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On-loan Willock scores for 7th straight game for Newcastle 05/23/2021 03:33pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Joe Willock became the first player since Alan Shearer to score in seven straight Premier League games for Newcastle as the on-loan midfielder helped the team beat Fulham 2-0 on Sunday on the final day of the season. The 21-year-old Willock, who joined the Magpies from Arsenal on dea Zimbabwe's tobacco booms, but Black growers complain of debt 05/23/2021 04:16am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� Zimbabwe's tobacco is flourishing again. And so are the auctions where premium prices are being paid for the ���golden leaf��� that is exported around the world. Most of the growers are Black, a historic change from when tobacco was largely produced by white farmers. But ma US steers El Salvador funding away from government 05/21/2021 09:40pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) ��� The United States Agency for International Development will redirect its funding from El Salvador's state institutions to its civil society groups as tensions rise between the two governments over the Central American country's removal of Supreme Court justices and Tribune shareholders approve hedge fund Alden's bid 05/21/2021 07:40pm • Shareholders of Tribune Publishing, one of the country���s largest newspaper chains, approved a $630 million takeover bid by hedge fund Alden Global Capital on Friday, the company said in a brief statement. Alden, which already owned nearly one-third of Tribune, stands to take full control of the Ch USDA to begin paying off loans of minority farmers in June 05/21/2021 05:40pm • Minority farmers who for decades have faced systemic discrimination will begin to receive debt relief beginning in early June under what Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called Friday one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in decades. In an op-ed piece published Friday in US April US home sales fell as low inventory pushed up prices 05/21/2021 11:23am • Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell for the third straight month in April as the number of properties for sale hit a record low, driving prices to new highs. Existing home sales fell 2.7% last month from March to a seasonally-adjusted rate of 5.85 million annualized units, the National Ass Sri Lanka OKs commission to oversee Chinese-built port city 05/21/2021 03:13am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sri Lanka���s Parliament on Thursday passed a law installing a powerful economic commission to administer a huge Chinese luxury oceanside development after altering elements of the bill ruled unconstitutional by the country���s top court. The bill to create the Colombo Po Council approves additional funding for Prince George's Co.'s home buyer assistance program 05/20/2021 09:25pm • The Prince George's County Council approved more funding this week for a program that provides zero-interest loans to help people buy their first home in the county. The council approved $761,553 in funding to continue Pathway to Purchase, which has been around since 2017. First-time home buye Biden directs US to mitigate financial risk from climate 05/20/2021 07:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden is directing federal agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy to identify and manage financial risks to government and the private sector posed by climate change. An executive order Biden issued Thursday calls for concrete steps to mitigate climate risks, Serie A winner Inter secures $336M finance deal with Oaktree 05/20/2021 02:44pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Inter Milan secured a financing deal with Oaktree Capital on Thursday that will see the American investment fund purchase a minority stake in the Serie A club and give the newly-crowned Italian champion a much-needed loan. Inter did not provide details of the deal but will reportedly US average mortgage rates rise; 30-year loan at 3% 05/20/2021 12:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Mortgage rates rose this week, pushing the benchmark 30-year home loan to the 3% mark for the first time since mid-April. Signs continued of the economy���s recovery from the pandemic recession and a burst of inflation rattled stock markets. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Th Shkodran Mustafi among 10 to leave relegated Schalke 05/20/2021 05:27am • GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) ��� World Cup-winning defender Shkodran Mustafi is among 10 players who will leave relegated Bundesliga club Schalke in a clearout at the end of the season. Schalke said Thursday that Mustafi is one of four players with expiring contracts that won't be renewed. The German What Is a Rapid Rescore and How Does It Work? 05/20/2021 12:00am • Your credit score is a crucial factor in determining your interest rate on a mortgage, and even a small rate decrease can save you thousands of dollars over the life of the loan. Typically, improving your credit score takes months. But with rapid rescoring, you can achieve your goal in just a few d Creditors of Thai Airways approve reorganization plan 05/19/2021 08:38pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Creditors of Thai Airways International holding 91.56% of the airline���s debt have approved a business reorganization plan, the company announced Wednesday in a filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The plan, including three amendments added in consultation with the creditors, Complaint alleges discrimination in woman's home appraisals 05/19/2021 05:34pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� A housing discrimination complaint filed by a Black Indianapolis homeowner alleges that appraisers' valuations of her home more than doubled after she removed items that identified her race and asked a white male friend to be there during an appraisal. Carlette Duffy and the Fa