Changes to retirement savings rules, a co-conspirator in the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot is sentenced, and former Pope Benedict XVI is in poor health. Here is everything you Need2Know for Wednesday, December 28, 2022.

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Need2Know: December 28, 2022

And keep it in Washington. A new law included in Congress's massive spending bill could change how millions of Americans save for their retirement. These new laws went to expand the ways that employers can help their employees save employees with student loans can receive an employer match in their retirement account for each student loan payment. That bill also allows people to withdraw up to $1,000 from their retirement savings without a penalty per year. Another provision would allow employers to set up a cow announced that help employers save several $1000 for emergency expenses. Now the co leader of a plot to kidnap michigan governor Gretchen Whitner has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Adam Fox was convicted in august of kidnapping, conspiracy and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction for his role in planning to kidnap Whitmer from her summer home in 2020 and to blow up a bridge. It's the longest sentence for any of the participants in the attempted kidnapping So far though shorter than the life sentence prosecutors were originally seeking during Fox's sentencing. The judge argued that this should serve as a deterrent to future attempted violence against public officials. Meanwhile, sadness this morning out of the Vatican Pope Francis announcing that his predecessor, Pope Benedict is quote very sick. The current pope asked for prayers for the 95 year old 2020, it was announced that Pope Benedict suffered from a painful but not serious condition. Following reports that he was sick at this point, his condition is unknown. Benedict ended up stepping down in 2013, citing advanced age marking the very first time that a pope stepped down in almost 600 years now, SpaceX successfully launched its falcon nine rocket early this morning. Take a look at this footage from the launch. The falcon nine rocket carried 54 Starlink satellites into low orbit. It launched from Cape Canaveral Space force station in florida. This marks the first batch of second generation starling satellites to be launched as well as a record 60th flight this year for SpaceX. Well, not surprising guys and new studies suggest women better at empathizing than men all across the globe. Researchers from the University of Cambridge looked at cognitive empathy. That's the ability to intellectually determine what another person is feeling. And they tested Groups of people all over the globe. Overall, the study included over 300,000 people from 57 countries ranging from 16 to 70 years old and they found it in 36 countries, women scored significantly higher than men on the empathy test while in 21 countries, men and women scored similarly. If you're curious, there were no countries where men scored higher than women on this test Chloe