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Ex-San Francisco utilities head found guilty of fraud in wide-ranging federal corruption probe 07/14/2023 08:10pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former head of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission was found guilty of federal fraud charges Friday, becoming the latest among several once-powerful city employees felled by a lengthy public corruption probe. A jury convicted Harlan Kelly, former general manager of American defender Justin Che transfers to Denmark's Brøndby from Dallas of MLS 07/14/2023 07:39pm • FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Defender Justin Che transferred Friday from Dallas of Major League Soccer to the Danish team Brøndby. The 19-year-old made his Dallas debut on June 23, 2021, following a loan to Bayern Munich's second team. He played in 15 games for Dallas that season, then was loaned to Hoff American defender Dest hopes to regain spot with Barcelona after miserable time at AC Milan 07/14/2023 07:05pm • After a miserable 2022-23 season, Sergiño Dest hopes to persuade Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández he deserves a spot on the team and in the starting lineup. Unwanted by Xavi at the start of last season, the defender was loaned to AC Milan and appeared in just eight Serie A matches. He didn't even dr Stock market today: A raucous week for Wall Street closes with a quiet, mixed finish 07/14/2023 05:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s latest winning week closed with a mixed finish on Friday following stronger profit reports than expected from several big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 slipped 4.62, or 0.1%, to 4,505.42 to edge back from its highest closing level since April 2022. The Dow Jones I More are participating in the lottery as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots soar 07/14/2023 05:10pm • AMBLER, Pa. (AP) — Brenda Sepulveda stopped Friday at a suburban Philadelphia convenience store to buy lottery tickets as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots soared to some of their heftiest in the history of the games. “I think that people are drawn to this kind of lottery because we all h Arsenal signs Jurrien Timber from Ajax for $45M to strengthen defensive options 07/14/2023 10:42am • LONDON (AP) — Arsenal signed Netherlands defender Jurriën Timber from Ajax on Friday to strengthen its defensive options for another run at the Premier League title and its return to the Champions League. The 22-year-old Timber moved for a fee of 40 million euros ($45 million), Ajax said. It coul JPMorgan second quarter profit jumps 67% with a boost from First Republic takeover 07/14/2023 10:23am • JPMorgan's second-quarter profits rose by 67% as the nation's largest bank made more loans to customers, took advantage of higher interest rates, and got a boost from its recent acquisition of First Republic Bank. The bank earned $14.5 billion in the three months ended June 30, compared with $8.65 Pakistan’s Prime Minister Sharif launches $3.5 billion Chinese-designed nuclear energy project 07/14/2023 09:31am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday launched the construction of a 1,200-megawatt Chinese-designed nuclear energy project, which will be built at a cost of $3.5 billion as part of the government efforts to generate more clean energy in the Islamic nation. The ceremo Wells Fargo 2Q profit jumps 57% on higher interest rates 07/14/2023 07:59am • Wells Fargo's profits jumped 57% in the second quarter thanks to higher interest rates and loan balances, the bank said Friday. San Francisco-based Wells earned $4.9 billion, or $1.25 per share in the period, on $20.5 billion in revenue. That beat Wall Street analysts' targets, which called for prof Biden administration announces $39 billion in student debt relief following administrative fixes 07/14/2023 07:00am • (CNN) — The Biden administration announced Friday that 804,000 borrowers will have their student debt wiped away, totaling $39 billion worth of debt, in the coming weeks due to fixes that more accurately count qualified monthly payments under existing income-driven repayment plans.“For far t Eintracht Frankfurt signs Germany under-21 forward Jessic Ngankam from Hertha Berlin 07/14/2023 06:19am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt has signed Germany under-21 forward Jessic Ngankam from Hertha Berlin on a five-year contract. Frankfurt's announcement on Friday will fuel speculation that its star forward Randal Kolo Muani could leave. The 24-year-old Kolo Muani, who scored 15 Bunde Mortgage Rates Spike for Third Consecutive Week 07/13/2023 08:00pm • Mortgage rates rose for the third week in a row, with the 30-year fixed rate reaching 7.39% -- surpassing the recent record of 7.33% set last November. Most fixed and adjustable mortgage rates continued to creep higher, including the 15-year mortgage rate and 5/1 ARM rate, both of which are at their Nigerian leader plans $10 monthly handout to poor households after gas subsidy ends 07/13/2023 07:08pm • KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu has announced his government's plan to pay $10 a month to poor households to ease the growing hardship caused by the scrapping of subsidies on gasoline. In a letter to the Nigerian Senate, which was read during Thursday's sitting, Tinubu s Former Mozambique finance minister pleads not guilty in US federal court over $2 billion scandal 07/13/2023 06:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Mozambique's former finance minister pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court in New York on Thursday in connection with a $2 billion corruption and money laundering scandal that prosecutors said defrauded American investors and threatened to further destabilize the economy of on Justice Kavanaugh seeks to dispel the notion that the Supreme Court is partisan 07/13/2023 04:41pm • BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Justice Brett Kavanaugh pointed to the mixed U.S. Supreme Court decisions this term as he sought Thursday to dispel notions that it is partisan, even after conservatives brought about the end of affirmative action in college admissions and struck down President Joe Biden'