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For Married Couples -- Joint or Separate Accounts?
Couples have options for how to handle their finances. The most obvious choice is whether to hold bank and investment accounts jointly or separately.
Data show that the number of joint bank accounts is trending downward. As reported by U.S. Census Bureau economist Alex Opanasets, the Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program ... (full story)
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Supreme Court justices detail security risks and weigh in on ethics in rare congressional testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) — In rare congressional testimony, Supreme Court justices shared chilling stories July 14 about the threats they increasingly face in public life and fielded questions about ethics and emergency appeals.
The appearances from Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan were the first of their ki ... (full story)
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Italian court convicts 30 including former highway operator CEO in deadly 2018 bridge collapse
GENOA, Italy (AP) — An Italian court on July 16 convicted the former CEO of Italy's main highway operator and 29 others in the 2018 Genoa highway bridge collapse that sent vehicles plunging and killed 43 people, a disaster that exposed serious lapses in the maintenance of Italian infrastructure.
Dozens of family members of ... (full story)
Today in History: July 23, the 1967 Detroit riot begins
Today in History
Today is Thursday, July 23, the 204th day of 2026. There are 161 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 23, 1967, deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confrontation with local residents that led to five days of vi ... (full story)
Ex-captain pleads guilty to drugging and raping a US Merchant Marine Academy cadet on a cargo ship
NEW YORK (AP) — A former cargo ship captain pleaded guilty on July 15 to drugging and raping a 21-year-old U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadet who was working on the vessel as part of the academy’s Sea Year training program.
John Merrone, 53, pleaded guilty just as his trial was about to start in Brooklyn federal cour ... (full story)