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Algeria votes for president this weekend but with inflation and boycott, few appear to care 09/07/2024 08:32am • ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Billboards are strikingly empty. There are few campaign posters. And aside from public television broadcasts showing candidates traveling the country, there are few signs of enthusiasm heading into Algeria’s presidential election this weekend. Prospective voters in the ga California governor vetoes bill to make immigrants without legal status eligible for home loans 09/06/2024 07:27pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Â鶹´«Ã½om vetoed a bill Friday that could have made immigrants without legal status eligible for loans under a state program offering assistance to first-time homebuyers. The bill drew staunch opposition from Republicans well beyond California, with man Residents in a Louisiana city devastated by 2020 hurricanes are still far from recovery 09/06/2024 06:33pm • LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Every other day Lois Malvo waits for her son to bring six buckets of water from a spigot in the backyard. He then bathes his 78-year-old mother using water heated on the stove and washes her with a spray pump he bought online. It's been four years since hurricanes Laura an Democratic primary for governor highlights Tuesday's elections in Delaware 09/06/2024 05:46pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Democratic gubernatorial contest pitting Delaware’s lieutenant governor against the chief executive of the state’s largest county is the marquee race in Tuesday’s primary elections. Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, who has held public office since winning a state House seat i Sluggish US jobs report clears the way for Federal Reserve to cut interest rates 09/06/2024 05:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring by America’s employers picked up a bit in August from July’s tepid pace, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first time since March in a sign that the job market may be cooling but remains sturdy. Employers added a modest 142,000 jobs, up from a scant 89,000 in J Supreme Court Justice Alito reports German princess gave him $900 concert tickets 09/06/2024 04:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito reported Friday that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people, according to a new financial disclosure form. The required annual filing, for which Alito has often sought an extension, d COVID-19 government disaster loans saved businesses, but saddled survivors with debt 09/06/2024 02:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans were a lifeline for small businesses. But now some small businesses are having trouble paying them off. And a Small Business Credit Survey report from the 12 Federal Reserve banks shows that small businesses that haven't pai South Africa's justice minister denies corruption allegations against her in a mutual bank scandal 09/06/2024 10:54am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's justice minister on Friday denied corruption allegations against her related to a mutual bank scandal in which thousands of retirees lost their life savings. VBS Mutual Bank, which held the savings of retirees mostly from the northern Limpopo province and also un AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Rhode Island's state primaries 09/06/2024 07:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) — More than five months after weighing in on the presidential matchup, Rhode Island voters will choose which candidates will face off in this fall's U.S. Senate election. Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse faces a primary challenge from Mike Costa, a former Republican candidate for New Mexico starts building an abortion clinic to serve neighboring states, train medical students 09/05/2024 08:33pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Construction is getting underway on a state-funded reproductive health and abortion clinic in southern New Mexico that will cater to local residents and people who travel from neighboring states such as Texas and Oklahoma with major restrictions on abortion, Gov. Michelle Luj Debunking Common Credit Score Myths 09/05/2024 08:00pm • Credit score myths aren't anything new. This is bad financial advice that gets regurgitated every so often without much investigation. But it's important to scrutinize financial advice -- especially if it's coming from a not-so-reliable source like Aunt Mabel, who swears this is how her third cousin 7 Times to Stop Saving for Retirement 09/05/2024 08:00pm • Saving for retirement is critical to achieving financial security. However, there are times when you may have to temporarily pause retirement account contributions to address a pressing financial issue. Whatever your reason, it's important to understand the long-term implications of redirecting mone The New Jersey developer convicted with Bob Menendez pleads guilty to bank fraud 09/05/2024 05:36pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey real estate developer convicted alongside Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez this summer pleaded guilty to a separate bank fraud charge, prosecutors said Thursday. Fred Daibes, 67, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Newark, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a s Reyna to miss US matches against Canada and New Zealand because of groin injury, replaced by Cowell 09/05/2024 12:23pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Winger Gio Reyna will miss U.S. friendlies against Canada and New Zealand because of a strained left groin and was replaced on the roster Thursday by Cade Cowell. The injury is the latest setback for Reyna, who played just 280 league minutes for Borussia Dortmund in the fi Average long-term US mortgage rates holds at 6.35% this week ahead of expected Fed rate cut 09/05/2024 12:08pm • The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. was flat this week ahead of an expected interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve later this month. The rate remained at 6.35% from last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 7.12%. Before last week, the last