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Sports analytics crowd turns to data to tackle diversity 03/05/2022 05:12pm • BOSTON (AP) — Number crunchers have vanquished starting pitching and brought a barrage of 3-pointers to basketball. Now they're taking on a more intractable — and important — issue: making sports more inclusive. The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference this weekend features at least six sess Ings, Coutinho star in Villa's 4-0 win over Southampton 03/05/2022 12:30pm • BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Philippe Coutinho gave a masterful display and Danny Ings offered Southampton a painful reminder of his prowess as Aston Villa’s revival continued in style with a 4-0 win in the English Premier League on Saturday. Ings, who joined Villa from Southampton last summer, sc Anti-money-laundering body puts UAE on global 'gray' list 03/05/2022 07:45am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A global body focused on fighting money laundering has placed the United Arab Emirates on its so-called “gray list” over concerns that the global trade hub isn't doing enough to stop criminals and militants from hiding wealth there. The decision late Friday New federal loan for Purple Line is a big step toward reboot, lawmakers say 03/04/2022 12:51pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved a $1.7 billion loan to help get the beleaguered Purple Line get back on track, members of Months after pledge, India yet to submit emissions targets 03/04/2022 02:30am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Four months after India announced its “net-zero” target at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, the country has yet to submit its targets for cutting greenhouse emissions, underscoring the difficulty of overhauling energy policy amid a growing population. When as Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid 03/03/2022 10:49pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky police officer was found not guilty Thursday on charges he endangered neighbors the night he fired into Breonna Taylor's apartment during a botched drug raid that resulted in Taylor's death. The panel of eight men and four women delivered its verdict for Br 8 Best Cheap Stocks to Buy Now Under $5 03/03/2022 07:00pm • These $5 stocks may have major upside.Some of the top-performing stocks of the past decade have gone on such big runs that their share prices have gotten very steep. Amazon.com Inc. (ticker: AMZN) and Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL), for example, both have share prices above $2,500. Investors looking fo How to Find a Financial Advisor if You're Not Rich 03/03/2022 07:00pm • Financial advice isn't just for the wealthy. In fact, the right guidance early in your financial life can have the biggest impact on your long-term success. Many financial advisors, however, aren't interested in working with the middle class. Many firms in recent years have stopped paying commission Argentina reaches prospective deal to refinance $45B debt 03/03/2022 04:36pm • BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s government announced Thursday that it reached a deal with the International Monetary Fund to refinance some $45 billion in debt, marking an attempt to stave off default and remove economic uncertainty that has hung over the country during two years of negotiations Trump deposition in NY probe on hold while ruling appealed 03/03/2022 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and the New York attorney general’s office have reached an agreement that spares him from answering questions under oath while he appeals a ruling requiring he testify in the office’s civil investigation into his business practices. Under the agree US team union commits $2.5M for loans benefitting women 03/03/2022 12:55pm • As the union for national team players works out the details of a historic equitable pay agreement with U.S. Soccer, the players are looking to expand their influence into programs that benefit other women. The U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association on Thursday announced a new initiative w Biden risks progressives, Blacks with pivot to the center 03/03/2022 11:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is signaling an election year shift to the center, embracing a strategy he hopes will protect fragile Democratic majorities in Congress. But he's risking a revolt from key voices across his party's sprawling coalition. In his first State of the Union address Long-term US mortgage rates fall this week to 3.76% 03/03/2022 10:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week and remain at historically low levels, just as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise its main borrowing rate later this month. The average rate on a 30-year loan declined to 3.76% this week from 3.89% last week, mortgage buyer Austin FC wants the wins to match the party in 2022 03/03/2022 03:10am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Win, lose or draw — and there was a lot of losing — the drumbeats from the rowdiest fans of Austin FC never stopped in the club's first season. Barrels of beer were consumed or splashed in a season-long party that was both a celebration of professional soccer's arrival in Live updates: Vaccine manufacturer braces for complications 03/03/2022 12:54am • The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean pharmaceutical company manufacturing Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine says it's bracing for business complications as the U.S.-led West escalates sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. Recently expand