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Denmark on the road for 1st time to face Wales at Euro 2020 06/25/2021 12:59pm • AMSTERDAM (AP) — After three emotional European Championship matches in Copenhagen, Denmark will next play in a city that Christian Eriksen once called home. The Danes will take on Wales in the round of 16 at the Johan Cruyff Arena on Saturday, a stadium where Eriksen is fondly remembered by Ajax France names Thauvin, Gignac to Olympic squad 06/25/2021 11:25am • PARIS (AP) — France named World Cup winner Florian Thauvin and veteran striker André-Pierre Gignac to its Olympic soccer team on Friday. Coach Sylvain Ripoll also selected 18-year-old midfielder Eduardo Camavinga of Rennes, and Arsenal defender William Saliba, who was on loan to Nice last season. Habitat for Humanity struggles with high construction costs 06/25/2021 10:23am • Reeling from massive cutbacks in volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and grappling with high construction costs, Habitat for Humanity leaders would be the first to admit they’re struggling. The past year has felt like one punch after the other, they say. First hit: Habitat's local affiliates Biden marks Pride Month with speech, names Pulse a memorial 06/25/2021 09:08am • President Joe Biden declared "pride is back at the White House," delivering remarks in a day of events intended to mark the contributions of LGBTQ Americans. He spoke after signing H.R. 49, which designates the site of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting as the "National Pulse Memorial." But Mr. 9 Dividend Stocks to Buy as Inflation Protection 06/25/2021 12:00am • Analysts recommend these stocks for their dividends.Inflation is the talk of Wall Street these days. Last week, the Federal Reserve raised its 2021 inflation forecast, known as the personal consumption expenditures price index, from 2.4% to 3.4% -- well above its long-term target of 2%. In May, the Congress repeals Trump-era regulations on payday lenders 06/24/2021 07:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Congress on Thursday overturned a set of regulations enacted in the final days of the Trump administration that effectively allowed payday lenders to avoid state laws capping interest rates. The House voted 218-208 to overturn the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's payday Scaramucci tells banker trial jury about Trump's transition 06/24/2021 05:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Scaramucci recalled for a jury Thursday his role in filling jobs in former President Donald Trump's administration as he testified against a Chicago banker, saying he never would have considered the man for a job if he knew he was giving $16 million in loans to Trump's ex-c Critic of Palestinian Authority dies after violent arrest 06/24/2021 02:05pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — An outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority who was a candidate in parliamentary elections called off earlier this year died after Palestinian security forces arrested him and beat him with batons on Thursday, his family said. Nizar Banat was a harsh critic of the PA, which g Leipzig signs US midfielder Clark from New York Red Bulls 06/24/2021 01:36pm • LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — German Bundesliga soccer club Leipzig signed 18-year-old U.S. attacking midfielder Caden Clark from the New York Red Bulls on Thursday. Clark signed a contract through 2024. Leipzig immediately loaned him back to the Red Bulls and will finish the 2021 season in Major League Department of Education has let colleges off the hook for $1 billion owed to taxpayers 06/24/2021 10:16am • The federal government has failed to collect more than $1 billion in fines and other money owed by colleges, most of which is owed by for-profit institutions, according to a report released Thursday by a non-profit advocacy group. There are nearly 1,300 colleges that owe money to the Department o Biden's First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit: How It Would Work 06/24/2021 12:00am • Between ensuring a good credit score and saving for a down payment, among many other details, homeownership is something many people have to work toward for years. Add a competitive housing market with few properties for sale and plenty of eager buyers willing to raise their offer, and first-time ho Supreme Court: Mortgage overseer structure unconstitutional 06/23/2021 05:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the president greater power to fire the head of the agency that oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ruling that the agency's structure violates separation of powers principles in the Constitution. Writing for a majority of the Prosecutor: Bank CEO sought 'power' with $16M Manafort loans 06/23/2021 04:54pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A Chicago bank owner traded $16 million in loans to ex-President Donald Trump's ex-campaign manager in a bid for a prestigious position in Trump's administration, a prosecutor told jurors in an opening statement Wednesday before a defense attorney assured them that the banker commi Student loan payments to restart; here's how to get help 06/23/2021 08:35am • For 42.9 million student loan borrowers , it’s been 18 months without a payment. That ends in October — ready or not. The interest-free federal student loan payment pause, known as a forbearance, was extended three times after it initially went into effect in March 2020 as a way to help reduce t Italy moves to halt overtourism before travel restarts 06/23/2021 08:05am • Its founder calls it "the biggest shakeup in Italy" in the past decade, it's been hailed as a "vital way to combat overtourism," and now it's ready: the region of Tuscany has taken the first step towards becoming one giant gallery. The Uffizi Galleries in Florence -- Italy's most visited museum,