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Longest-serving Chicago City Council member gets 2 years in prison for corruption 06/24/2024 06:06pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Ed Burke, the longest-serving City Council member in Chicago history, was sentenced to two years in prison Monday for squeezing developers who needed his help for permits. It was far short of the eight-year term recommended by federal prosecutors. With credit for good behavior, Burk Yellen announces efforts to boost the housing supply as high prices create a crunch 06/24/2024 03:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration announced new steps to increase access to affordable housing as still-high prices on groceries and other necessities and high interest rates have dramatically pushed up the cost of living in the post-pandemic years. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen promote On the anniversary of the fall of Roe, Democrats lay the blame for worsening health care on Trump 06/24/2024 03:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris is using the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade to argue that Donald Trump is ���guilty��� of rolling back women's freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis. Harris said Monday that Trump ���inten 2-time Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor will soon spring into retirement 06/24/2024 01:00pm • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) ��� Every leap these days feels more like a stroll down memory lane for triple jumper Christian Taylor. This is the two-time Olympic champion's farewell tour and he's taking it all in. That includes selfies at every stop ��� from Norway to Morocco and especially this week in Oregon Robinhood CEO discusses the brokerage's evolution leading up to another ride on the meme stock wave 06/24/2024 12:23pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Meme stocks like GameStop are hot again, reviving memories of early 2021 when they turned into a craze that ended up burning many investors along with Robinhood Markets. The online brokerage was especially popular among younger generations helped propel the meme stock boom unt England secures spot in T20 World Cup semis, South Africa beats West Indies by 3 wickets 06/24/2024 03:03am • BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) ��� Fast bowler Chris Jordan got a hat trick and the American cricket team lost five wickets in six balls as England secured its spot in the semifinals of the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday. Defending champion England crushed the United States by 10 wickets with 62 balls rema Pulisic scores, assists on Balogun goal to lead U.S. over Bolivia 2-0 in Copa America opener 06/23/2024 09:48pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Christian Pulisic spread his arms wide with a big smile, then wanted to find the coach in the stands who drew up the fastest goal for the U.S. against a South American team. Plenty of emotion against an overmatched opponent, in a tournament the Americans call their bigge Can You Pay Off Student Loans Early 06/23/2024 08:00pm • If you're one of the nearly 43 million Americans with student loan debt, you might be wondering if you can pay off your student loans early. The answer is yes. There's no penalty for paying off student loans ahead of schedule, and you could save a lot of interest by doing so. However, prepaying stud When Does a Reverse Mortgage Make Sense? 06/23/2024 08:00pm • Reverse mortgages are loans for homeowners age 62 and older with significant home equity. These loans help you access the equity in your home and can provide financial flexibility. However, you should understand the benefits and potential drawbacks of a reverse mortgage before applying for one. What 'Everything is at stake' for reproductive rights in 2024, Harris says as Biden-Trump debate nears 06/23/2024 07:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris says ���everything is at stake��� with reproductive health rights in November's election as the Biden campaign steps up its focus on contrasting the positions taken by Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump on the issue before thei Wong and Refsnyder homer, and the Red Sox take series from Reds with 7-4 victory 06/23/2024 05:42pm • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� Connor Wong and Rob Refsnyder each hit two-run homers as the Boston Red Sox took the series from the Cincinnati Reds with a 7-4 victory on Sunday. The Red Sox have won seven of eight and are now a season-best six games over .500. ���We finished the trip the right way,��� Red So A year ago, Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin with a mutiny 06/23/2024 04:15am • On a lazy summer weekend a year ago, Russia was jolted by the stunning news of an armed uprising. The swaggering chief of a Kremlin-sponsored mercenary army seized a military headquarters in the south and began marching toward Moscow to oust the Defense Ministry���s leaders, accusing them of starvin Texas A&M builds big lead early and beats Tennessee 9-5 in Game 1 of College World Series finals 06/23/2024 12:54am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Great start. Great finish. And now, after beating Tennessee 9-5 in the College World Series finals opener Saturday night, Texas A&M faces its most difficult task of the season. The Aggies must knock off the high-powered No. 1 national seed one more time Sunday to claim their Sarah Bacon, Alison Gibson, Carson Tyler qualify for Olympics at US diving trials 06/22/2024 11:48pm • KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Sarah Bacon and Alison Gibson will head to Paris to compete in women's 3-meter springboard after claiming the top two spots at the U.S. Olympic diving trials on Saturday. Carson Tyler also claimed his spot at the Olympics with a victory in the men���s 10-meter platform. Bac Trump endorses Ten Commandments in schools, implores evangelical Christians to vote in November 06/22/2024 09:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Donald Trump told a group of evangelicals they ���cannot afford to sit on the sidelines��� of the 2024 election, imploring them at one point to ���go and vote, Christians, please!" Trump also endorsed displaying the Ten Commandments in schools and elsewhere while speaking to a