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Avoiding Mistakes Through Financial Literacy Education
When you see a lawyer with regulatory experience dedicating a long-term career to educating investors, it's worth paying attention.
Gerri Walsh has been at the forefront of financial literacy education for nearly 30 years.
She led FINRA's Investor Education Foundation as president and served as senior vice president of FIN ... (full story)
Walmart breaks its no-frills mold with in-store beauty experts and personalized advice
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart customers may find something new the next time they're looking for makeup and skin care products: in-store advisers offering personalized tips and recommendations.
The massive retail chain is breaking out of its no-frills service model by staffing its beauty aisles with trained specialists who can s ... (full story)
Local
Union Pacific argues for its $85B acquisition of Norfolk Southern in new railroad merger application
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hopes regulators will be convinced this time that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern that it detailed for the second time April 30 will be good for the country.
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board rejected Union Pacific's initial application because regulators wanted more det ... (full story)
Supreme Court Recertifies Summit County Specialized Docket
Summit County Common Pleas Court’s specialized docket for mental health recently met the standards to earn its final recertification from the Supreme Court of Ohio.
The HOPE Court specialized docket stands for healing, opportunity, progress, and empowerment. It was established in 2018 by Judge Alison M. Breaux. She still p ... (full story)
Man pleads guilty to plotting attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna
WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria (AP) — A man accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and plotting to attack one of superstar singer Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna nearly two years ago pleaded guilty as his trial began on April 28, his lawyer said.
The plot was thwarted, but Austrian authorities still ca ... (full story)
State
Oakland attributes a 6-decade low in homicides, in part, to life coaches
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Young men at risk of succumbing to gang violence slump over tables in an Oakland church. With them are prosecutors, clergy and survivors of shootings determined to show them they have more to look forward to than incarceration, injury or death.
The message is not one of punishment but of unceasing su ... (full story)
Exonerees struggle to rebuild their lives and gain lasting employment, even if elected to office
HOUSTON (AP) — Richard Miles set out to find a job after his release from a Texas prison in 2009 with a collection of newspaper clippings about his wrongful murder conviction as his resume. No one would hire him, including warehouses and fast-food restaurants.
It was a period of painful rejection that is familiar to exoner ... (full story)
EPA, conservation groups: Wyoming’s ‘impaired’ water protocols run afoul of the Clean Water Act
Federal environmental regulators and water quality advocates want the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to rectify a policy restricting who can submit water samples used to decide whether waters are too polluted and below Clean Water Act standards.
Currently, Wyoming only accepts water samples collected by the state an ... (full story)