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Kimberly Palmer: How to stay safe from financial scams

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:44 GMT

One of the biggest mistakes you can make when it comes to protecting yourself from financial scams is thinking you’re too smart to be duped by one.“We’re all vulnerable — we can all fall for a scam given the right set of circumstances,” says Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit organization that provides advice and assistance related to identity theft. Keeping yourself safe starts with accepting that fact, she adds.“You look at the profiles of victims who filed complaints and it runs the gamut from highly educated, high-income people all the way down to the most vulnerable people in our population,” says John Breyault, vice president of public policy, telecommunications and fraud at the National Consumers League, a nonprofit advocacy group that speaks out about consumer concerns.While there isn’t a “foolproof solution to stay safe from all scams,” as Breyault puts it, there are strategies you can employ to reduce your risk. Here are fou...

Community Bank: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:44 GMT

DEWITT, N.Y. (AP) — DEWITT, N.Y. (AP) — Community Bank System Inc. (CBU) on Monday reported second-quarter earnings of $48.3 million.The Dewitt, New York-based bank said it had earnings of 89 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 91 cents per share.The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 85 cents per share.The bank holding company posted revenue of $197.6 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $176.3 million, which did not meet Street forecasts.Community Bank shares have dropped 16% since the beginning of the year. The stock has decreased 22% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CBU at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CBUSource

First on CNN: Biden administration launches new income-driven student debt repayment plan

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:44 GMT

President Joe Biden speaks at an event in Auburn, Maine, on July 28. President Joe Biden speaks at an event in Auburn, Maine, on July 28. (CNN) — The Biden administration is launching a beta website for its new income-driven student loan repayment plan today, officials told CNN, allowing borrowers to begin submitting applications for the program as federal student loan payments are set to resume in October.The SAVE, or Saving on a Valuable Education, plan was finalized after the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness initiative in June. It marks a significant change to the federal student loan system that could lower monthly loan payments for some borrowers and reduce the amount t...

España cae ante Japón con goleada 4-0 y Costa Rica se despide del Mundial

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:44 GMT

(CNN) — España cayó en el último partido del Grupo C del Mundial Femenino de Fútbol con una dura goleada de Japón este lunes en Nueva Zelandia.El juego final del Grupo C vio a las japonesas interponerse ante España, uno de los favoritos del torneo, con un temprano gol de Hinata Miyazawa al minuto 12 del partido, en el que la japonesa quedó libre en el área luego de que las españolas perdieran la pelota y con gran precisión anotó el primer gol del partido.Poco después, en el minuto 29, Japón volvió a marcar otra vez con el liderazgo de Miyazawa, que se adentró en la cancha del seleccionado español y encontró a Riko Ueki, que consiguió doblar la ventaja japonesa con un disparo que fue desviado por la defensa Irene Paredes y pasó muy por encima de la portera Misa Rodríguez.Colombia vence 2-1 a Alemania en sorprendente partido del Mundial de fútbol femeninoLa goleada de Jepón comnezó a consumarse al minuto 40 con el segundo gol de Hinata Miyazawa y el tercero del partido, sentenci...

ImmunoGen: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:44 GMT

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — ImmunoGen Inc. (IMGN) on Monday reported a loss of $4.2 million in its second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 2 cents.The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 16 cents per share.The drug developer posted revenue of $83.2 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $42.8 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on IMGN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/IMGNSource

Man sent to hospital in critical condition following Aurora shooting

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police in Aurora are investigating a shooting that sent a man to the hospital in critical condition.The Aurora Police Department tweeted about the incident and said the call started at 3:01 a.m. Monday with a crash. Officers responded to 6th Avenue and Chambers Road near the Chambers Heights neighborhood. Once officers arrived at the area, they said they discovered a male driver who was unconscious. The man was also suffering from a gunshot wound. APD investigating after 16-year-old dropped off at hospital with gunshot wound He was taken to a local hospital where he remains in critical condition.Due to the investigation, detours are in place.According to APD, east and westbound 6th Avenue was closed between East Centertech Parkway and Chambers. Both directions opened around 6:15 a.m.No suspect information has been released at this time.

17-year-old national cycling team athlete killed in Boulder crash

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A teen who was preparing to compete with the U.S. Cycling National Team in the world championships was killed in a crash in Boulder Saturday.Magnus White, 17, was training on his bike in his hometown of Boulder when he was struck by a car, according to a release from USA Cycling.He has been cycling since an early age and has traveled the world competing, winning several national championship titles.In 2023, White earned his spot on the mountain bike world championships team. Luke Bryan invites Northglenn girl with terminal cancer backstage According to a GoFundMe set up in his honor, White's greatest joy in life was cycling, and he died doing what he loved most.“He was a rising star in the off-road cycling scene and his passion for cycling was evident through his racing and camaraderie with his teammates and local community,” USA Cycling said in a statement. “We offer our heartfelt condolences to the White family, his teammates, friends, and the Boulder community d...

Mar-a-Lago worker charged in Trump’s classified documents case will make his first court appearance

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:44 GMT

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER (Associated Press)MIAMI (AP) — An employee of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, Carlos De Oliveira, is expected to make his first court appearance Monday on charges accusing him of scheming with the former president to hide security footage from investigators probing Trump’s hoarding of classified documents. De Oliveira, Mar-a-Lago’s property manager, was added last week to the indictment with Trump and the former president’s valet, Walt Nauta, in the federal case alleging a plot to illegally keep top-secret records at Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, estate and thwart government efforts to retrieve them. De Oliveira faces charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying to investigators. He’s scheduled to appear before a magistrate judge in Miami nearly two months after Trump pleaded not guilty in the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith. De Oliveira’s attorney, John Irving, ...

Bailey Zappe encouraged by TDs in Patriots QB’s best practice of training camp

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:44 GMT

FOXBORO — For all the talk about a Patriots quarterback competition this offseason, the hierarchy of passers through four days of training camp couldn’t be clearer.Mac Jones is the top quarterback. He takes the first reps in all team drills. He works with the starting offensive line. The top skill players surround him.Then second-year pro Bailey Zappe takes the next set of reps as the backup while Trace McSorely leads rookies and scout-team players. If that’s ever going to change, then Zappe needs to string together more practices like Sunday’s. Zappe did throw his first interception of training camp when he was picked off by defensive back Jalen Mills on a target to tight end Scotty Washington, but he also went 11-of-13 with four of the better passes thrown so far through four practices.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots extra points: Ezekiel Elliott coveted by Pats playmaker New England Patriots | Patriots training camp Day 5: Matt Judon lim...

Cyprus authorities free British man despite a 2-year prison sentence for killing his ailing wife

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:44 GMT

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A British man was freed immediately despite a Cyprus court sentencing him on Monday to two years in prison for killing his wife in their retirement home because he wanted to spare her the pain from her illness. Defense lawyer Nicoletta Charalambidou told The Associated Press that Cyprus Prisons Department authorities tabulated the time 76-year-old David Hunter had already spent in custody since the December, 2021, killing and decided to release him immediately. The court had earlier this month convicted Hunter of manslaughter after accepting testimony that his decision to suffocate his wife Janice was a made on the spur of the moment because he could no longer stand seeing her weeping in pain from a type of blood cancer she feared would develop into full-blown leukemia. State prosecutor Andreas Hadjikyrou told The Associated Press that the court took into account that Hunter, 76, acted “out of love” to save his wife. She was suffering from a blood ailment when...