says that without reforms, Lebanon faces ballooning inflation and public debt 06/29/2023 11:31am • BEIRUT (AP) — Without reforms, Lebanon will continue to see triple-digit inflation, and public debt in the small, crisis-ridden country could reach nearly 550% of GDP by 2027, the International Monetary Fund warned in a report Thursday. The report came as a follow-up to a nine-day visit by IMF off Movie Review: Harrison Ford gets a swashbuckling sendoff in 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' 06/29/2023 10:11am • Goodbyes don’t tend to mean much in the Hollywood franchise system. Death isn’t a reliable end for characters or, lately, even actors. Technology, nostalgia and the often-inflated value of brands and IP have created a nightmarish cycle of resurrection and regurgitation, curdling what we love mos UNESCO member states expected to approve US decision to rejoin the UN's cultural agency 06/29/2023 05:01am • PARIS (AP) — UNESCO’s 193 members states are gathering Thursday for a two-day meeting in Paris aimed at voting on the United States’ plans to rejoin the U.N. cultural and scientific agency after a decade-long dispute sparked by the organization’s move to include Palestine as a member. The U Sri Lanka spares banks in its $ 19.8 billion local debt restructuring plan 06/29/2023 04:05am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka will spare banks from being part of its local debt restructuring plan because of the possible impact on deposits, while the bulk of the burden will be shared by the Central Bank and superannuation funds, officials said Thursday. Sri Lanka's Cabinet a day earlier Diamond Sports, Arizona Diamondbacks postpone court hearing scheduled for Thursday 06/28/2023 10:25pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Diamond Sports and the Arizona Diamondbacks postponed their federal bankruptcy court hearing scheduled for Thursday. Diamond Sports, which owns 19 regional sports networks under the Bally Sports banner, filed an emergency motion last week to get out of its broadcast agreement with t Hundreds in Puerto Rico protest proposed increase in electricity bills 06/28/2023 08:48pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hundreds of people including religious leaders, economists, teachers and retirees on Wednesday protested a proposed increase to already high electric bills that a growing number of people in the U.S. territory are struggling to pay. The crowd marched toward the governo 7 of the Best Tax-Free Municipal Bond Funds 06/28/2023 08:00pm • Sometimes, the best way to earn better investment returns is by keeping expenses under control. Usually, this means keeping fees low, whether in terms of minimizing fund expense ratios or eliminating sales loads. 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But opting for a frugal retirement c Utah woman accused of killing husband after writing book about grief is sued for over $13 million 06/28/2023 06:33pm • A lawsuit against a Utah woman who wrote a children's book about coping with grief after her husband's death and now stands accused of his fatal poisoning was filed Tuesday, seeking over $13 million in damages for alleged financial wrongdoing before and after his death. The lawsuit was filed against