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Biden aims at China in new illegal fishing policy framework 06/27/2022 08:33pm • LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China, ordering federal agencies to better coordinate among themselves as well as with foreign partners in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world's oceans. On Monday, the White Hous 7 Top Money Lessons From the Pandemic 06/27/2022 08:00pm • Life was turned upside down for practically everyone in March 2020. As states locked down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the stock market plummeted, jobs were disrupted and income dried up for many families. "The pandemic was really a reality check for probably tens of millions of people," sa Why Employees Need Financial Wellness Benefits 06/27/2022 08:00pm • When it comes to financial benefits at work, employers typically provide a 401(k) retirement plan option -- and that's it. But economists and human resources experts alike suggest that expanding financial wellness benefits in the workplace could be a cost-effective way to quickly address the stagger About 2 million people are about to get a new student loan servicer. Here's what you need to know 06/27/2022 03:00pm • About 2 million federal student loan borrowers, many of whom are seeking debt relief from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, will get a new federal student loan servicer as soon as early July.FedLoan -- an arm of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency known as PHEAA -- is curr AP source: Gareth Bale signs with MLS leaders Los Angeles FC 06/25/2022 06:13pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles FC has reached a deal with Welsh forward Gareth Bale to move to Major League Soccer after his departure from Real Madrid, a person close to the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke Saturday on condition of anonymity because the details of the 12-month dea Nottingham Forest signs Taiwo Awoniyi from Union Berlin 06/25/2022 05:49am • NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest has signed forward Taiwo Awoniyi after paying a club-record transfer fee to Union Berlin, making the Nigerian its first international signing since returning to the Premier League. The 24-year-old Awoniyi signed a five-year contract after Forest paid th Former England great Wayne Rooney resigns as Derby manager 06/24/2022 08:14pm • DERBY, England (AP) — Wayne Rooney has resigned as Derby manager after 18 months in charge and on the same day the club appeared to have sorted out its financial difficulties. The Manchester United and England star joined the team in January 2020 as player-coach and ended that year in temporary ch Stocks rally, driving Wall Street to a rare winning week 06/24/2022 04:48pm • Stocks racked up more gains on Wall Street Friday, as the S&P 500 had its best day in two years and just its second winning week in the last 12 to provide a bit of relief from the market's brutal sell-off this year. The benchmark index rose 3.1%, with technology and banks leading the broad rally Al-Khelaïfi acquitted again, Valcke guilty in FIFA retrial 06/24/2022 11:07am • GENEVA (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaïfi was acquitted in Switzerland on Friday for a second time in a retrial of alleged wrongdoing linked to former FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke. Al-Khelaïfi was cleared again of a charge of incitement to commit aggravated crimina School Zone: How DC-area school systems work through substitute teacher shortages 06/24/2022 06:01am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP’s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. The state of substitute teaching across the DC region What it is: What can be done to increase the number of substitute teachers available to fill in on a given day? It’ A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse 06/24/2022 12:03am • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political turmoil and violence that led to the collapse of once-prosperous economies bedeviled by corruption, patronage, nepotism and incompetence. The toxic combinations led to disaster for both: Currency collap What Is a Social Security Award Letter? 06/23/2022 08:00pm • A Social Security award letter is the document that is used to notify you that your application for Social Security benefits has been approved and you will receive payments. The Social Security Administration also issues another type of document, a benefit verification letter, which includes more de 7 International Dividend Stocks for Diversification 06/23/2022 08:00pm • Reduce your market risk with these dividend stocks.Dividend stocks are a favorite among a range of investors for their stability and regular income payments. Don't be fooled into believing that stocks with payouts are only of interest to your grandparents; dividend stocks help to smoothly grow your Settlement would forgive $6B for defrauded college students 06/23/2022 04:31pm • The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who say they were defrauded by their colleges, according to a proposed settlement in a Trump-era lawsuit. The agreement filed Wednesday in San Francisco federal court would automatically cance Mosaic, Bank of America fall; KB Home, Rite Aid rise 06/23/2022 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: KB Home, up $2.26 to $28.49. The homebuilder's second-quarter financial results beat analysts' forecasts. Worthington Industries Inc., up $3.67 to $44.08. The metal manufacturer reported strong fiscal fourth-quar