Are you judgment-proof? Here’s what it means for credit card debt.

What being judgment-proof does and what it doesn’t do can have a major impact on your debt repayment approach. Hanizam/Getty Images Credit card debt has become a serious issue nationwide, with borrower totals now exceeding $1.28 trillion and delinquency rates climbing as borrowers struggle to keep up with their high-rate balances. As that unpaid debt … Read more

Baltimore, brought low by crime, uses a new approach to begin a turnaround

As a high school student in Baltimore, Sean made a mistake that changed the course of his life. A smart kid with good grades, Sean got into a fight that put another student in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Sean, who was 18 when he went on trial, spent the next four years in prison … Read more

Slow Shopping: How SARA AI Reinvents Decision-Making

We’ve observed that most conversational assistants are optimized for speed.They answer questions, complete actions, and close transactions.They are mostly efficient, predictable, and often forget previous interactions. In many cases, that works. But not always. Many decisions are not purely functional. Choosing a pair of glasses, a piece of clothing, or a personal care product isn’t … Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email breached by hackers linked to Iran, sources say

Cyber criminals linked to Iran have accessed FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News Friday. An FBI spokesperson did not have an immediate comment. The breach was first reported by Reuters, which said the hacker group Handala HackTeam took credit for the attack and posted images online … Read more

Consumer confidence tumbled in March as Americans worry about the Iran war’s economic impact

Consumer confidence slid in March as the Iran war and rising gas prices weighed on Americans’ views of the U.S. economy. The University of Michigan’s preliminary March sentiment index, released Friday, showed consumer sentiment fell 5.8% from 56.6 points in February to 53.3 in March. That marks the lowest level since December 2025. The drop … Read more

109-year-old veteran kicks off Orioles’ season with Opening Day pitch

A 109-year-old superfan of the Baltimore Orioles threw out the team’s first pitch for Opening Day on Thursday. Arthur Green, a veteran who served in two wars, has been a witness to the entirety of the O’s modern history — since the team was relocated from St. Louis to Baltimore in 1954, according to MLB.com. … Read more

They didn’t understand why their kids kept getting sick. After a rare diagnosis, a new gene therapy offered hope.

Ava Langenhop was always sick.  From “the time she was born,” she was “just a sick baby,” the 9-year-old’s mother, Alicia Langenhop, told CBS News. She’d catch any cough or cold. Before she was two months old, she went to the hospital twice for viral infections. Ear infections were constant. Scraped knees turned into skin … Read more

AAP faces pressure over trans youth care, guiding docs to keep parents in the dark about child’s sexual health

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A parental rights advocacy organization is sounding the alarm over the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) support for transgender medical procedures for minors and encouragement of healthcare providers to withhold the sexual health and history of underage patients from parents. The American Parents’ Coalition compiled a “lookout” … Read more

House panel finds Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of violating 25 ethics charges

WASHINGTON — After a rare and dramatic public hearing, a special House Ethics subcommittee on Friday found Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., guilty of 25 ethics charges, capping a three-year investigation into allegations she stole millions in federal relief funds and funneled some of that to her congressional campaign. The secret vote came after Cherfilus-McCormick and … Read more