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Kimberly Palmer: How to bolster your financial confidence

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:56:13 GMT

Melinda Perez, a financial educator, still remembers the first time she felt financially confident. She had recently started investing money outside of her employer-sponsored retirement account because she was finally earning more than she spent. “It was exciting because for once, I had what felt like extra money,” recalls Perez, who lives in San Antonio, Texas.Financial confidence, or the belief in one’s money-related abilities, might not come up as much as financial literacy — especially in April, Financial Literacy Month — but money experts say it’s often the hidden ingredient behind savvy money decisions. “If there’s no financial confidence, there is no willpower to succeed. We translate that to financial self-efficacy,” says Perez, who also studies financial confidence as part of her research as a doctoral candidate in organizational leadership.But confidence with money can be hard to come by. According to a NerdWallet survey in January, three quarters of Americans say they do ...

From the ring to the streets: Meet Elia Carranza, BSO deputy who’s also a pro fighter

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:56:13 GMT

In a world where most people stick to one career, Elia Carranza has chosen two. When she’s not fighting in the ring as a professional athlete, she’s out on the streets as a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy, serving and protecting her community.“I love it, I absolutely love it,” said Carranza about her dual careers. “I love coming out here, but it’s always that you never know what you’re coming into.”Carranza is currently ranked among the best in her weight class and sport. Her time in the ring has honed her “seek and destroy” mentality, giving her the drive and determination to go after her goals relentlessly, but her work as a deputy has also helped her become a more well-rounded fighter. “That’s the mentality. You gotta go, go, go. There’s this dog, lion, wolf mentality that we just have when we’re in here,” she said. “On the road, it’s more so, I’m protecting people ev...

‘Tennessee three’ to visit Biden at White House

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:56:13 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion votes after participating in protests over last month’s school shooting in Nashville will visit the White House to meet with President Joe Biden on Monday.Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the visit on Wednesday. She said Biden was “proud” and “appreciative” to see the three state representatives calling for stronger gun restrictions, particularly a ban on so-called assault weapons.The president spoke with the lawmakers to thank them “for speaking out and for standing their ground, and being very clear about what’s needed to protect their communities,” Jean-Pierre said.The expulsion votes added a level of political drama and controversy to the violence at The Covenant School, where three children and three adults were killed.Two of the lawmakers — Rep. Justin Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones, both Black — were expelled by the Republican-controlled legislature. The third, Rep. Gloria Johnson, who is w...

EU nears endgame of trade talks with Australia

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:56:13 GMT

Australian and European trade negotiators are meeting this week for what they hope will be the last formal negotiating round of the EU-Australia trade talks. But don’t hold your breath for a handshake between the two top politicians just yet.The endgame of the negotiations will be crucial for Brussels, as it set to have an impact on politically powerful groups like French farmers, German carmarkers and Italian parmesan-makers. Meanwhile, Canberra is positioning itself as more “hard to get” than its smaller neighbor New Zealand, which sealed its own trade deal with Brussels last year. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made the deal a priority for the bloc in its quest to cut the EU’s trade dependency on countries like Russia and other more autocratic regimes, while improving Europe’s competitiveness. It would be a big geopolitical win to seal such a pact with a like-minded country, even though Australia is not one of the EU’s l...

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter released from prison after serving time for deadly shooting of Daunte Wright

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:56:13 GMT

(CNN) — Former Minnesota officer Kimberly Potter has been released from prison after serving 16 months of a two-year sentence in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, whom she shot after mistaking her gun for a Taser during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections.Potter was released from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee at 4 a.m. on Monday, the department said, noting the early hour was due to safety concerns and the potential for violent protests outside the facility.Potter was convicted of two counts of manslaughter in the killing of 20-year-old Wright, an unarmed Black man, during a 2021 traffic stop near Minneapolis. Wright was pulled over for having expired tags and for a hanging air freshener.Potter will be on supervised release for the remaining third of her sentence, in accordance with Minnesota law, which doesn’t provide time off for good behavior, the corrections department said. Potter’...

Gov. Healey appoints Patrick Lavin as MassDOT Chief Safety Officer

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:56:13 GMT

Gov. Maura Healey has appointed Patrick Lavin to the position of MassDOT Chief Safety Officer, city officials said in an announcement Monday.Lavi, who begins his new role on May 8, has 40 years of experience in transportation safety and operations, including as a subject matter expert and technical writer to the MBTA Safety Review Panel in 2019. He was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Safety Officer for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and Senior Director for Operations in the Office of System Safety of New York City Transit.The MassDOT Chief Safety Officer is a new position created by Healey. In this role, Lavin will report directly to the secretary of transportation and MBTA general manager and serve as the primary representative for overall safety issues relating to transportation.“Pat Lavin is a dedicated public transportation expert who shares our administration’s commitment to improving safety and reliability across our transportation sys...

At least 9 teens injured after shots fired at Texas after-prom party

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:56:13 GMT

(CNN) — At least nine teenagers suffered non-life-threatening injuries after shots were fired at an after-prom party in Texas, according to local police.Deputies from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance at a home north of Jasper just after midnight, the agency said in a Facebook post on Sunday morning.Deputies found nine victims with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Facebook post.The victims range in age from 15 to 19 years old, Jasper County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Karli Cherry told CNN in an email Sunday morning.The injured victims were sent to local hospitals for treatment, according to the sheriff’s office.“This investigation is ongoing and people of interest are being questioned,” the post added.Jasper is located in eastern Texas, around 40 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border.

Luis Severino guiding Jhony Brito through his early MLB arrival

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:56:13 GMT

Hours before Jhony Brito’s final start of spring training, Luis Severino checked in with the pitcher who ultimately replaced him in the Yankees’ rotation.News of Severino’s latest injury, a lat strain, broke the day before, and everyone around the Yankees knew Brito’s start doubled as an audition. Everyone, that is, except for Brito.The possibility of beginning the season in the majors “never crossed my mind,” Brito told the Daily News. “I didn’t think it was possible.”The 25-year-old had never pitched above Triple-A, and he ranked 27th on the organization’s list of prospects. Brito assumed that, after already losing Carlos Rodon and Frankie Montas, the Yankees would add an experienced starter as teams made cuts at the end of camp.Severino set the youngster straight and explained the opportunity.“I just told him, ‘This is it, bro. If you impress today, you’re gonna make the team,’” Severino tol...

Pat Leonard’s 2023 NFL Mock Draft: Projecting picks 1 through 31

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:56:13 GMT

The Daily News’ one and only 2023 mock draft has the Giants and Jets both going offense and five quarterbacks getting drafted in the first round.Here is how the News’ Pat Leonard believes the board could fall on Thursday night:1. Carolina Panthers (from Chicago): Bryce Young, QB, AlabamaAn expensive trade up from No. 9 overall lands owner David Tepper a new franchise QB.2. Houston Texans: C.J. Stroud, QB, Ohio StateThe Texans have Davis Mills and Case Keenum at quarterback right now. We’ll believe Houston GM Nick Caserio is going to pass on a QB here when we see it.3. Arizona Cardinals: Devon Witherspoon, CB, IllinoisNew GM Monti Ossenfort would like to trade back with a QB needy team. But if he doesn’t, new coach Jonathan Gannon gets a tough, consensus All-American corner to build his secondary.4. Indianapolis Colts: Will Levis, QB, KentuckyGM Chris Ballard should be trading for Ravens former MVP Lamar Jackson. Instead, he selects the strong-armed Wildcats Q...

Mayor: Napoli title will set off ‘big earthquake of joy’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:56:13 GMT

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Before Gaetano Manfredi was elected mayor of Naples in 2021, he was a university professor specializing in seismic engineering — preparing and designing buildings to withstand earthquakes.As Manfredi rose up to become chancellor of the University of Naples Federico II, a study was commissioned to measure the impact of fans celebrating goals scored by the Napoli soccer club inside what is now known as the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.“The engineering department building is near the stadium and there’s a seismograph there that whenever Napoli scored would record enough shaking that it nearly registered as an earthquake,” Manfredi told The Associated Press in a recent interview.So what magnitude might the university seismograph record when Napoli wins its first Italian league title in more than three decades? With a 17-point lead and seven games remaining, the first chance to clinch comes this weekend — a long holiday weekend for May Day (Europe’s Labor Day)...