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UN steps up criticism of IMF and World Bank, the other pillars of the post-World War II global order 06/17/2023 12:06am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — From the ashes of World War II, three institutions were created as linchpins of a new global order. Now, in an unusual move, the top official in one — the secretary-general of the United Nations — is pressing for major changes in the other two. Antonio Guterres says the I Friday's Transactions 06/16/2023 10:30pm • Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — C Mark Kolozsvary has cleared outright waivers and elected free agency. Assigned RHP Mychal Givens to Norfolk (IL) on a rehab assignment. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed RHP Mike Clevinger on the 15-day IL, retroactive to June 15. Recalled RHP Florida couple charged with more than $2M in COVID-19 relief fraud 06/16/2023 02:17pm • FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A southwest Florida couple has been charged with stealing more than $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds and using the money to buy boats, new businesses and other luxury items. Timothy Craig Jolloff, 46, and Lisa Ann Jolloff, 56, made their initial appearances Friday in For Brighton signs Germany midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud from Dortmund; Bakayoko leaves Chelsea 06/16/2023 11:27am • BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Germany midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud will sign for Brighton on a free transfer after Borussia Dortmund allowed his contract to expire. Brighton said Friday that the 27-year-old Dahoud will join on a four-year contract. His contract with Dortmund ends on June 30. “I’m exci Agricultural producers and food businesses throughout nation getting $320 million boost from USDA 06/16/2023 08:26am • MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeding agricultural producers and food businesses with millions of dollars in investment funds to improve markets, create and strengthen jobs, control food prices and improve nutrition, Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday. “We're her Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador's crackdown on gangs 06/16/2023 08:15am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The smell of pineapple bread fills the kitchen of “Vida Libre,” or “free life,” a gang rehabilitation program founded in El Salvador by American pastor Kenton Moody in 2021. The trust that Moody puts in former gang members is not widely shared. Thousands o What Is a Certificate Program? 06/15/2023 08:00pm • The job market can be tough to navigate when you lack qualifications for a desired job. But earning a certificate in a particular skill or occupation can help you get started in a new field or advance your career. "Certificates in numerous fields from health care and business to manufacturing and te Mortgage Rates Rise, Pushing Housing Payments to New Heights 06/15/2023 08:00pm • Mortgage rates inched slightly higher this week, with the average 30-year fixed rate increasing to 7.14%. Most fixed and adjustable rates stayed about the same as the prior week or crept upward by a few basis points. Here are the current mortgage rates, without discount points unless otherwise noted The History of Credit Cards 06/15/2023 08:00pm • Credit cards are such a ubiquitous part of our daily financial life that it's hard to imagine a time before they existed. The number of credit card accounts in 2022 in the U.S. was nearly 530 million, up about 32 million from the previous year, according to the most recent Experian data. Furthermore Amazon’s HQ2 officially opens in Arlington, Va. 06/15/2023 03:46pm • It’s the not the glass helix yet — but the first phase of Amazon’s HQ2, which opened Thursday in Arlington, is made up of two, 22-floor, glass towers and a 2.5-acre park. The complex at Metropolitan Park in Pentagon City includes 2.1 million square feet of office space and 50,000 square fee European Central Bank hikes rates again and vows more after US Fed hits pause 06/15/2023 03:40pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank pressed ahead with another interest rate hike Thursday and made clear more are on the way, aiming to crush inflation that is driving up the cost of groceries even after the U.S. Federal Reserve took a break from its own string of increases. The q Donor nations commit $10.3 billion for millions of Syrians at home and as refugees abroad 06/15/2023 01:09pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — International donors said Thursday they would commit $10.3 billion in aid for millions of Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger, both at home and as refugees abroad. The pledges by 57 nations and 30 international organizations at an annual European Union-hosted conference i Average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 6.69%, second straight drop since climbing to 2023 high 06/15/2023 12:26pm • The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell again this week, positive news for potential homebuyers after rates reached their highest level since November earlier this month. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan slipped to 6.69% from 6.7 Zimbabwe reports record tobacco sales, mostly to China, yet many farmers deep in debt 06/15/2023 10:59am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has reported record tobacco sales as the southern African nation reestablishes itself as one of the leading growers in the world, and yet the small-scale Black farmers now selling their crop mostly to China are “heavily indebted” and seeing "minimal" benefits, Shedding equity: Housing slowdown leads to first annual drop in US homeowner equity since 2012 06/15/2023 09:33am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the first time in more than a decade, the average U.S. homeowner with a mortgage has less home equity than they did a year earlier. Among the roughly 63% of U.S. homes with a mortgage, average homeowner equity per borrower was $274,070 in the first quarter, down 1.9% from th