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What federal help is still available with jobless benefits, eviction protections ending 09/09/2021 08:00am • Americans are no longer protected from evictions or receiving beefed-up unemployment payments, but they are still benefiting from many other federal coronavirus rescue measures. More support may be on the way, as Democrats on Capitol Hill hammer out a 10-year, $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation 'Blue's Clues' host Steve is back with a message to millennials 09/09/2021 07:26am • There is a scene from a children's show many millennials still remember: the moment Steve Burns, dressed in his striped green shirt and khaki pants, picked up a large suitcase, walked out the door, and boarded an animated bus with a final wave to his "Blue's Clues" fans. The abrupt departure lon Real Madrid returns to Bernab��u more than 18 months later 09/09/2021 05:58am • MADRID (AP) ��� More than 18 months later, Real Madrid is returning to Santiago Bernab��u Stadium. Madrid will get to play at its venue when it hosts Celta Vigo in the Spanish league on Sunday, 560 days after it last hosted a match at the stadium. The Bernab��u���s massive renovation project is far Asian shares slip as Fed signals 'downshift' in economy 09/08/2021 10:34pm • Shares fell in Asia on Thursday after further losses on Wall Street following a Federal Reserve report showing U.S. economic activity slowed this summer. The report pointed to resurgent coronavirus cases and mounting supply chain problems and labor shortages ��� woes affecting many economies. Benchm How to Take a 401(k) Loan 09/08/2021 12:00am • If you have a 401(k) plan through your employer and are in need of funds, you may be able to take a 401(k) loan. Borrowing from your 401(k) could provide a path to financial assistance without having to contact other lenders. However, there are also complex 401(k) loan rules and potential drawbacks PPG Industries, BioMarin fall; AMC, Callaway Golf rise 09/07/2021 04:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: PPG Industries Inc. down $5.26 to $150.40. The paint and coatings maker warned investors that supply chain problems and higher costs will hurt third-quarter sales. Columbia Property Trust Inc., up $2.51 to $19.05. Biden seeking additional funds for Ida relief and Afghans 09/07/2021 02:20pm • The White House is asking Congress to approve an additional $24 billion in spending to handle the costs of Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters, as well as $6.4 billion for the resettlement of evacuees from Afghanistan to help with transportation, government processing and public health screeni US-built databases a potential tool of Taliban repression 09/07/2021 01:30pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Over two decades, the United States and its allies spent hundreds of millions of dollars building databases for the Afghan people. The nobly stated goal: Promote law and order and government accountability and modernize a war-ravaged land. But in the Taliban���s lightning seizure of Federal unemployment ends in the DC region ��� how will you be impacted? 09/07/2021 06:54am • Federal unemployment benefits have ended for millions of Americans who have been hit hard by the pandemic, leaving many unsure what���s next. The federal unemployment payments of $300 a week that were extended under the American Rescue Plan stimulus package ended Monday for more than 7 million Am 529 Plan Tips for Grandparents to Save for College 09/07/2021 12:00am • Grandparents looking to contribute funds to cover their grandchild's college costs often turn to a 529 plan, a type of account that provides tax benefits for education savings. But grandparents must take steps to get the best value from these plans and avoid hurting a student's financial aid option 8 Reddit Stocks Trending in September 09/07/2021 12:00am • WallStreetBets posters are buzzing about these eight Reddit stocks. Reddit has become an unlikely stock trading hub in 2021. Online groups of retail traders have repeatedly orchestrated targeted buying campaigns in some of the most heavily shorted stocks in the market, creating viral social media me Jobless Americans will have few options as benefits expire 09/06/2021 10:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Millions of jobless Americans lost their unemployment benefits on Monday, leaving only a handful of economic support programs for those who are still being hit financially by the year-and-a-half-old coronavirus pandemic. Two critical programs expired on Monday. One provided jobl Biden directs federal aid to NY, NJ after deadly flooding 09/06/2021 01:45pm • LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden approved major disaster declarations Monday greenlighting federal aid for people in six New Jersey counties and five New York counties affected by devastating flooding last week from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. At least 50 people were killed in six Wiggling twin panda cubs are born at the Madrid Zoo 09/06/2021 12:06pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Madrid���s panda family grew Monday with the birth of twin cubs, a boost to the popular species that is considered China's national treasure. The twins were born to their mother, Hua Zuiba, and father, Bing Xing, a pair of giant pandas on loan from China, the Madrid Zoo announced in European soccer clubs reunite to talk World Cups, bailouts 09/06/2021 11:14am • GENEVA (AP) ��� European soccer clubs were offered backing from UEFA on Monday to oppose FIFA���s push for biennial World Cups while being promised a ���multibillion debt fund��� to stabilize their industry in the pandemic. For the first time since the pandemic started and the Super League project c