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Defender Ryan Shawcross signs with Beckham's Inter Miami 02/20/2021 11:47am • MIAMI (AP) ��� Ryan Shawcross signed with David Beckham's Inter Miami in Major League Soccer on Saturday, a day after leaving the English club Stoke after 14 years. Miami said it acquired the central defender on a free transfer, pending a successful physical, an international transfer certificate an Stocks end a wobbly day with mixed results; yields rise 02/19/2021 04:42pm • U.S. stock indexes ended a choppy day of trading little changed Friday, though the S&P 500 finished with its first weekly loss in three weeks. The benchmark index slipped 0.2%, extending its losing streak to a fourth day, after wavering between small gains and losses for most of the day. A majo US existing home sales, and prices, rise again in January 02/19/2021 11:29am • Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose again last month, a sign that the housing market���s strong momentum from 2020 may be carrying over into this year. Existing U.S. home sales rose 0.6% in January from the previous month to a seasonally-adjusted rate of 6.69 million annualized units, the Foundations turn to bond market in response to rising need 02/19/2021 11:11am • As the pandemic���s misery continued last fall, foundation leaders like Robert Ross of the California Endowment discovered a way to pump hundreds of millions of dollars to nonprofits working to minimize the damage: The bond market. With its $300 million bond offering in January, the California Endow CFL commissioner says league is committed to play in 2021 02/18/2021 08:21pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canadian Football League Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the league remains committed to returning in 2021, but is leaving the door wide open regarding exactly how that will look. The CFL did not play in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Plans for an abbreviated season were shelve Man United, Spurs win big in relocated Europa League games 02/18/2021 05:34pm • BERLIN (AP) ��� Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Manchester United took a big step toward the last 16 of the Europa League with a 4-0 ���away��� win over Spanish team Real Sociedad in Italy on Thursday. The first leg was played in Turin, one of a number of games relocated away from their original ven LaJoie gets fast start in first race with Spire Motorsports 02/18/2021 03:13pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� Corey LaJoie notched a ninth-place finish in the Daytona 500 in his debut race with Spire Motorsports ��� not a victory, yet still celebrated as a milestone by his new team. NASCAR's biggest race of the season is a showcase for the superstars. They pull into the speedwa MDOT chooses Transurban for I-495/I-270 project 02/18/2021 02:57pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. The Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority have chosen a consortium led by Transurban to hand US long-term mortgage rates rise slightly; 30-year at 2.81% 02/18/2021 10:35am • SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) ��� U.S. long-term mortgage rates ticked up this week but remain at historic lows as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter the economy even as more Americans get vaccinated. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fi Moyes rebuilds reputation, fronts culture change at West Ham 02/18/2021 08:09am • It was with a strong sense of conviction ��� some would say misplaced arrogance, given the way his managerial career had stagnated ��� that David Moyes breezed back into English soccer in late 2019 with a message to West Ham���s oft-maligned owners. ���There���s a clause in my contract to extend the British bank Barclays resumes dividends despite profit fall 02/18/2021 06:31am • LONDON (AP) ��� British banking firm Barclays is resuming dividend payouts despite reporting a big drop in profits last year after it set aside 4.8 billion pounds ($6.7 billion) to account for loan losses during the coronavirus pandemic. The group said Thursday that its net profit over the year fell Maryland Democratic senators detail additional COVID-19 relief plans for state 02/18/2021 04:14am • Democrats in Maryland's senate are out with their plan to help the state recover from the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for any future health crisis. In a virtual conference, several pieces of legislation were discussed. Senate President Bill Ferguson and other members of the Democratic Getting Emergency Financial Aid During COVID-19 02/18/2021 12:00am • Colleges are starting to distribute a second round of federal emergency financial aid grants to students as part of the higher education relief funding designated for them by Congress. Students who have exceptional financial need will be prioritized, and in some cases they may need to complete an ap Rush Limbaugh, voice of American conservatism, has died 02/17/2021 06:59pm • Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a gleeful malice that made him one of the most powerful voices in politics, influencing the rightward push of American conservatism and the rise of Donald Trump, died Wednesday. He was 70. Limba Cooper seeking improved warning system after deadly tornado 02/17/2021 05:00pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday that the state must learn from the surprise tornado that struck Ocean Isle Beach with little or no warning, leaving three people dead and 10 injured. The governor surveyed the brunt of the damage, at Ocean Ridge Plantation, a neigh