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Kimberly Palmer: What college students need to know about payment apps 04/08/2024 07:00am • For college students, sending money to friends has never been easier thanks to peer-to-peer payment apps like Venmo, PayPal and Cash App. But that convenience poses risks, including vulnerability to errors, fraud and the tendency to overspend. As a result, payment apps can contribute to financial st US will push China to change policy that threatens American jobs, Treasury Secretary Yellen says 04/08/2024 06:57am • BEIJING (AP) ��� The Biden administration will push China to change an industrial policy that poses a threat to U.S. jobs, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday after wrapping up four days of talks with Chinese officials. She also said in Beijing they had ���difficult conversations��� about na The Vatican blasts sex change surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as grave threats to human dignity 04/08/2024 06:00am • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� The Vatican blasts sex change surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as grave threats to human dignity. Toyota will oversee model certification at subsidiary Daihatsu after safety testing scandal 04/08/2024 02:53am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japanese automaker Toyota will oversee model certification at its subsidiary Daihatsu to regain trust among dealers, customers and workers after a safety testing scandal, Daihatsu's new president said Monday. Toyota Motor Corp. will take a leadership role in various areas, including p Winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth $1.3 billion sold in Portland, Oregon 04/08/2024 12:13am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months. The single ticket ��� revealed following a delay of more than three hours to the drawing ��� matched all six numbers drawn t US treads carefully in responding to Hong Kong's new national security law 04/08/2024 12:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. has denounced Hong Kong���s new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but so far the action from Washington has been notably muted, disappointing those fighting for the Chinese territory's democracy and freedoms. Since th This Week: Consumer prices, Fed meeting minutes and earnings reports from several big banks 04/08/2024 12:01am • A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week INFLATION BAROMETER The Labor Department releases its March report on consumer prices Wednesday. Analysts expect inflation at the consumer level rose 3.4% in March from a year earlier. That would be the biggest 12-m Jerry Grote, catcher for 1969 New York Mets, dies at 81 04/07/2024 11:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jerry Grote, the catcher who helped transform the New York Mets from a perennial loser into the 1969 World Series champion, died Sunday. He was 81. Grote had suffered from heart issues and died in Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, Me Pirates continue hot start beat Orioles 3-2 04/07/2024 11:02pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson made a diving stop near second base on Edward Oliveras��� grounder in a try for a game-ending double play, then threw wildly past first for an error as two runs scored and gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 victory on Sunday. With the w Korda wins 4th straight LPGA Tour start, beating Maguire in T-Mobile Match Play 04/07/2024 09:41pm • NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) ��� Nelly Korda is on a roll not seen on the LPGA Tour in 16 years. She won four of the first seven holes, largely making the rest of the final Sunday in the T-Mobile Match Play a formality in beating Leona Maguire 4 and 3 at Shadow Creek. Lorena Ochoa in 2008 was the last NCAA president hopeful women's teams rewarded for appearance in tournament like the men 04/07/2024 09:35pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Despite huge TV ratings and unprecedented attention for women's basketball, teams in the NCAA Tournament don't cash in like their male counterparts. NCAA President Charlie Baker is hoping that will change as early as next season. Under the current system, men's teams that make the Frederik Andersen makes 23 saves as Hurricanes shut out Blue Jackets 3-0 04/07/2024 09:03pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� Frederik Andersen made 23 saves for his third shutout in his past seven games and the Carolina Hurricanes scored two first-period goals in their regular-season home finale to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 on Sunday. Andrei Svechnikov scored 17 seconds into the game after Iowa star Caitlin Clark pours in 30 points in final NCAA game but Hawkeyes fall to South Carolina 04/07/2024 08:56pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� For 10 glorious minutes on Sunday, Caitlin Clark seemed poised to make the impossible possible one last time. Shots fell. Iowa's offense hummed. And the magic the Hawkeyes' singular star has summoned so often over the last two years while becoming a crossover sensation was at her Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer 04/07/2024 08:55pm • GUNTUR, India (AP) ��� There's a pungent odor on Ratna Raju's farm that he says is protecting his crops from the unpredictable and extreme weather that's become more frequent with human-caused climate change. The smell comes from a concoction of cow urine, an unrefined sugar known as jaggery, and o Byron leads Hendrick Motorsports to 1-2-3 finish at Martinsville on anniversary weekend 04/07/2024 08:41pm • William Byron said he had nightmares coming to Martinsville Speedway this weekend, remembering his last visit when he struggled to a 13th-place finish. He not only overcame those fears, he put a cherry on top of the weekend when Hendrick Motorsports celebrated the anniversary of its first win 40 yea