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Angel City rallies at home to beat NWSL-leading Courage 2-1 07/09/2023 10:39pm • Elizabeth Eddy scored the tiebreaking goal in the 76th minute, and host Angel City rallied past the National Women's Soccer League-leading North Carolina Courage 2-1 on Sunday. The Courage gave up two goals in a game for the first time since May 6. Brianna Pinto scored in the 15th minute for North C American midfielder Brenden Aaronson joins Union Berlin on loan 07/09/2023 12:32pm • LEEDS, England (AP) — United States midfielder Brenden Aaronson will play in Germany’s top flight next season after joining Union Berlin on loan from Leeds on Sunday. Aaronson has agreed a season-long deal after Leeds was relegated from the Premier League last term. “We would like to wish Bren Stymied by the Supreme Court, Biden wants voters to have the final say on his agenda 07/09/2023 11:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) — After major blows to his agenda by the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden is intent on making sure voters will have the final say. When the court's conservative majority effectively killed his plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of people, Biden said, Takeaways from AP's investigation into cities leaving lead pipe in the ground 07/09/2023 11:07am • There are 9.2 million lead pipes in the U.S. They contaminate drinking water with lead, which damages brain development in children. But around the country, utilities have been ignoring the opportunity to remove lead pipe when they uncover it during work on water mains. They've often removed a shor Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground 07/09/2023 10:51am • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Prandy Tavarez and his wife were expecting a baby when they bought a four-bedroom house in a well-kept neighborhood of century-old homes here. They got to work making it theirs, ripping off wallpaper, upgrading the electrical and replacing windows coated in paint that conta Cooler hiring in June could help the Fed achieve an elusive 'soft landing' for US economy 07/07/2023 08:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Another month, another solid gain for America's job market. The pace of hiring by businesses and government agencies in June — 209,000 added jobs — was the smallest monthly gain in 2 1/2 years. Yet it was still a healthy increase, enough to reduce the unemployment rate from Biden takes aim at 'junk' insurance, vowing to save money for consumers being played as 'suckers' 07/07/2023 08:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on what he called “junk” insurance plans that play consumers as ‘suckers,' new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to Stock market today: Wall Street drifts after jobs report comes in warm but hopefully not too hot 07/07/2023 04:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted to a mixed finish Friday after data suggested the U.S. job market is still warm enough to keep the economy growing but maybe not so hot that it stokes inflation much higher. The S&P 500 lost 12.64 points, or 0.3%, to 4,398.95, though slightly more stocks wit First Solar, Castle Biosciences rise; Levi Strauss falls, Friday, 7/7/2023 07/07/2023 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday. Castle Biosciences Inc., up $7.02 to $20.30. The diagnostic testing company gave investors an encouraging update on a cancer-risk test. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., up $6.71 to $90.55. Chinese regulators fined an US forward Ricardo Pepi signs for PSV Eindhoven on 5-year deal 07/07/2023 12:44pm • EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — United States forward Ricardo Pepi signed for PSV Eindhoven on Friday, staying in the Dutch league where he impressed last season. PSV said the 20-year-old Pepi signed a five-year contract with the club which finished runner-up in the Eredivisie last season. The deal UEFA clears Brighton, Toulouse and Aston Villa for European entry but limits future transfer deals 07/07/2023 11:28am • GENEVA (AP) — Under threat of losing European competition places, Brighton, Toulouse and Aston Villa were cleared Friday by UEFA to play next season despite their owners having ties to other clubs that qualified, including AC Milan. However, UEFA also prohibited the partner clubs — Brighton and Elevated mortgage rates are leading to sharply higher monthly payments even as home prices ease 07/07/2023 06:00am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Would-be homebuyers are willing to take on sharply higher mortgage payments, even as home prices have begun to pull back this year. The median monthly payment listed on applications for home purchase loans jumped 14.1% in May from a year earlier to an all-time high $2,165, accor Stock market today: Asian shares fall as strong US data dash hopes for an end to rate hikes 07/07/2023 01:15am • BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares slipped Friday after another decline on Wall Street, where hopes for an end to interest rate hikes were again dashed by strong jobs data. U.S. futures fell and oil prices were higher. Investors were watching for updates from U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's visit Mortgage Rates Surge to Highest Level This Year 07/06/2023 08:00pm • Mortgage rates jumped higher across the board this week, with both fixed and adjustable interest rates trending upward. The 30-year fixed rate was 7.26%, the highest it's been since peaking at 7.33% in November 2022. Here are the current mortgage rates, without discount points unless otherwise noted In Lula's first six months, Brazil Amazon deforestation dropped 34%, reversing trend under Bolsonaro 07/06/2023 05:56pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After four years of rising destruction in Brazil’s Amazon, deforestation dropped by 33.6% during the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s term, according to government satellite data released Thursday. From January to June the rainforest had alerts f