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Cleveland claims former LA pitchers Giolito, López and Moore for late playoff push 08/31/2023 05:26pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — The Guardians are hoping some Angels throwaways can get them to the postseason. Trying to chase down Minnesota in the AL Central race, Cleveland claimed starter Lucas Giolito and relievers Matt Moore and Reynaldo López off waivers from Los Angeles on Thursday, acquisitions that d Hall of Famer Gil Brandt, who helped build Cowboys into 'America's Team,' dies at 91 08/31/2023 05:18pm • DALLAS (AP) — Gil Brandt, overshadowed by coach Tom Landry and general manager Tex Schramm as part of the trio that built the Dallas Cowboys into “America’s Team” in the 1970s, has died. He was 91. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Brandt died Thursday morning. No cause of death was given, EagleBank and K. Neal grow together through mutually beneficial partnership 08/31/2023 04:53pm • The long-standing partnership between EagleBank and K. Neal Truck and Bus Center is mutually beneficial, creating a relationship that fosters growth, stability and success. Throughout the years, they have leveraged each other's strengths and contributed positively to the local community in th Orsted delays 1st New Jersey wind farm until 2026; not ready to 'walk away' from project 08/31/2023 04:46pm • OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Orsted, the global wind energy developer, says its first offshore wind farm in New Jersey will be delayed until 2026 due to supply chain issues, higher interest rates, and a failure so far to garner enough tax credits from the federal government. The Danish company revealed Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work 08/31/2023 02:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly McKernan’s acrylic and watercolor paintings are bold and vibrant, often featuring feminine figures rendered in bright greens, blues, pinks and purples. The style, in the artist’s words, is “surreal, ethereal … dealing with discomfort in the human journey.” The word No. 21 UNC opens with South Carolina, seeks to build on 9-win season with Heisman hopeful Drake Maye 08/31/2023 01:56pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The 21st-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels enter their opener coming off one of their best seasons in more than two decades — one that included a trip to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. That despite finishing the 2022 season on a four-game losing skid. They� US government cancels loans for former Ashford University students and plans to recoup costs 08/31/2023 12:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is canceling $72 million in student loans for 2,300 borrowers who say they were cheated by Ashford University, a former for-profit college that was purchased by the University of Arizona in 2020. The Education Department announced the action Wednesday, sa No. 1 Georgia downplays talk of a three-peat as season begins against UT-Martin 08/31/2023 11:31am • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Kirby Smart shrugs off any talk about making history. Despite the Georgia coach's protestations, that storyline is impossible to ignore between the hedges. The No. 1 Bulldogs, who open the season Saturday against overmatched Tennessee-Martin, have a chance to do something that's Russia's ruble has tumbled. What does it mean for the wartime economy? 08/31/2023 10:47am • Russia's ruble has fallen a long way in recent months, and the country’s central bank has stepped in to try to halt the slide. Until now, the government stood aside as the declining ruble helped its budget. But a weaker currency also poses the threat of higher prices for everyday people in Russia Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows a modest rise in latest sign of slowing price increases 08/31/2023 10:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained low last month, adding to signs of cooling price increases and raising the likelihood that the Fed will leave interest rates unchanged when it next meets in late September. Thursday's report from the Commerce Dep JCPenney is spending $1 billion on store and online upgrades in latest bid to revive its business 08/31/2023 08:21am • NEW YORK (AP) — JCPenney said Thursday it plans to spend more than $1 billion by the end of 2025 in a bid to revive the storied but troubled 121-year-old department store chain. The money is going toward remodeling JCPenney stores, upgrading its online shopping site and app, and making its supply As Israel pushes punitive demolitions, family of 13-year-old Palestinian attacker to lose its home 08/31/2023 06:39am • JERUSALEM (AP) — With the walls stripped bare and furniture dismantled, the east Jerusalem apartment is a far cry from the vividly-hued haven it was in early February, when members of the Zalabani family played cards on the cobalt couch and feasted on stewed chicken with richly spiced rice. That F Europe's inflation held steady in August as European Central Bank keeps an open mind on rates 08/31/2023 06:20am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Annual inflation held steady in Europe in August as food prices raced ahead of falling fuel costs, but there was no clarity about whether the European Central Bank will pause its record series of interest rate hikes. The consumer price index for the 20 countries that use UBS reports huge 2Q profit skewed by Credit Suisse takeover and foresees $10B in cost cuts 08/31/2023 05:29am • GENEVA (AP) — Swiss banking giant UBS on Thursday announced plans to save $10 billion in costs, including through 3,000 staff reductions in Switzerland in the coming years, as it moves ahead with “full integration” of longtime rival Credit Suisse's domestic operations following a takeover. The College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic 08/31/2023 12:41am • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Diego Fonseca looked at the computer and took a breath. It was his final attempt at the math placement test for his first year of college. His first three tries put him in pre-calculus, a blow for a student who aced honors physics and computer science in high school. Functio