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Deadline approaching for longtime public service workers to see student debt waived 09/20/2022 04:51am • A career in public service could pay off for some federal student loan borrowers — a program with an upcoming deadline could help some D.C.-area workers apply to have their debt waived. Borrowers who have worked in public service for a decade could have their entire student loan debt waived, ac Asia shares rise on US rally ahead of expected Fed rate hike 09/20/2022 02:39am • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, after Wall Street closed higher on a late buying spree following recent losses as investors await another interest rate increase by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Markets have been jittery over whether the Fed’s plan to cool the hottest U.S. inflation in Purple Innovation, Kinross rise; AutoZone, Marathon Oil fall 09/19/2022 04:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: AutoZone Inc.. down $68.06 to $2,097.59. The auto parts retailer reported strong fiscal fourth-quarter financial results. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., up 89 cents to $125.08. The maker of Grand Theft Auto an How much 'pain'? Fed to signal more rate hikes ahead 09/19/2022 10:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell bluntly warned in a speech last month that the Fed’s drive to curb inflation by aggressively raising interest rates would “bring some pain." On Wednesday, Americans may get a better sense of how much pain could be in store. The Fed is ex US forward Pefok’s bid for World Cup spot helps Union Berlin 09/19/2022 09:19am • BERLIN (AP) — Jordan Pefok’s bid to make the United States team for the World Cup is helping Union Berlin to an unprecedented spell at the top of the Bundesliga. Pefok scored the opening goal in Union’s win over Wolfsburg on Sunday, only four days after he was omitted from U.S. coach Gregg Ber Venezuela arrests brother of ex oil czar in corruption probe 09/18/2022 08:40pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela has thrown back in prison the brother of the country's former oil czar as part of an ongoing investigation into a multi-billion dollar embezzlement scheme at the state-run oil company. Fidel Ramirez was arrested last Wednesday after failing to appear in court as Mortgage Rates Eclipse 6% for First Time in 14 Years 09/18/2022 08:00pm • Mortgage rates bounced higher again this week across all loan products, according to Freddie Mac. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage surpassed 6%, a long-awaited benchmark that we've been marching toward for the past month. Borrowers are also having to shell out more money for discount poi Maine rematch could be a bellwether for control of Congress 09/18/2022 01:11pm • AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Donald Trump isn't on the ballot in Maine's 2nd Congressional District this year, but his brand of politics is. In a race that will help decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Rep. Jared Golden will defend his seat against Republican former Rep. Bruce Arsenal beats Brentford to stay top; Everton gets 1st win 09/18/2022 12:26pm • LONDON (AP) — Walking off the field at Brentford’s small stadium in west London had a very different feel for Arsenal this time around. A straight-forward 3-0 win at the 17,000-seat Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday retained Arsenal’s spot atop the Premier League table and mad American defender Bryan Reynolds gets 1st goal for Westerlo 09/17/2022 07:21pm • American defender Bryan Reynolds scored his first goal for Belgium's Westerlo in Saturday's 3-2 win at Charleroi. Reynolds scored in the third minute. The 21-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, played for Dallas in Major League Soccer from 2019-20 and joined Roma in February 2021. He made his Serie A d American Andrija Novakovich scores 1st goal for Venezia 09/17/2022 06:21pm • American forward Andrija Novakovich scored his first goal for Venezia, helping gain a 1-1 draw against visiting Pisa on Saturday in Italy's Serie B. Novakovich received a pass from Joel Pohjanpalo just inside the penalty area, exchanged the ball off both feet to create space from defender Simone Can Lewandowski scores 2 more as Barcelona beats Elche 3-0 09/17/2022 05:28pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Robert Lewandowski shook off his disappointing return to Bayern Munich by scoring twice to lead Barcelona to a 3-0 victory at home over 10-man Elche in the Spanish league on Saturday. They were Lewandowski’s seventh and eighth goals in a five-round scoring streak and took Steffen back in Middlesbrough lineup after missing 4 games 09/17/2022 04:49pm • American goalkeeper Zack Steffen returned to Middlesbrough's lineup for a 0-0 draw against Rotherham on Saturday night after missing four games because of a knee injury. The 27-year-old had not played since Aug. 20, Middlesbrough’s fifth match of the season. Steffen was left off the roster for upc A massive sewer tunnel in Alexandria is part of a plan to clean up the Potomac 09/17/2022 02:56pm • Officials in Alexandria, Virginia, will ramp up a tunneling project well below the city's surface next month in an effort to divert sewage from spilling into the Potomac River. The 380-ton tunnel boring machine named "Hazel" was lowered 138 feet — or about 12 stories — into a pumping shaft near Pepi ends 30-game, 345-day drought, gets goal for Groningen 09/17/2022 01:31pm • American forward Ricardo Pepi ended a 30-match scoreless streak for club and country that reached almost a year, getting his first goal for Groningen in a 2-1 loss at Sparta Rotterdam on Saturday in the Dutch Eredivisie. Pepi outjumped defender Adil Auassar just outside the 6-yard box and headed Isa