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Airbnb reports huge loss in first time out as public company 02/25/2021 08:14pm • Home-sharing site Airbnb posted a $3.9 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2020 as it suffered from the pandemic downturn in travel and recorded one-time costs for becoming a public company. In results released Thursday ��� Airbnb's first as a publicly traded entity ��� the company took a charge o Iconic tapestry of Picasso's 'Guernica' is gone from the UN 02/25/2021 07:30pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The iconic tapestry of Pablo Picasso���s ���Guernica��� is gone from its place of honor outside the U.N. Security Council in the United Nations headquarters complex overlooking New York���s East River. The painting ���Guernica���, considered one of Picasso���s masterpieces an US long-term mortgage rates rise; 30-year average at 2.97% 02/25/2021 06:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose this week but remain near historic lows as the pandemic-hobbled economy strains toward recovery with more Americans getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark House votes to expand legal safeguards for LGBTQ people 02/25/2021 06:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Democratic-led House passed a bill Thursday that would enshrine LGBTQ protections in the nation's labor and civil rights laws, a top priority of President Joe Biden, though the legislation faces an uphill battle in the Senate. The bill passed by a vote of 224-206 with three R Manhattan prosecutor gets Trump tax records after long fight 02/25/2021 11:42am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York prosecutor has obtained copies of Donald Trump���s tax records after the Supreme Court this week rejected the former president���s last-ditch effort to prevent them from being handed over. The Manhattan district attorney���s office enforced a subpoena on Trump���s acc Leipzig closing in on Bayern Munich in German title race 02/25/2021 11:10am • D��SSELDORF, Germany (AP) ��� Just when Bayern Munich seemed to be cruising to a record-extending ninth straight Bundesliga title, Leipzig came up with some other ideas. The team coached by Julian Nagelsmann has cut the gap on the leaders from seven points to two over the last month, taking advantag Diamond tycoon Modi loses bid to avoid extradition to India 02/25/2021 08:14am • LONDON (AP) ��� Diamond tycoon Nirav Modi lost his bid Thursday to avoid extradition from Britain to India to face allegations he was involved in a $1.8 billion bank fraud. District Judge Samuel Goozee ruled in London that the fugitive jeweler has a case to answer before the Indian courts. Modi, who Honduras leader warns drug cooperation with US endangered 02/24/2021 10:49pm • TEGUCIGALP��, Honduras (AP) ��� Honduran President Juan Orlando Hern��ndez warned Wednesday that antinarcotics cooperation with the United States could ���collapse��� if U.S. authorities believe ���false testimony��� in U.S. courts accusing him of cooperating with traffickers. Hern��ndez spoke befor American forward Daryl Dike scores 1st goal for Barnsley 02/24/2021 10:30pm • American forward Daryl Dike scored his first goal for Barnsley, in the 90th minute of a 2-0 win over Stoke on Wednesday night that extended its unbeaten streak to five in England's second tier League Championship. Dike, on loan from Orlando in Major League Soccer, put a low, right-footed shot from t How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 02/24/2021 04:36pm • Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street after shaking off a wobbly start. Banks helped lead the gains as bond yields rose, which will allow banks to charge higher rates on mortgages and other loans. The S&P 500 added 1.1% Wednesday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.4% to another a Verisk, Parsons fall; PRA Health Sciences, Upwork rise 02/24/2021 04:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Flowserve Corp., down 80 cents to $38.75. The maker of pumps and other equipment for the oil industry gave investors a disappointing revenue forecast for the year. PRA Health Sciences Inc., up $23.93 to $151.66. Orlando City soccer player arrested on sexual assault charge 02/24/2021 12:48pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� A player for the Orlando City Soccer Club and his brother are accused of sexually assaulting a woman, sheriff's investigators said. Jonathan Suarez-Cortes, 24, was arrested Tuesday night near Orlando, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said in a statement posted on Twitter. T Release: NC woman went shopping with $150K virus relief loan 02/24/2021 08:19am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� A North Carolina woman who lied to get a coronavirus relief loan spent the money on shopping excursions to Nieman Marcus, Nordstrom, Louis Vuitton and diamond stores, federal prosecutors said. Jasmine Johnnae Clifton, 24, appeared in court Monday and was later released on $2 What free college might actually look like 02/24/2021 07:40am • President Joe Biden proposed multiple ���free college��� measures while on the campaign trail. Do any of them have a real shot? Some experts think so. ���The issue is bipartisan in its appeal, economically effective and supported by the leadership in today���s Congress and administration ��� that Hong Kong to spend $15.4B to stabilize virus-ravaged economy 02/24/2021 05:40am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Hong Kong will introduce 120 billion Hong Kong dollars ($15.4 billion) in fiscal measures to help businesses and residents impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, as it looks towards economic growth later this year following a recession in 2020. The measures ��� which include tax re