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Editorial Roundup: United States 04/08/2024 03:55pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: April 6 The Washington Post on the growing popularity of women's college basketball Women’s college basketball has become a cultural phenomenon. Arenas are selling out. Records have been set for Division I all-time college points, t Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure leading-edge microchips are built in the US 04/08/2024 05:03am • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration pledged on Monday to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most-advanced microchips are produced domestically for the first time. Co Today in History: April 8, Hank Aaron hits 715th homer, breaking Babe Ruth’s career record 04/08/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, April 8, the 99th day of 2024. There are 267 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth’s record. On this 9 of the Best Bond ETFs to Buy Now 04/07/2024 08:00pm • If you're considering integrating a bond component into your investment portfolio, you might encounter several challenges. Direct purchases of individual bonds present their own set of complications. Buying Treasurys through TreasuryDirect.gov can be frustrating due to its outdated user interface, w Md. Senate approves several renter-focused bills on Saturday before Sine Die 04/07/2024 12:19am • In Maryland's state Senate chamber, lawmakers moved swiftly through dozens of bills in a Saturday afternoon session. The legislative flow was only disrupted occasionally, due to brief technical errors, confusion over which bills were being discussed, or senators away from their seats when they we Cecil L. 'Chip' Murray, influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles, dies 04/06/2024 08:22pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray, an influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his tenure at one of Los Angeles' oldest churches to uplift the predominantly Black neighborhoods of South Los Angeles following one of the country's worst race riots, has died. He wa Political pressure builds on House Speaker Johnson as Congress returns 04/06/2024 08:57am • Congress returns Monday after a two-week break and the list of major issues facing lawmakers has only grown while they were away from D.C. Most immediately, Congress will need to consider an emergency aid package related to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which has effe Man convicted in decadeslong identity theft that led to his victim being jailed 04/05/2024 08:26pm • William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to the branch manager of a bank, he wound up spending nearly two years locked up, accused of identity theft himself. As he continued to insist he w What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse as a third body is found and Biden visits 04/05/2024 07:48pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A third body has been found at the site of last week's bridge collapse in Baltimore. Meanwhile, a tentative timeline has been released for how soon authorities believe they can reopen crucial commercial shipping channels. President Joe Biden also visited the port city. And federa An appeals court blocks a debt relief plan for students who say they were misled by colleges 04/05/2024 06:25pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Biden administration plan to provide student debt relief for people who say they were victims of misleading information by trade schools or colleges is “almost certainly unlawful” a federal appeals court said in a ruling blocking enforcement of the policy against a group o Peru's president interrogated by prosecutors for hours amid expanding 'Rolexgate' probe 04/05/2024 06:15pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte was interrogated by prosecutors for five hours Friday as authorities investigate whether she illegally received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, luxury watches and jewelry. Prosecutors have been investigating the highly unpopular leader President Joe Biden will unveil his new plan to give student loan relief to many new borrowers 04/05/2024 04:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce his latest effort to broaden student loan relief next week for new categories of borrowers, according to three people familiar with the plans, nearly a year after the Supreme Court foiled his administration’s first attempt to cancel debt for mi Tourist from Minnesota who was killed by an elephant in Zambia was an adventurer, family says 04/05/2024 12:57pm • MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — Family members described an American tourist who was killed in Africa when a bull elephant charged the truck she was riding in as an adventurer who loved to travel. They identified her as Gail Mattson, 79, of Minnetonka, Minnesota. She was with other tourists on a game dr Investors pushing for fatter yields on mortgage-backed securities may undercut easing mortgage rates 04/05/2024 12:17pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates are expected to come down later this year, but any benefit to homebuyers could be muted by developments in the market for financial instruments tied to mortgages. Over the last couple of years, uncertainty about inflation and the trajectory of mortgage rates led i Engineers clearing collapsed Baltimore bridge say limited-access channel to port to open in 4 weeks 04/04/2024 09:45pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Engineers working to clear the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said Thursday that they expect to be able to restore navigation in and out of the Port of Baltimore by the end of this month. The bridge collapsed within seconds on March 26 after bei