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AP Top U.S. News at 11:55 p.m. EDT 03/29/2021 12:00am • Pandemic masks ongoing child abuse crisis as cases plummet Witness describes seeing Floyd 'slowly fade away' EXPLAINER: In ex-cop's trial, defense promises video too More than a dozen states to open vaccines to all adults US eases student loan relief for those with disabilities Biden, CDC director w A Guide to Cash Flow Statements 03/29/2021 12:00am • Just about everyone has heard the phrase "cash is king" in investing. That's true for business finances, too. Cash flow is how businesses pay their employees, buy materials and cover basic expenses. Companies need cash to pay down debt, invest in the business and pay shareholder dividends. A cash f New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana 03/28/2021 07:34pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� New York is poised to join a growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational use. The agreement reached Saturday would expand the state's existing medical marijuana program and set up a a l Miss art museums? The Louvre just put its entire art collection online 03/27/2021 08:41pm • There is nothing like spending a rainy afternoon at a museum, soaking in the beauty and wonder of art and history. Now the Louvre, the world's most visited museum, is letting you do that right from home. The French museum has released an online platform featuring all of the museum's artworks, con US veterans prepping youth for tough World Cup qualifiers 03/27/2021 04:44pm • Tim Ream knows the friendlies are ending and American veterans must prepare the new generation for the harsh environment of World Cup qualifying. Christian Pulisic might be the only holdover in the lineup from the crushing 2017 loss at Trinidad when the U.S. opens Sept. 2, perhaps joined by Kellyn A Some Poles flout virus rules as harder lockdown takes effect 03/27/2021 10:24am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� The Piw Paw club in Warsaw advertised its event as a ���Pandemic Fashion Show," with models wearing ���masks from the Spring 2021 collection.��� But even before the show could start on Friday night, police swept in. They cleared away the few customers and arrested the club ow S&P 500 returns to a record high after best day in weeks 03/26/2021 04:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. stocks burst to their best day in three weeks on Friday, helping Wall Street return to record heights and avoid what could have been a second straight weekly loss. The S&P 500 added 65.02 points, or 1.7%, to 3,974.54, with a quarter of that rise coming in the last five min EXPLAINER: What's a SPAC, the latest craze on Wall Street? 03/26/2021 12:57pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� WeWork will finally go public this year, allowing investors to buy and sell its shares. But not through a traditional IPO. In the two years since the office-sharing company���s failed IPO, a new way to launch a stock on Wall Street has become fashionable: SPACs. Special purp Asian stocks advance on optimism over pandemic recovery 03/26/2021 12:51am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Shares were higher across Asia on Friday after a strong gains on Wall Street driven by hopes for a powerful recovery from the pandemic. Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Shanghai all gained and U.S. futures also were higher. Hopes that economies will regain ground lost since last year's Where Can I Cash a Check? 03/26/2021 12:00am • It's a digital money world, and yet it can happen to any of us. It may not be quite as shocking a sight as a UFO or seeing Bigfoot, but it's close: You're staring at a paper check. And now you have to figure out how to deposit or cash this paper check, this strange artifact from another era. OK, ma Mexico tops 200,000 COVID-19 deaths, but real toll is higher 03/25/2021 11:07pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� As Mexico surpassed 200,000 test-confirmed deaths from COVID-19 Thursday, President Andr��s Manuel L��pez Obrador framed ramped-up vaccination efforts as a race against time. The president prepared to call out more military, state and local personnel to spur the vaccination effo Fed says restrictions on bank dividends and buybacks to end 03/25/2021 07:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve said Thursday that as of June 30 it will end for most banks the temporary limits it had imposed on their ability to make dividend payments and buy back their own stock. The Fed imposed the restrictions last summer, citing the need for banks to conserve capital $500M fund to help Detroit neighborhoods, pay tax debt 03/25/2021 04:42pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� A billionaire businessman whose companies have invigorated Detroit's downtown announced a $500 million fund to improve neighborhoods on Thursday, starting with $15 million that will pay off the property tax debt of 20,000 of the city���s poorest homeowners. The money will come from Nike, Rite Aid fall; Darden Restaurants, Lumentum rise 03/25/2021 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: RH, up $43.97 to $529.08. The furniture and housewares chain reported encouraging fourth-quarter profits and revenue. KB Home, up $1.01 to $44.40. The homebuilder's first-quarter profit beat Wall Street forecasts Senate votes to extend small biz loan program for 2 months 03/25/2021 03:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Senate passed a bill 92-7 on Thursday to extend the deadline for business owners to apply for forgivable loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, giving applicants two more months to apply for federal aid. The bill had already passed the House, so it now goes to Preside