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Let the recovery begin: EU chief OKs first virus plans 06/16/2021 11:56am • MADRID (AP) ��� The European Union moved a step closer Wednesday to deploying the bloc���s massive pandemic recovery fund, with a top executive going to Portugal and Spain to announce the bloc���s initial endorsement of their national spending plans. European Commission President Ursula von der Leye Loan relief granted to defrauded for-profit college students 06/16/2021 09:43am • The U.S. Education Department said Wednesday it's erasing student debt for thousands of borrowers who attended a for-profit college chain that made exaggerated claims about its graduates��� success in finding jobs. The Biden administration said it is approving 18,000 loan forgiveness claims from for Watford signs defender Danny Rose to 2-year contract 06/16/2021 07:43am • LONDON (AP) ��� Watford signed Danny Rose to a two-year contract Wednesday following the defender's departure from Tottenham. The 30-year-old left back had been released at the end of his contract after spending 14 years with the Premier League club. Rose last played a Premier League match while on Nat Geo documentary shines light on 100th anniversary of Tulsa race massacre 06/16/2021 12:06am • This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, but unless you watched HBO's "Watchmen" (2019), the majority of Americans sadly haven't heard of it. That's about to change thanks to��Dawn Porter's new documentary "Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer," which airs on Q&A: Understanding Captive vs. Independent Advisors 06/16/2021 12:00am • Financial advisors have no shortage of career paths from which to choose. They may choose to be a representative at a major brokerage firm, such as Fidelity or Vanguard, or they could follow the franchise model with Edward Jones. Both are examples of being what's called a captive advisor. Alternati How to Use Your IRA to Buy a House 06/16/2021 12:00am • If you're shopping for a new home, you may be looking for ways to fund the purchase. Taking out cash from a retirement account such as an IRA might be an option in some cases. However, before you withdraw money from an IRA, you'll want to evaluate the short-term and long-term consequences. Use the f How 3 Bipartisan Senate Bills Could Affect Student Loans 06/16/2021 12:00am • A bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently introduced three bills aimed at making the financial aid and student loan processes easier to navigate for families trying to pay for college. The bills, introduced at the end of April and crafted by Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith and Iowa Republicans Chu Survey: Over a Third Frequently Engage in Retail Therapy 06/16/2021 12:00am • If you're shopping to help get out of a pandemic funk, you're not alone. According to a U.S. News survey, a chunk of people have been doing a lot of retail therapy. In a survey conducted in late May and early June 2021 on Americans' post-pandemic spending habits, almost 34% of those who say they pr AP: Some stolen US military guns used in violent crimes 06/15/2021 11:42pm • Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police. ���Don���t do it!��� a pursuing officer pleaded. The young man complied, releasing the bystander and tossing the gun, which skittered across the city street and then into the hands of police. They soon learned th Eastman Kodak execs told to testify in insider trading probe 06/15/2021 08:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The CEO and general counsel of Eastman Kodak must both testify under oath as part of an investigation from New York's attorney general into possible insider trading, a judge ordered Tuesday. Attorney General Letitia James is investigating CEO Jim Continenza's purchase of company st Man pleads guilty in $20M fraud on coronavirus aid programs 06/15/2021 03:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A Chinese man who prosecutors say tried to get $20 million in federal aid for distressed businesses pleaded guilty Tuesday to two criminal charges. Muge Ma entered the plea in Manhattan federal court to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, admitting the fraud that authorities Harris announces $1.25 billion for community lenders 06/15/2021 01:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tuesday that the Biden administration is distributing $1.25 billion to hundreds of community lenders in an effort to help boost the economic recovery from the coronavirus for small businesses and disadvantaged business owners. ���President J 'We need more': Democrats frustrated as agenda faces hurdles 06/15/2021 01:53pm • EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. (AP) ��� They have spent much of the past year fighting for Democrats in this working-class corner of northeastern Pennsylvania, knocking on thousands of doors, giving their evenings to phone banks and devoting weekends to voter registration drives. But the small group of progressi US military guns keep vanishing, some used in street crimes 06/15/2021 11:52am • In the first public accounting of its kind in decades, an Associated Press investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen during the 2010s, with some resurfacing in violent crimes. And that's certainly an undercount. Government records covering the Army, Marin Mexican president to make National Guard part of army 06/15/2021 11:19am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s president said Tuesday he plans to make the National Guard part of the army, erasing the thin pretense of a civilian-controlled force that was used to gain approval for its creation two years ago. President Andr��s Manuel L��pez Obrador dissolved the former Federal P