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Despite a growing need, fewer students are applying for college financial aid. Problems with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid have discouraged many students and their families from completing an application. As of the last tally, less than five million students have submitted the 2024-25 FAFSA form so far.   That’s a fraction of the 17 million

At launch, the Maserati GranCabrio is available in the Trofeo trim level. It includes a 3.0 liter twin-turbo V6 engine. Maserati Maserati’s first GranCabrio convertible since 2019 is expected to go on sale this summer in the U.S. with a top speed of nearly 200 miles per hour and likely a six-figure price tag that

Frank Slootman, CEO of Snowflake, on the day of the company’s initial public offering on Sept. 16, 2020. CNBC Snowflake said on Wednesday that billionaire CEO Frank Slootman, who joined the cloud software company in 2019 and took it public the following year, is retiring and will be replaced by former Google ad chief Sridhar

Former US president Donald Trump arrives to the court room following a break at the New York State Supreme Court on the first day of his civil fraud trial, in New York City on October 2, 2023. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images Attorneys for Donald Trump on Wednesday said the former president and

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with (L-R) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), on February 27, 2024 at the White House in Washington, DC. Roberto Schmidt | Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote campaign rally held in Waterford Township, Mich on Saturday, Feb 17, 2024.  Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images Donald Trump has won the Michigan Republican presidential primary, NBC News projects. Tuesday’s result shows the former president and clear

A man explains the importance of voting ‘uncommited’ as he hands out fliers outside the Islamic Center of Detroit to ask voters to vote ‘uncommitted’ in Michigan Primary elections on Tuesday, in Michigan, United States on February 26, 2024.  Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu | Getty Images Palestinian keffiyehs and signs that read “Abandon Biden”: Arab-American

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer at the Standard Chartered Bank, attends a panel session of the World Governments Summit in Dubai on February 12, 2024. Ryan Lim | Afp | Getty Images Standard Chartered chief executive Bill Winters says environmentally conscious investing can be good for business, dismissing the impact of a U.S. crusade against

Kameleon007 | Istock | Getty Images A California prison inmate locked up on a gang-related murder conviction led a scheme that defrauded the U.S. government out of more than $550 million in Covid-era federal tax credits, prosecutors said. The inmate, Kristopher Thomas, was also charged with running a drug trafficking operation from his cell at

Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York speaks about federal corruption charges against U.S. Senator Robert Mendez during a press conference Friday, September 22, 2023 in Manhattan, New York. (Photo by Barry Williams for NY Daily News via Getty Images) Barry Williams | New York Daily News | Getty Images A

The tech sector is having a big 2024. Nvidia just crushed earnings expectations. The artificial intelligence boom remains in full swing. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index is up more than 8 percent year to date. The U.S. economy is also doing surprisingly well, adding 353,000 jobs in January, well ahead of economists’ forecasts. Hotter-than-expected inflation data

A customer tries on the Apple Vision Pro headset during the product launch at an Apple Store in New York City on Feb. 2, 2024. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images The Vision Pro, the new virtual reality headset from Apple, can transport you to Hawaii or the surface of the moon. It displays

A pedestrian walks in front of an AT&T location in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC The CEO of AT&T on Sunday apologized for the widespread cellular outage that knocked out service for thousands of customers, saying some accounts will receive credits to compensate for the incident.  “For the portion of consumer and small business

UnitedHealth Group Inc. headquarters stands in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S. Mike Bradley | Bloomberg | Getty Images Change Healthcare’s systems are down for a fourth straight day after parent company UnitedHealth Group disclosed that a suspected cybersecurity threat actor gained access to part of its information technology network on Wednesday.  UnitedHealth, the biggest health-care company in

Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services attend the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 10, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft offered to sell its Bing search engine to Apple in 2018, Google said in a

South Carolina voters on Saturday are casting their ballots, deciding between former President Donald Trump or their former governor, Nikki Haley. Polls close at 7 p.m. ET after which votes will be counted and the winner announced. Haley intends to speak once the winner is declared. Trump is holding a watch party in South Carolina

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during the 2024 NRB International Christian Media Convention Presidential Forum at The Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center on February 22, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee.  Jon Cherry | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump on Friday urged Alabama’s legislature to preserve the availability of in vitro