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Belarus leader seeks Russian support amid showdown with EU 05/28/2021 03:03pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly welcomed his counterpart from Belarus for talks Friday on forging closer ties amid Minsk���s bruising showdown with the European Union over the diversion of a passenger jet to arrest a dissident journalist. Belarusian President Alexander Lukash IndyCar courts Black fans, drivers in its push to diversify 05/28/2021 11:41am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Rod Reid ran a program full of young, Black kart racers locked out of a venue because of the pandemic and needed a track to race. Indianapolis Motor Speedway had spent millions on upgrades on the historic property at the same time last year when the coronavirus had a steely gr IndyCar courts Black fans, drivers in its push to diversify 05/28/2021 11:39am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Rod Reid ran a program full of young, Black kart racers locked out of a venue because of the pandemic and needing a track to race. Indianapolis Motor Speedway had spent millions on upgrades on the historic property at the same time last year when the coronavirus had a steely g Disaster loans available for West Virginia storms, flooding 05/28/2021 05:23am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� Businesses and residents in areas affected by severe storms and flooding in West Virginia earlier this year can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Cabell, Kanawha, Mingo and Wayne counties are eligible for physical and eco Bank CEOs tell Congress they'll work to avoid foreclosures 05/27/2021 05:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The chief executives of the nation���s largest banks went in front of Congress for a second day Thursday, facing questions ranging from inflation to their efforts to keep Americans in their homes after government aid to pandemic-hit mortgage holders expires this summer. The Hous States tap federal aid to shore up empty unemployment funds 05/27/2021 03:16pm • Businesses could be spared billions of dollars of higher taxes in coming years ��� potentially freeing up money to spend on employees or invest in their operations ��� as a result of federal coronavirus aid flowing to the states. Governors and lawmakers in more than half the states are planning t US average mortgage rates decline; 30-year loan at 2.95% 05/27/2021 01:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Mortgage rates declined this week, pushing the benchmark 30-year home loan back down below the 3% mark. Signs continued of the economy���s recovery from the pandemic recession. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average for the 30-year rate fell to 2.95% from 3 Indie bookstores avoid the worst ��� so far ��� from pandemic 05/27/2021 09:46am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Through the first year of the pandemic, the country's independent booksellers have ��� so far ��� avoided disaster. On Thursday, the American Booksellers Association told The Associated Press that membership increased from 1,635 to 1,701 since May 2020, the additions a combination Czechs name Sad��lek for Euro 2020 after K��dela loses appeal 05/27/2021 09:25am • PRAGUE (AP) ��� Defensive midfielder Michal Sad��lek was named to the Czech Republic squad for the European Championship on Thursday after UEFA upheld a 10-game ban for defender Ond��ej K��dela for racially abusing an opponent. Czech Republic coach Jaroslav ��ilhav�� announced a list of 25 players o 4 tips for small-business owners paying down pandemic debt 05/27/2021 07:36am • After more than a year of navigating lockdowns, mandates and COVID-19 protocols, small-business owners are starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. But the debt many needed to take on to weather the pandemic still casts an ominous shadow. In 2020, 79% of small employer firms (up to 499 empl 10 Tips for a Successful Open House 05/27/2021 12:00am • For a home on the market, a Sunday open house feels like a tradition to most home sellers, real estate agents and curious neighbors who love to peek inside properties on their street. The coronavirus pandemic halted open houses in some parts of the U.S. for nearly a year, and in other areas propert Alden puts its stamp on Tribune with new debt and leadership 05/26/2021 05:22pm • Hedge fund Alden Global Capital closed its deal for Tribune on Monday. It wasted little time installing new leadership and saddling the newspaper chain with $278 million in debt it took on for the acquisition, according to regulatory filings. Alden, which owns the MediaNews Group newspaper chain and Inter coach Conte to leave club after winning Serie A title 05/26/2021 04:55pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte left the newly-crowned Serie A champion by ���mutual consent��� Wednesday, just weeks after leading the Nerazzurri to their first league title in more than a decade. Conte was reportedly unhappy about the club���s decision to sell players in this coming Bank CEOs outline pandemic support; senators split on issues 05/26/2021 04:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The CEOs of the six biggest U.S. banks went before Congress Wednesday, eager to lay out their support for struggling consumers and small businesses hard hit by the pandemic. But lawmakers focused more keenly in a Senate hearing on the contentious social and political issues divi Feds take down Medicare scams that preyed on virus fears 05/26/2021 02:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Justice Department announced criminal charges Wednesday against more than a dozen people from Florida to California in a series of Medicare scams that exploited coronavirus fears to bill tens of millions of dollars in bogus claims. A common hook involved a pandemic variant o