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The Latest: New Zealand has first big case drop in 2 weeks 08/29/2021 10:08pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand ��� The number of new coronavirus cases in New Zealand has fallen significantly for the first time since an outbreak was detected nearly two weeks ago. Officials hope it is an indication that a strict nationwide lockdown might be working to halt the virus���s spread. Health Awoniyi scores Union's winner, Wolfsburg beats Leipzig 08/29/2021 02:53pm • BERLIN (AP) ��� Striker Taiwo Awoniyi scored a brilliant goal to help Union Berlin upset Borussia M��nchengladbach 2-1 for its first Bundesliga win of the season on Sunday. The 24-year-old Awoniyi, whose move on loan from Liverpool to Union was made permanent in the offseason, combined with Max Krus The Latest: Japan aims for full vaccinations by this fall 08/28/2021 11:10pm • TOKYO ��� Taro Kono, the Japanese minister in charge of the vaccine rollout, promised Sunday a timely administering of booster shots for the coronavirus, as the nation aims to fully vaccinate its population by October or November. He said Pfizer and Moderna booster shots will arrive early next year, Oregon counties request trucks for bodies as deaths climb 08/28/2021 08:16pm • BEND, Ore. (AP) ��� The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly in some counties that the state has organized delivery of one refrigerated truck to hold the bodies and is sending a second one, the state emergency management department said Saturday. So far, Tillamook County, on Ore Soccer world awaits Messi's PSG debut; Nice routs Bordeaux 08/28/2021 06:53pm • PARIS (AP) ��� With the timing of Lionel Messi's eagerly awaited debut for Paris Saint-Germain getting nearly all the attention, Nice got on with the business of winning with a 4-0 rout of Bordeaux in the French league on Saturday. Amine Gouiri continued his fine start to the season with two goals. Real Madrid loans right back Odriozola to Fiorentina 08/28/2021 05:24pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Real Madrid is sending right back ��lvaro Odriozola on loan to Italian club Fiorentina. The 25-year-old Odriozola joined Madrid on a transfer worth 30 million euros (now $35 million) from Real Sociedad in 2018. But he has struggled to earn playing time. Madrid announced the move on S Everton beats Brighton 2-0 despite Richarlison penalty spat 08/28/2021 12:30pm • BRIGHTON, England (AP) ��� Dominic Calvert-Lewin had to negotiate the ball from teammate Richarlison before converting a second-half penalty in Everton's 2-0 victory over Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday. Richarlison grabbed the ball after Seamus Coleman was taken down in the box by Joel V Valencia enjoys 2nd straight win at home 08/27/2021 06:45pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Valencia had no problem in beating Alav��s 3-0 Friday to win two straight home games at the start of the Spanish league season for the first time in seven years. Daniel Wass scored three minutes into the match, and Carlos Soler and Gon��alo Guedes added a goal each at Mestalla Stadiu Powell: Fed on track to slow aid for economy later this year 08/27/2021 03:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve will start dialing back its ultra-low-rate policies this year as long as hiring continues to improve, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday, signaling the beginning of the end of the Fed���s extraordinary response to the pandemic recession. In a speech given virtua Fannie Mae Wants to Help Renters Qualify for Mortgages More Easily 08/27/2021 12:00am • First-time homebuyers who want to transition from paying rent to owning a home could benefit from a new underwriting program from Fannie Mae that allows lenders to consider rent payment history. Fannie Mae is a privately owned, but government supported, organization that backs the mortgage loans t Pilot program expands access to telehealth services in Maryland 08/26/2021 05:56pm • Maryland is experimenting with new ways to increase access to telehealth services in the hopes of removing barriers based on income, race, ethnicity and geographic location. The Department of Health is using $1.5 million in federal funding to pay for smartphones, tablets and high-speed internet a US average mortgage rates rise slightly; 30-year at 2.87% 08/26/2021 01:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Mortgage rates edged marginally higher last week, continuing a pattern of little movement in recent weeks amid uncertainty over the effect of the delta coronavirus variant on the economic recovery. Average rates for home loans remain historically low at under 3%. Mortgage buyer U.S. voting rights events reflect multiracial reform agenda 08/26/2021 12:56pm • A decades-old fight to expand and protect voting rights will intensify this weekend, when multiracial coalitions of civil, human and labor rights leaders hold rallies in Washington and across the nation to urge passage of federal voter protections eroded since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It's a u Loan forgiveness offered to more former ITT Tech students 08/26/2021 11:46am • The Education Department announced Thursday it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who attended colleges in the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute chain but left before graduating. In a rarely used move, the agency said it will erase federal loans for borrowers who left the fo Real Madrid visits Betis amid club���s push to sign Mbapp�� 08/26/2021 11:23am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Real Madrid, engulfed in speculation that it���s attempting to sign Kylian Mbapp�� from Paris Saint-Germain, also has matters on the field to deal with it. The team���s final match before the transfer window closes Tuesday for the Spanish and French leagues will be at Real