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Rosie's Gaming Emporium eyeing Manassas Park for casino-like operation 06/24/2023 07:32am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Rosie's Gaming Emporium is looking to make a push into Manassas Park. Churchill Downs Inc., the operator of Rosie's, announced Fri Diamond Sports wants to get out of its broadcast agreement with the Diamondbacks 06/23/2023 05:13pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Diamond Sports is seeking to get out of its broadcast agreement with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Diamond Sports, which owns 19 regional sports networks under the Bally Sports banner, made the request in an emergency motion filed Thursday in federal bankruptcy court. Judge Christopher How a Prince William Co. woman's nonprofit is helping cover school meal debt 06/23/2023 03:34pm • In 2017, Prince William County, Virginia, resident Adelle Settle heard a radio story about a boy in New Mexico who had gone through his school's lunch line. When the boy approached the cashier, as Settle said the story went, the cashier told him there was no money in his account. So, the cashier Paris climate summit ends without a deal on global tax on shipping 06/23/2023 11:45am • PARIS (AP) — Participants at a Paris summit stopped short Friday of a deal to create a tax on greenhouse gas emissions produced from international shipping, leaving climate NGOs and activists lamenting the lack of ambitious responses to fight climate change and the world's inequalities brought for Andrew Tate to remain under house arrest in Romania as human trafficking case drags on 06/23/2023 08:15am • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court on Friday extended by 30 days the house arrest of Andrew Tate, the divisive social media personality and former professional kickboxer who was charged this week with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucha Inflation and economic crises strain pilgrims in this year's Hajj, putting it out of reach for some 06/23/2023 01:05am • CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia is hosting its biggest Hajj pilgrimage in three years, starting Monday. But for many pilgrims, and for many others who couldn’t make it, global inflation and economic crises made it more of a strain to carry out Islam’s spiritual trip of a lifetime. Mohammed, a univer 7 Best ETFs to Invest in Corporate Bonds 06/22/2023 08:00pm • U.S. government-issued Treasury bonds may have hogged the spotlight in fixed-income markets recently due to the U.S. debt ceiling crisis, but they are hardly the only choice for investors. While Treasurys offer a low risk of default thanks to their ironclad credit quality, this comes at the cost of 12 Fixed-Income Investments to Take Advantage of High Rates 06/22/2023 08:00pm • As the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to cool inflation over the past year or so, fixed-income investments have become an increasingly attractive investment vehicle for some. That's because fixed-income investments are typically less volatile and risky than equities, and many investors al How many months of savings should you have in your rainy day fund? Financial analyst adds his two cents 06/22/2023 05:01pm • How much money should you have saved in case of an unforeseeable emergency? Inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic have wreaked havoc on Americans' savings across the board, adding to financial strain under normal circumstances when markets aren't in flux. "People recognize that they don't have e Debt-plagued Zambia reaches deal with China, other nations to rework $6.3B in loans, French say 06/22/2023 04:29pm • PARIS (AP) — Zambia and its government creditors, including China, have reached a deal to restructure $6.3 billion in loans, the French government announced Thursday on the sidelines of a global finance summit in Paris. The agreement covers loans from countries including France, the UK, South Afri Biden defends calling Chinese leader Xi a 'dictator' and says he still expects to meet with him 06/22/2023 04:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his harsh public comments on China, including calling President Xi Jinping a dictator, saying his words would have no negative impact on U.S.-China relations and that he still expects to meet with Xi sometime soon. Biden said his blunt sta Climate activist Nakate urges rich countries to cancel debt, grant climate finance at Paris summit 06/22/2023 02:22pm • PARIS (AP) — Facing an audience packed with world leaders and finance officials in suits, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate silenced the room, then made everyone listen to some uncomfortable facts. Speaking at a two-day summit aimed at seeking better responses to tackle poverty and climate c IOC banishes boxing governing body from Olympics, but the sport will still be at the Paris Games 06/22/2023 11:48am • GENEVA (AP) — The International Boxing Association was banished from the Olympic family on Thursday, ending a years-long dispute fueled by defying advice and instructions from the IOC. Boxing, however, will keep its status as an Olympic sport at the 2024 Paris Games. The International Olympic Comm Shifting S. Africa coal plant for clean energy needs millions in loans. Experts say that's a problem 06/22/2023 11:13am • MIDDELBURG, South Africa (AP) — Plumes of heat-trapping pollutants last billowed from the giant stacks of Komati Power Station in October, when the coal-fired plant that fed South Africa’s hungry electrical grid for more than half a century was shut down to make way for a solar, wind and battery Kenya's new tax package angers some backers of president who once vowed to reduce cost of living 06/22/2023 10:43am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyans are preparing for tough times after lawmakers approved tax increases that are even unpopular with supporters of the president who once vowed to reduce the cost of living. The doubling of the tax on petroleum products, from 8% to 16%, is expected to have a ripple effec