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How Barcelona won its 1st Spanish league title since Messi’s traumatic exit 05/14/2023 05:49pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s risky bet to mortgage the club’s future paid off Sunday — in the short term at least — when a team led by newcomer Robert Lewandowski clinched its first Spanish league title in four years. Barcelona won its 27th league title, second to Real Madrid’s 35 Ambitious agenda for Biden on upcoming three-nation Indo-Pacific trip as debt default looms at home 05/14/2023 08:17am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has an ambitious agenda when he sets off this week on an eight-day trip to the Indo-Pacific. He’s looking to tighten bonds with longtime allies, make history as the first sitting U.S. president to visit the tiny island state of Papua New Guinea and spotligh Biden's reelection pitch that he can govern well faces daunting challenges with debt, border, more 05/13/2023 03:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A showdown with Congress that has the nation’s creditworthiness at stake; a frenzied scene at the border as pandemic restrictions ease; a pivotal foreign trip meant to sustain support for Ukraine and contain a more assertive China in the Indo-Pacific. Three weeks since launchin In debt ceiling standoff, COVID era of big spending gives way to new focus on deficit 05/13/2023 03:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — One outcome is clear as Washington reaches for a budget deal in the debt ceiling standoff: The ambitious COVID-19 era of government spending to cope with the pandemic and rebuild is giving way to a new focus on tailored investments and stemming deficits. President Joe Biden has s Md. father, son convicted in drug trafficking conspiracy 05/13/2023 03:36pm • A federal jury convicted a Laurel, Maryland, man and his son Thursday on drug-related charges, following a nine-day trial focused on a series of events involving their now-deceased marijuana supplier. Scott Williams, 45, and Taeyan Williams, 26, were convicted of a drug trafficking conspiracy and Housing advocates warn GOP spending plan would be 'disastrous' 05/13/2023 10:02am • Housing advocates are raising the alarm about House Republicans’ plan to dramatically cut the federal deficit to raise the debt ceiling, warning rental aid would be stripped from hundreds of thousands of struggling families who could face eviction and possible homelessness at a time when rents rem G7 finance leaders vow to contain inflation, strengthen supply chains but avoid mention of China 05/13/2023 02:16am • NIIGATA, Japan (AP) — The Group of Seven’s top financial leaders united Saturday in their support for Ukraine and their determination to enforce sanctions against Russia for its aggression but stopped short of any overt mention of China. The finance ministers and central bank chiefs ended three Washington Commanders timeline under Dan Snyder 05/12/2023 06:13pm • Dan Snyder's ownership of the Washington Commanders, which has been a matter of considerable debate for many years, is coming to an end. Snyder has agreed to sell the team for a record $6.05 billion to a group led by Philadelphia 76ers and Devils owner Josh Harris, which also includes Basketball Hal Business Highlights: Twitter’s new CEO is an NBCUniversal executive; More budget red ink projected 05/12/2023 04:29pm • ___ Twitter’s new CEO is an NBCUniversal executive with deep ad industry ties Elon Musk has confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter, will be NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry. Musk said that Yaccarino “will focus primarily on business operat Stock market today: Wall Street slips as households get more nervous 05/12/2023 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Another seemingly listless week on Wall Street came to a quiet close on Wall Street Friday, but big worries continue to roil under the surface. The S&P 500 dipped 6.54 points, or 0.2%, to 4,124.08 to cap a sixth straight week where it moved by less than 1%. The Dow Jones Indus How major US stock indexes fared Friday 5/12/2023 05/12/2023 04:17pm • Stocks slipped on Wall Street after a report showed that sentiment is souring among U.S. consumers. The S&P 500 lost 0.2% Friday. The Dow ended barely lower and the Nasdaq gave up 0.4%. A preliminary survey said confidence in the economy among consumers is tumbling. Treasury yields rose becaus Historically Black medical schools urge more spending in hearing with Bernie Sanders 05/12/2023 03:43pm • ATLANTA (AP) — To train more Black doctors, the federal government needs to bolster funding and make more training slots available for historically Black medical schools, leaders of those universities told U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday. “Our HBCU medical schools are the backbone of training Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/12/2023 01:37pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov More red ink: Congressional budget agency projects bigger deficits as debt talks continue 05/12/2023 11:49am • WASHINGTON (AP) — This year's projected government budget deficit has jumped by $130 billion, due in part to a proposed change to student loan repayment plans and a series of bank rescues organized by federal regulators, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday . Revenue collections through Apr LOCALIZE IT: Federal funding at risk for health care worker recruitment program 05/12/2023 08:26am • EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Millions of dollars in funding for a federal program to recruit thousands of doctors, nurses and dentists in the country's most desperate regions is at risk. The federal government poured an extra $800 million into the National Health Service Corps to hire more health care wo