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Resurgent Duffy helps Brighton beat Watford 2-0 08/21/2021 03:18pm • BRIGHTON, England (AP) — A rejuvenated Shane Duffy toasted his Brighton resurgence with a thumping header as the home side saw off Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. Neal Maupay latched onto Yves Bissouma’s interception for his second goal in as many games, as Brighton secured a perf Wall Street's gains, more savings lift 401(k) balances 08/20/2021 05:03pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Solid stock market gains through much of the pandemic and workers putting more of their pay toward their golden years are paying off for many retirement savers. The average 401(k) plan balance grew 24% to a record $129,300 in the second quarter from a year earlier, according to Arsenal completes signings of Odegaard, Ramsdale 08/20/2021 04:18pm • LONDON (AP) — Arsenal completed the signings of midfielder Martin Odegaard and goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale on Friday, taking the Premier League club's summer spending to more than $150 million. Odegaard, a 22-year-old Norway international, was on loan from Real Madrid during the second half of last Some governors use federal virus aid to expand school choice 08/20/2021 01:31pm • When Congress sent states billions of dollars early in the coronavirus pandemic to help make schools safe, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee saw an opportunity. He used part of the windfall to further his goal of offering school choice options for parents, sending millions to charter schools that operate with Matt Miazga loaned to Spain's Alavés by Chelsea for 2021-22 08/20/2021 11:02am • American defender Matt Miazga was loaned to Alavés of Spain's La Liga for the 2021-22 season by Chelsea on Friday. The 26-year-old from Clifton, New Jersey, tranferred to Chelsea from Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls in January 2016 but played just twice for the Blues, against Aston Villa a Western groups desperate to save Afghan workers left behind 08/20/2021 05:08am • MILAN (AP) — The Italian charity Pangea helped tens of thousands of Afghan women become self-supporting in the last 20 years. Now, dozens of its staff in Afghanistan are in hiding with their families amid reports that Taliban are going door-to-door in search of citizens who worked with Westerners. US average mortgage rates little changed; 30-year at 2.86% 08/19/2021 08:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates were mixed this week and barely changed after rising for the first time last week following six weeks of declines. Average rates for home loans remain historically low at under 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average for the 30-year mortga The Latest: US says Kabul evacuees don't need COVID tests 08/19/2021 04:42pm • WASHINGTON — Amid the chaos and confusion at the airport, the United States said it had taken at least one step to ease requirements for those seeking to leave: COVID-19 tests. Although Afghanistan had been a hotspot for the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department said Thursday that evacuees ar US to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities 08/19/2021 04:09pm • The Biden administration announced Thursday it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes. The move will wipe out more than $5.8 billion in debt, according to the Education Department, and it Chelsea sends Emerson Palmieri on loan to Lyon for season 08/19/2021 03:55pm • LONDON (AP) — Chelsea sent Italy left back Emerson Palmieri on loan to French club Lyon on Thursday for the rest of the season. Emerson, who has spent the last 3 1/2 seasons at Chelsea, has dropped to third in the pecking order of left backs behind Ben Chilwell and Marcos Alonso. He was a member o Taliban suppress more dissent as economic challenges loom 08/19/2021 02:44pm • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban violently dispersed scattered protests for a second day Thursday amid warnings that Afghanistan's already weakened economy could crumble further without the massive international aid that sustained the toppled Western-backed government. The Taliban have sought Arsenal in flux as Chelsea arrives for Premier League derby 08/19/2021 02:02pm • Arsenal is the latest Premier League team to have signed up for a behind-the-scenes documentary charting the goings-on at the club over the course of a season. Program-makers are unlikely to be short of material in August. Few clubs are in as much flux as Arsenal, whose presence in the “Dirty Doze Lille's defense goes from best in French league to worst 08/19/2021 10:36am • PARIS (AP) — From having the best defense and most clean sheets in the French league, Lille has gone to leaking goals with alarming ease. Lille conceded 23 goals in 38 games last season but has allowed seven in only two games this campaign — a 3-3 draw at Metz after trailing 3-1 and a crushing 4 Landlords look for an exit amid federal eviction moratorium 08/19/2021 10:23am • NEW YORK (AP) — When Ryan David bought three rental properties back in 2017, he expected the $1,000-a-month he was pocketing after expenses would be regular sources of income well into his retirement years. He also was counting on the rent money from the properties in Dupont, Pennsylvania, to hel Ex-sheriff admits campaign finance violations, denies bribes 08/19/2021 08:51am • NORFOLK, Va. — A former Tidewater Virginia sheriff testified in his own defense Wednesday, admitting to violating campaign finance laws and getting loans and gifts from businessmen who had city jail contracts, but he denied taking bribes. Former Norfolk Sheriff Bob McCabe is accused of using hi