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Nobel Peace Prize winner says Olympics deserves the award 07/19/2021 08:27am • TOKYO (AP) ��� The Olympic movement deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize, former award winner Muhammad Yunus said Monday. Yunus, a Bangladeshi banker who was awarded his Nobel in 2006 for pioneering micro-credit loans to impoverished people, has worked with the International Olympic Committee on a The Best Jobs That Help People 07/19/2021 12:00am • Careers for do-goodersWe spend just about every waking moment doing our jobs, or so it feels. So it's understandable if you want your career to really mean something.Granted, most jobs, even the most obscure, add value to someone's life and society at large, or else the opening wouldn't exist. But s Members of multimillion-dollar opioid drug ring sentenced 07/16/2021 07:44pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� The final legal chapter of a multimillion-dollar online opioid drug ring ended Friday as a group of millennials who helped run the dark-web operation based in suburban Salt Lake City were sentenced to prison. Drew Crandall helped start the operation that eventually grew to s Hundreds greet Aristide on return to troubled Haiti 07/16/2021 06:06pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti on Friday after a nearly a month in Cuba, thrilling hundreds of supporters who gathered at the airport at a time of tensions over the recent assassination of the country's leader. Aristide, a charismatic yet div Riots in Lebanon as West calls for quick Cabinet formation 07/16/2021 10:39am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Tension intensified in Lebanon on Friday, with riots leaving more than two dozen people injured in the northern city of Tripoli, including five soldiers who were attacked with a hand grenade. France, the European Union and the United States in the meantime called on Lebanese politici Dike scores twice as US routs Martinique 6-1 in Gold Cup 07/16/2021 12:07am • KANSAS CITY, Kan, (AP) ��� Daryl Dike scored twice and helped force an own goal, helping the United States to overwhelm Martinique 6-1 Thursday night and clinch a berth in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals. Miles Robinson, Gyasi Zardes and Nicholas Gioacchini also scored for the U.S., which sta Uruguayan forward Brian Rodr��guez returns to LAFC after loan 07/15/2021 08:36pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Uruguayan forward Brian Rodr��guez has returned to Los Angeles FC after a brief loan spell with UD Almer��a in Spain's second division. LAFC announced Rodr��guez's official return Thursday. He had technically been back with LAFC for a month since the expiration of his loan, but US 30-year mortgage rate falls for 3rd week to average 2.88% 07/15/2021 01:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Mortgage rates were mixed this week. The benchmark 30-year loan fell for the third straight week amid lingering concerns over the recent surge in inflation. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average for the 30-year home loan eased to 2.88% from 2.90% last wee How to Save for a Wedding 07/15/2021 12:00am • There may be a few wise savers out there, but most couples don't go into their engagement with wedding savings to pay for their big day. According to the 2021 Behind the Wedding Budget Study, 40% of couples start saving once they get engaged, but most are also juggling other savings goals like buyin Asian shares trading mixed as China reports growth slowed 07/14/2021 11:11pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Asian shares were mixed Thursday, taking their cue from a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street. China reported its economy expanded at a 7.9% annual rate in the last quarter, down from 18.3% in January-March. But that reflected a leveling off of its relatively early r Senate leader lends clout to marijuana legalization push 07/14/2021 10:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Senate's top Democrat is backing a bill that would strike down a longstanding federal prohibition on marijuana, embracing a proposal that has slim chance of becoming law yet demonstrates growing public support for decriminalizing the drug. Proposals to legalize marijuana are Citigroup profits soar due to fewer bad loans 07/14/2021 09:51am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Citigroup profits jumped more than five fold from a year earlier, helped by an improving economy that resulted in fewer bad loans on the bank's balance sheet. Citi is the latest big bank to see profits soar this quarter, along with JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. Wells Fargo beats expectations with $6 billion profit in 2Q 07/14/2021 09:50am • SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) ��� Wells Fargo had its most profitable quarter in two years, easily beating Wall Street estimates as the global economy continues its rapid improvement in the wake of the virus pandemic. Wells earned $6 billion in the period, or $1.38 per share, easily surpassing analysts pr Baltimore-based Howard Bank to be acquired for $418M 07/14/2021 09:04am • Howard Bank will be acquired by the Pittsburgh-based FNB Corporation. Baltimore-based Howard Bank has agreed to be acquired by Pittsburgh-based FNB Corp., the holding company for First National Bank of Pennsylvania, for $418 million. Howard Bank, founded in 2004, has 13 branches in Baltimore, Bank of America's 2Q profit jumps, helped by fewer bad loans 07/14/2021 07:50am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Bank of America���s second quarter profit more than doubled from a year earlier, as the consumer banking giant was able to move more loans onto the ���good��� side of its balance sheet as the pandemic wanes. BofA is the latest of the big Wall Street banks to report stronger profit