WXYZ: Child Tax Credit Payments Begin July 15. Here's What To Know
While the money could offer relief to families, some parents may want to opt out.

Some are getting heated over rising heating bills
The cold weather and Russia’s war on Ukraine have increased U.S. gas exports to other countries, tightening supply and increasing prices.
By Scripps News
Mortgage rates fall for 4th consecutive week
The average rate for a 30-year mortgage dropped slightly by 0.04% to 6.09%.
By John Raoux / AP
At Arizona-Mexico border, field workers commute to meet crop quotas
In the salad bowl of the U.S., field workers are working through long hours, harsh weather and border commutes to put food on America's tables.
By Scripps NewsTop Stories

Scoring King: James passes Abdul-Jabbar for NBA points mark
LeBron James pushed his career total to 38,388 points Tuesday night to break a record that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar held for nearly four decades.
By Ashley Landis / AP
Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria earthquake pass 11,000
Search teams from more than two dozen countries have joined tens of thousands of local emergency personnel to search for survivors in the rubble.
By Ismail Coskun / IHA / AP
GOP on State of the Union: 'Biden and the Democrats have failed you'
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders told her audience that Biden and the Democratic Party “failed you. You know it, and they know it.”
By Al Drago / AP