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Avenatti cast as both thief, generous lawyer at NYC trial 01/24/2022 06:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — California lawyer Michael Avenatti stole nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from porn star Stormy Daniels to pay employees at his debt-ridden law firm and to fund his personal expenses, a prosecutor told jurors as the once high-flying attorney's third criminal trial in two years beg Biden revives 'clean energy' program with $1B loan guarantee 01/24/2022 04:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has issued its first clean energy loan guarantee, reviving an Obama-era program that helped launch the country’s first utility-scale wind and solar farms a decade ago but has largely gone dormant in recent years. The Energy Department said it would gua Lawmaker's claim of anti-Muslim bias is new blow to UK govt 01/24/2022 02:36pm • LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered an investigation into a Conservative lawmaker’s claim that she was fired from a government job in part because of her Muslim faith — the latest allegation of wrongdoing that is shaking the Conservative government and Johnsonâ What first-time buyers really need for a down payment 01/24/2022 11:11am • The biggest hurdle first-time homebuyers face, especially in markets like the D.C. area, is coming up with the down payment. But young buyers may think they face a much bigger hurdle than what it is in reality. A persistent misconception continues to be that you need to save up for a 20% down pay DC region ranks highest for federal student loan debt, but that’s skewed 01/24/2022 10:15am • Student loan debt continues to climb to new record highs, and the D.C. region has among the highest in the nation. A new report from LendingTree’s student lender rate comparison site Student Loan Hero found that, when compared to states, D.C. has the highest federal student loan balances in the AP Top Political News at 11:25 p.m. EST 01/24/2022 12:00am • US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry Justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions Democrats make surprising inroads in redistricting fight Extra cash for low-income mothers may influence baby brains Biden answers inflation query by calling Fox reporter SOB Justice Support for Parents Attending College: What to Know 01/23/2022 07:00pm • For many students, the college experience is a far cry from long hours in the library and weekend parties -- it's about balancing the demands of parenthood, and often full-time employment, with the challenges of pursing a degree. More than 1 in 5 college students are raising children while attending American Bryan Reynolds loaned to Belgium’s Kortrijk 01/23/2022 12:49pm • American defender Bryan Reynolds was loaned by Roma to Belgium’s Kortrijk for the rest of the season on Sunday after he played sparingly under coach Jose Mourinho. The 20-year-old joined Roma from Major League Soccer’s Dallas at the end of last winter’s transfer window and made five Serie A ap American forward Daryl Dike hurt on full debut for West Brom 01/22/2022 04:38pm • WEST BROMWICH, England (AP) — American forward Daryl Dike was hurt on his full debut for West Bromwich Albion and is set to be out for at least two weeks. Dike came off with a hamstring injury early in the second half of West Brom’s 3-0 win over Peterborough in the second-tier Championship in En Through persistence, Kelly positions himself to run a team 01/22/2022 03:56pm • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Champ Kelly remembers sending handwritten and typed letters to every NFL team, and the rejections that came in return. He did it four times a year over four years, hoping to get into the league. Once the opportunity came, he made several jumps. Now Chicago's assistant dir Stocks fall, have worst week since March 2020; Netflix tanks 01/21/2022 05:45pm • Stocks fell again on Wall Street Friday, capping off the worst weekly drop for the S&P 500 since the start of the pandemic. Investors have grown increasingly worried about rising inflation and how aggressive the Federal Reserve might be in raising interest rates to tamp it down. Historically low Netflix, SunPower fall; Peloton, Bank OZK rise 01/21/2022 04:51pm • Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Netflix Inc., down $110.75 to $397.50. The streaming entertainment company delivered another quarter of disappointing subscriber growth. PPG Industries Inc., down $4.96 to $154.74. The paint and coatings maker warned that it is gr Prosecutor: Alex Murdaugh now faces 71 charges; $8.5M stolen 01/21/2022 01:17pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A once-prominent South Carolina lawyer now faces 71 charges that he stole nearly $8.5 million in wrongful death and wreck settlements from more than a dozen people after another round of indictments against Alex Murdaugh were handed up Friday. The 23 new charges issued by the American defender Justin Che loaned to Hoffenheim 01/21/2022 11:58am • SINSHEIM, Germany (AP) — American defender Justin Che joined Hoffenheim on Friday on loan from FC Dallas. The 18-year-old Che, who has represented the United States at under-20 level, will be with the German first-division club through June 2023. Hoffenheim, which is currently fourth in the Bunde FTC returns $10 million to LendingClub customers charged undisclosed fees 01/21/2022 11:37am • Nearly 16,000 LendingClub customers who were charged undisclosed fees will receive refunds totaling about $10 million from the Federal Trade Commission. More Business News The refunds will be issued through PayPal and the FTC said customers who qualify for refunds include both th