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Trump administration: Student loan defaulters may soon have wages garnished
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 29 - 12:04 p.m. | Save Story
Student loan recipients who are in default may soon find fewer dollars in their paychecks.
Americans in 1998 tried to predict 2025. Here's what they got right
Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN | Posted Dec. 29 - 10:03 a.m. | Save Story
Gallup and USA Today called up 1,055 Americans on those landlines and asked them for their best predictions about a year in the distant future: 2025.
Starbucks doesn't want to be on every street in New York and Los Angeles anymore
Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN | Posted Dec. 29 - 8:42 a.m. | Save Story
Starbucks spent years trying to become an inescapable storefront on the streets of New York, Los Angeles and other big cities in America. Now that's coming to an end.
Vegas doughnut franchise expands to northern Utah; opening date set for American Fork store
Curtis Booker, KSL | Posted Dec. 29 - 8:13 a.m. | Save Story
Pinkbox Doughnuts will open a new American Fork store in mid-January, and a Sandy location opening date has yet to be announced.
Luxury goods were once built to last. Now, some fall apart as easily as fast fashion
Kati Chitrakorn, CNN | Posted Dec. 29 - 7:52 a.m. | Save Story
When New York-based model and influencer Wisdom Kaye went shopping at the Italian fashion label Miu Miu and returned home with a haul of clothes he says he spent $18,000 on, he didn't expect some of the items would fall apart in front of his eyes.
Wall Street set for lower open as rally pauses in final week of 2025
Purvi Agarwal and Shashwat Chauhan, Reuters | Posted Dec. 29 - 7:47 a.m. | Save Story
Wall Street's main indexes were set to kick off the final week of the year on a lower note on Monday, as heavyweight technology stocks gave up some ground from last week's gains which had pushed the S&P 500 to new highs.
New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares
Philip Marcelo, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 29 - 7:21 a.m. | Save Story
The New York City transit system is retiring the MetroCard after more than 30 years.
How many times a day do US adults check their phones?
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 28 - 10:30 p.m. | Save Story
Nearly half of Americans say they are "addicted" to their cellphones, checking them an average of 186 times a day, according to a report from Reviews.org.
Cedar City builder discusses approach to affordability, quality
Andrew Adams, KSL | Posted Dec. 28 - 9:45 p.m. | Save Story
With home prices steadily rising in Utah and with demand only expected to climb in the years to come, a homebuilder shared its approach to keep a new housing project priced below the median in Iron County.
BYU or Utah? One sports program has higher value than the other
Dennis Romboy, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 28 - 6:30 p.m. | Save Story
Football games between Utah and BYU were close the last three times they met, with the Cougars narrowly winning each.
What to know now about changes to your 2025 taxes
Jeanne Sahadi, CNN | Posted Dec. 28 - 10:32 a.m. | Save Story
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed into law in July, created several new tax provisions and made changes to others that are in effect for this year. So it's worth having the rundown of some of the key ones before preparing your 2025 tax return.
Obamacare enrollment declines as US subsidies expire
Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters | Posted Dec. 27 - 10:02 p.m. | Save Story
Enrollment for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act dipped to 15.6 million for 2026, Mehmet Oz, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, said, from roughly 16 million last year.
Volunteering with children can build character and create lasting family memories
Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press | Updated Dec. 27 - 6:19 p.m. | Save Story
Volunteering with children can instill confidence in youngsters, teach social and problem-solving skills and provide unique ways for families to bond.
Main Street businesses burned in fire on the cusp of reopening as rebuild continues
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Dec. 27 - 12:02 p.m. | Save Story
Five businesses remain closed since a fire ripped through a Main Street complex in downtown Salt Lake City in August, but two of them are on track to open in early 2026.
California drops suit against Trump's high-speed rail funding revocation
David Shepardson, Reuters | Posted Dec. 27 - 8:51 a.m. | Save Story
California has dropped a lawsuit challenging the decision by the administration of President Donald Trump to cancel more than $4 billion in federal grants for the state's high-speed rail project, the state said late on Friday.
Returning your Christmas gifts? Here's some things you should know
Caitlin Keith, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 26 - 5:07 p.m. | Save Story
Now that Christmas is over and many have received gifts that they love and some gifts that they don't love as much, some of those gifts need to be returned.
Airlines cancel over 1,000 flights due to winter storm warnings
Aatreyee Dasgupta, Reuters | Posted Dec. 26 - 2:33 p.m. | Save Story
Airlines in the United States have canceled or delayed thousands of flights during peak holiday travel on Friday due to severe winter storm warnings, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
Gold is set for its best year since Jimmy Carter was president
John Towfighi, CNN | Posted Dec. 26 - 8:06 a.m. | Save Story
Gold is having its best year since 1979.
