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Federal prosecutors to help clear backlog of murder cases in St. Louis 06/27/2023 04:27pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� The U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis will loan eight prosecutors to the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office to help clear a backlog homicide cases, officials from both offices said Tuesday. The agreement, described as a first of its kind in St. Louis, comes a little over a mont Supreme Court rejects GOP in North Carolina case that could have reshaped elections beyond the state 06/27/2023 04:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state courts can curtail the actions of their legislatures when it comes to federal redistricting and elections, rejecting arguments by North Carolina Republicans that could have dramatically altered races for Congress and president in that st Stock market today: Asia mixed after Wall St drifts lower following run-up 06/26/2023 11:26pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street drifted lower following its latest rally. Shanghai and Hong Kong advanced. Tokyo and Seoul declined. Oil prices rose. Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.4% on Monday as tech stocks declined following a rapid run- How the Family Opportunity Mortgage Can Help You Buy a Home for Your Elderly Parents 06/26/2023 08:00pm • If your elderly parents want to move into a new home but can't obtain financing on their own, you might be able to help through a loan commonly known as the Family Opportunity Mortgage. The Family Opportunity Mortgage makes it easier for children to purchase or refinance a home for their parents. He Here's What Graduate Schools Think About Your College 06/26/2023 08:00pm • Students who attended lower-ranked universities for their undergraduate degree might think they have a smaller chance of getting accepted into their desired graduate school program. 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However, many lenders hav Judge gives preliminary approval to $290 million deal JPMorgan Chase reached with Epstein victims 06/26/2023 06:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A federal judge in New York City gave preliminary approval Monday to a $290 million deal that JPMorgan Chase reached with sex victims of financier Jeffrey Epstein. Judge Jed S. Rakoff praised lawyers on both sides for working out the deal announced earlier this month. He called it Self-professed 'Wolf of Airbnb' pleads guilty to wire fraud for defrauding landlords 06/26/2023 06:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A Florida man who dubbed himself the ���Wolf of Airbnb��� pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge Monday, admitting gaining about $2 million illegally by defrauding landlords and cheating a government pandemic program. Konrad Bicher, 31, of Hialeah, Florida, entered the plea in Manha PacWest, Lucid Group rise, Carnival, Pfizer fall, Monday, 6/26/2023 06/26/2023 04:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Monday: International Business Machines Corp., up $1.91 to $131.34. The technology and consulting company is buying software company Apptio. Lucid Group Inc., up 8 cents to $5.55. The electric vehicle maker enter The top prospects for the 2023 NHL draft from Bedard to Fantilli to Reinbacher and more 06/26/2023 02:53pm • CONNOR BEDARD, center, 5-foot-10, 185 pounds, shoots right. BORN: July, 17, 2005. FROM: North Vancouver, British Columbia LAST TEAM: Regina Pats, Western Hockey League ACCOMPLISHMENTS/BACKGROUND: Bedard was the WHL���s first player ��� and seventh Canadian junior ��� to be granted exceptional status Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/26/2023 01:10pm • 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 Luka Modric to stay with Real Madrid for another season in the Spanish league 06/26/2023 11:04am • MADRID (AP) ��� Real Madrid extended Luka Modric's contract on Monday, keeping the veteran midfielder for another season. Madrid agreed to extend the contract of the 37-year-old Croatian until the end of the 2023-24 campaign, just like it did with Toni Kroos last week. The moves allow Madrid to keep What Is a Townhouse? 06/25/2023 08:00pm • Homeownership doesn't always translate into owning a detached house with a spacious backyard. Alternatives to the traditional home, such as townhouses, often come with a more affordable price tag with access to convenient amenities. You'll have to share walls with neighbors, but living in a townhous 7 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy 06/25/2023 08:00pm • The investment landscape has changed dramatically in the last year or so. The unprecedented era of near-zero interest rates is now over: Between May 2022 and May 2023, the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate from a target range of 0.75% to 1% to a range of 5% to 5.25%, which it chose to ma