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Paraguay's long-ruling Colorado Party has easy election win 05/01/2023 06:39am • ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguayans voted overwhelmingly to keep the long-ruling Colorado Party in power for five more years, backing its presidential candidate and giving it majorities in both houses of Congress. Santiago Peña, a 44-year-old economist, had 43% of the votes in a preliminary co Paraguay's long-ruling party romps to presidential victory 05/01/2023 04:20am • ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — The long-governing Colorado Party remained the dominant force of Paraguayan politics as the vote count from Sunday's election gave an overwhelming lead to its presidential candidate, Santiago Peña, with nearly all votes counted. With almost 99% of voting places reporting First Republic up in air as regulators juggle bank's fate 04/30/2023 08:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators continued their search for a solution to First Republic Bank’s woes over the weekend before stock markets were set to open Monday. San Francisco-based First Republic has struggled since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in early March, as invest How to Get a Personal Loan 04/30/2023 08:00pm • People get personal loans for a whole variety of reasons, from consolidating high-interest debt, buying a new appliance or paying for a vacation. Whatever your reason, as long as you have a good plan in place for repayment and you're not creating more hardship for your finances, personal loans can b Georgia's Kemp veers from Trump, but state GOP not moving on 04/29/2023 08:38am • BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — A slate of Georgia Republicans led by Gov. Brian Kemp handily won reelection last year over far-right primary opponents endorsed by Donald Trump and backed by the state party chairperson, showing the limits of the former president and his 2020 election lies in the critical swing Inflation pressures remain persistent as consumers pull back 04/29/2023 07:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Key measures of prices and wages remained high in March, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates next week for the 10th time since March of last year in its drive to defeat high inflation. An index that is closely followed by the Fed, which excludes volatile Biden commutes sentences of 31 convicted of drug crimes 04/28/2023 11:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 31 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes who were serving time in home confinement, the White House announced Friday. Many would have gotten a lower sentence if they were charged today with the same offense because of change Lyon edges Strasbourg to stay in race for Europe places 04/28/2023 06:16pm • STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Lyon stayed in the race for European spots by rallying past Strasbourg 2-1 to pull within three points of fifth place in the French league on Friday. Strasbourg opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a close-range effort from midfielder Morgan Sanson. But Lyon defende Stock market today: Wall Street rises to cap a winning April 04/28/2023 04:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out a winning April with gains Friday after more companies said their profits at the start of the year weren’t as bad as expected. The S&P 500 rose 34.13, or 0.8%, to 4,169.48. Despite some sharp swings this week, it still clinched a second straight winn Coalition challenges Paraguay's long-ruling Colorado Party 04/28/2023 02:45pm • ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Voters will decide Sunday whether to stay with the party that has governed Paraguay for seven decades or back a broad opposition coalition that has mounted a strong challenge amid discontent over health, schools and corruption. The elections for president and Congress co Is my money safe? What you need to know about bank failures 04/28/2023 12:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Recent turmoil in the banking industry may have you worried about your money. The collapses earlier this year of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which catered mostly to the tech industry, were the second- and third-biggest bank failures in U.S. history. Now there are conce Biden declares Fort Lauderdale disaster area after flooding 04/28/2023 11:41am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Florida's Broward County a disaster area Friday, two weeks after record-breaking rain left parts of Fort Lauderdale and its suburbs flooded. Gov. Ron DeSantis had requested the declaration earlier this week. The declaration makes Broward r Sri Lankan Parliament votes to support IMF recovery program 04/28/2023 10:50am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament voted Friday to support the implementation of a four-year International Monetary Fund program aimed at solving the country’s economic crisis and reducing its debt burden. The proposal, introduced by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also f BBC chief quits amid furor over role in Boris Johnson loan 04/28/2023 10:28am • LONDON (AP) — The chairman of the BBC quit Friday after a report found that he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest over his role in arranging a loan more than two years ago for Boris Johnson, as scandals from the former prime minister's turbulent term continue to rattle U.K. public BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigns after controversy about role in arranging loan for ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson 04/28/2023 05:07am • LONDON (AP) — BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigns after controversy about role in arranging loan for ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson.