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Biden promotes 'life-changing' student loan relief in Wisconsin as he rallies younger voters 04/08/2024 07:00pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden said Monday that more than 30 million borrowers would see ���life-changing��� relief from his new plan to ease their student loan debt burdens, a fresh attempt by the Democratic president to follow through on a campaign pledge that could buoy his standing w Tennessee lawmakers seek to require parental permission before children join social media 04/08/2024 06:35pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee's GOP-dominant Senate on Monday unanimously signed off on legislation requiring minors to have parental consent to create social media accounts. The bill is similar to pushes currently being made across the United States as concern grows over young people's intern Look up! DC-area residents take in rare sight of partial solar eclipse 04/08/2024 06:17pm • The sky dimmed and a chill blew through as the moon moved into place to partially block the sun on Monday afternoon; thousands of spectators on the National Mall in D.C. burst into applause at the sight of a rare solar eclipse. Eclipse glasses in hand, millions of people around the D.C. area and Skids by the Capitals, Flyers and Avalanche have altered the NHL's playoff race 04/08/2024 05:10pm • When April began, the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers looked on track to make the playoffs and the Colorado Avalanche had a good shot at winning the Central Division. Not so much anymore, with the losses cascading down like spring showers. The Capitals have lost their past six game Gerrit Cole says MLB, union bickering over pitch clock sounds like 'divorced parents' 04/08/2024 04:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole faulted Major League Baseball and the players' association for bickering over the pitch clock last weekend, comparing their behavior to divorced parents. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and former member of the union's eight-man executive Taiwan Semi, Spirit Airlines rise; Paramount Global, Occidental Petroleum fall, Monday, 4/8/2024 04/08/2024 04:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., up $1.43 to $142.79. The White House pledged to provide up to $6.6 billion for the chipmaker to expand facilities in Arizona. Apartment Income REIT Corp., up $7.03 to $38 How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 4/8/2024 04/08/2024 04:16pm • Stocks drifted to a mixed close after last week���s roller-coaster ride left them shy of their records. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq composite all ended little changed. The focus on Wall Street has been on interest rates and when the Federal Reserve will lower th Missouri governor denies clemency for man scheduled for execution on Tuesday 04/08/2024 04:03pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday denied clemency for Brian Dorsey one day before the inmate���s scheduled execution for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago. The governor���s decision is ���devastating,��� said Megan Crane, Dorsey���s attorney, in an email. Transgender Catholics say new Vatican document shows no understanding of their lives 04/08/2024 03:57pm • Transgender Catholics ��� as well as a priest who welcomes them to his parish ��� expressed disappointment Monday with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one���s biological sex. In essence, it was a restatement of longstanding Catholic teaching, but the dismay was h Real Madrid well rested to take on Man City in Ancelotti���s 200th Champions League game 04/08/2024 02:53pm • MADRID (AP) ��� One of the Champions League's newest rivalries resumes this week when Real Madrid hopes to take advantage of extended rest in Tuesday's quarterfinal against Manchester City. Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, entering his record-extending 200th Champions League match, has had eight full d Arsenal back in control of EPL title race. Has Arteta learned from last year's collapse? 04/08/2024 02:35pm • Mikel Arteta had just seen his Arsenal team come up painfully short in its English Premier League title race with Manchester City and he couldn���t hide his anguish. ���I know we're not at that level,��� a crestfallen Arteta said last May, ���but we have to find a way.��� Well, Arsenal���s upgraded Here���s what we know about Uber and Lyft���s planned exit from Minneapolis in May 04/08/2024 02:24pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� The future of Uber and Lyft in Minneapolis has garnered concern and debate in recent weeks after the City Council voted last month to require that ride-hailing companies pay drivers a higher rate while they are within city limits. Uber and Lyft responded by saying they would sto Germany coach Nagelsmann hails a 'good signal' as sporting director V��ller extends contract 04/08/2024 02:07pm • DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) ��� Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann calls it a ���good signal��� that team sporting director Rudi V��ller will stay after the European Championship, adding the decision won���t influence his future. V��ller helped to oversee the hiring of Nagelsmann last September on a shor Bucks' up-and-down season reaching low point just before the playoffs 04/08/2024 01:51pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� The Milwaukee Bucks' roller coaster season has hit its nadir with the playoffs less than two weeks away. The Bucks have lost four straight games and six of their past seven. They���re 15-17 under coach Doc Rivers after going 32-14 before his arrival. Although Milwaukee (47-31) has Age discrimination remains a problem in the hiring process (for younger candidates too) 04/08/2024 01:18pm • Age discrimination in the hiring process is illegal, but it still happens, often unintentionally. A recent survey of 1,000 hiring managers by Resume Builder found 42% consider age when reviewing resumes. Age bias by hiring managers is also difficult for a candidate to prove. ���If someone is r