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World shares drop after Putin orders troops to east Ukraine 02/21/2022 10:33pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Shares fell sharply in Asia on Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, suggesting a long-feared invasion was possibly underway. Tokyo���s Nikkei 225 index dropped 2.2% and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell 3.2% in earl Md. lawmaker: Health contractors taking out loans as they wait for payments 02/21/2022 09:53pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. The Maryland Department of Health has a backlog of unpaid invoices owed to contracted health care providers and grant recipients dating back Mississippi HBCU gets $10M from Netflix CEO and wife 02/21/2022 07:47pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� A private, historically Black college in Mississippi is getting $10 million from the head of Netflix and his wife, a film producer. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings visited Tougaloo College on Monday to talk about the donation from himself and his wife, Patricia Quillin, news outle Is a Bitcoin Credit Card Right for You? 02/21/2022 07:00pm • Bitcoin has given investors a wild ride over the past couple of years. The value of a single coin was below $10,000 at the start of 2020. By the end of 2021, it surpassed $60,000 multiple times, with dramatic lows in between. With its growing popularity, you may be curious whether it's worth incorpo Can You Get a Personal Loan When You're Self-Employed? 02/21/2022 07:00pm • If you're self-employed and short on cash, you may be eligible for borrowing options including personal loans. Personal loans provide a set amount of money that you repay over a fixed time frame, and they can be helpful for borrowers looking to consolidate debt or cover a large or emergency expense. The Pros and Cons of Standard vs. Itemized Tax Deductions 02/21/2022 07:00pm • While you don't have much choice when it comes to paying taxes, there are deductions available to reduce the amount you owe Uncle Sam. Deductions shield a portion of your earnings from income tax, and they have become especially important in recent years. Prior to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Job Inter upset by Sassuolo in Serie A, wastes chance to go top 02/20/2022 04:55pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Inter Milan was upset 2-0 at home by midtable Sassuolo on Sunday, wasting a chance to leapfrog city rival Milan and go top of the Italian league. Leader Milan stumbled Saturday with a 2-2 draw at last-place Salernitana. Inter remains two points behind in second but with a game in hand What City could have got: Kane shines with late Spurs winner 02/19/2022 05:32pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� No wonder Pep Guardiola once branded Tottenham the Harry Kane team. No wonder Manchester City pursued four rebuffed bids to sign him. There he was ��� still in a Tottenham jersey ��� in the fifth minute of stoppage time on Saturday, putting the ball in the City net for a Judge rejects effort by Trump to toss Jan. 6 lawsuits 02/19/2022 10:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A federal judge has rejected efforts by former President Donald Trump to toss out conspiracy lawsuits filed by lawmakers and two Capitol police officers, saying in his ruling that the former president's words ���plausibly��� led to the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Court A week of legal setbacks for Trump in Washington, New York 02/19/2022 12:01am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump faced one legal setback after another this week as a judge ruled he must sit for a deposition in New York to answer questions about his business practices, his accounting firm declared his financial statements unreliable, another judge rejected his eff A week of legal setbacks for Trump in Washington, New York 02/18/2022 09:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump faced one legal setback after another this week as a judge ruled he must sit for a deposition in New York to answer questions about his business practices, his accounting firm declared his financial statements unreliable, another judge rejected his eff Arizona House bill hits banks that refuse gun firm business 02/18/2022 05:20pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� An Arizona bill to prohibit government agencies from contracting with firms that refuse to do business with firearms companies received strong support this week from majority Republicans on a state House committee but generated tough criticism from the banking industry. Stocks fall again, handing Wall Street another losing week 02/18/2022 04:40pm • Stocks capped a week of volatile trading on Wall Street with a broad sell-off Friday that left the major indexes with their second straight weekly loss. The selling lost some momentum into the afternoon, but the intensified again in the final hour of trading. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Indust January home sales rise ahead of expected rate hikes 02/18/2022 10:39am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Sales of previously occupied homes rose in January as a surge in buyers with cash and others eager to avoid higher mortgage rates snapped up properties, leaving the number of available houses on the market at a record low. Existing home sales rose 6.7% last month from December t Take the 5th? The choice could soon be Trump's in NY probe 02/18/2022 01:02am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� To plead the Fifth, or not to plead the Fifth? That is the question Donald Trump may face after a New York judge ordered the former president to testify in a long-running state civil investigation into his business practices. Trump's lawyers are almost certain to appeal Judge Arth