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Biden outlines 'Day One' agenda of executive actions 01/16/2021 09:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address the raging coronavirus pandemic, his incoming chief of staff said Saturday. The opening salvo would herald a 10-day bl MATCHDAY: Liverpool vs Manchester United at Anfield 01/16/2021 07:02pm • A look at what���s happening around European soccer on Sunday: ENGLAND It's a meeting of the top two teams in the Premier League as Liverpool hosts Manchester United in what is traditionally the biggest game on the English soccer calendar. United moved into first place in midweek, and is leading thi Bologna earns first win since November in Serie A 01/16/2021 05:13pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Bologna earned its first win since November by beating Hellas Verona 1-0 in Serie A on Saturday. Bologna's winless run included three defeats and five draws. Riccardo Orsolini scored from the penalty spot in the first half in Bologna after Verona goalkeeper Marco Silvestri brought dow PSG scrapes past Angers 1-0 to go top as Marseille loses 01/16/2021 05:11pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Defender Layvin Kurzawa's goal was just enough as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain earned a scrappy 1-0 win at Angers to go top of the French league on Saturday. But title challenger Lyon can restore its one-point lead by beating mid-table Metz at home on Sunday. PSG was without Brighton beats Leeds 1-0 in EPL for first win in 2 months 01/16/2021 12:47pm • LEEDS, England (AP) ��� Brighton notched its first English Premier League win in nearly two months thanks to Neal Maupay���s first-half goal in a 1-0 victory at Leeds on Saturday. The French striker applied the finishing touch at the far post following a flowing team move in the 17th minute for his Fleeing New Yorkers squeeze surrounding housing markets 01/16/2021 10:05am • Angel Garcia, a single father approved for a mortgage loan of $300,000, had high hopes in early 2020 of finding a house he could afford in his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Within months, New Yorkers began fleeing the city and the surrounding area, snapping up h NY prosecutors interview Michael Cohen about Trump finances 01/15/2021 10:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York prosecutors conducted an hourslong interview Thursday of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, asking a range of questions about Trump's business dealings, according to three people familiar with the meeting. The interview focused in part on Tru Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration 01/15/2021 06:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning just before President-elect Joe Biden���s inauguration to begin his post-presidential life in Florida. Refusing to abide by tradition and participate in the ceremonial transfer of power, Trump will instead hold h Philip J. Smith, who led Shubert Organization, dies at 89 01/15/2021 05:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Philip J. Smith, who rose from box office treasurer at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway to chairman and co-CEO of the theatrical giant Shubert Organization, has died from complications from COVID-19, according to his daughters. He was 89. In a career that spanned 63 years, Smith wo Stocks fall as economic pain deepens, rally runs out of gas 01/15/2021 04:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Wall Street closed out its first losing week in three with another drop on Friday after reports showed the pandemic is deepening the hole for the economy, as Washington prepares to throw it another lifeline. The S&P 500 fell 27.29, or 0.7%, to 3,768.25, with stocks of companie Optimistic banks start moving 'bad' loans back to 'good' 01/15/2021 01:41pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� The pandemic and recession aren���t over by a long shot, but banks are feeling optimistic enough to start taking potentially ���bad��� loans off their books and move them back into the ���good��� pile. The financial performance of the big U.S. banks has improved from earlier Prince George's Co. restaurants worry for future amid indoor dining bans 01/15/2021 01:30pm • Business is down at Franklin's, in Hyattsville, Maryland, but the owner is only angry at people who don't follow the rules. (WTOP/John Domen) For 28 years, Franklin's Restaurant, Brewery and General Store has been a staple in downtown Hyattsville, Maryland. But were it not for federal pandemic r Wells Fargo 4Q profit rose 4%, tops Street estimates 01/15/2021 12:36pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) ��� Wells Fargo had its best quarter of 2020 as its profit rose 4% in the fourth quarter of a year defined by the coronavirus outbreak. The bank, based in San Francisco, said Friday that its earnings rose to $3 billion, or 64 cents per share, compared with earnings of $2.87 b Citigroup 4Q profit down 7%, revenue drops by 10% 01/15/2021 10:02am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Banking conglomerate Citigroup said its fourth quarter profits fell by 7%, but like its competitor JPMorgan Chase, the bank saw improvement from the darkest days of the pandemic shutdowns. The New York-based bank said it earned a profit of $4.63 billion, down from a profit Brexit clears way for South African to reach Premier League 01/15/2021 09:45am • Percy Tau had just been voted the best player in South Africa when he secured a move to the Premier League. It was July 2018, and he was joining Brighton for the biggest fee ever for a domestic-based South African player. ���Hopefully I can make some great memories,��� Tau said upon joining the sout