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Farmers restore native grasslands as groundwater disappears 09/09/2021 03:47pm • MULESHOE, Texas (AP) — Tim Black‘s cell phone dings, signaling the time to reverse sprinklers spitting water across a pie-shaped section of grass that will provide pasture for his cattle. It's important not to waste a drop. His family's future depends on it. For decades, the Texas Panhandle was US average mortgage rates rise slightly; 30-year at 2.88% 09/09/2021 03:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates were marginally higher this week as the recovering economy appeared stalled against the backdrop of a wave of new delta variant coronavirus cases. They remained under 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for a 30-yea Feds, North Dakota to negotiate pipeline policing costs 09/09/2021 03:03pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal and state lawyers will meet in North Dakota next week to negotiate a settlement for money that the state claims it spent on policing protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. North Dakota filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2019, seeking N. Macedonia: Blaze at COVID-19 field hospital kills 14 09/09/2021 02:22pm • SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s government declared three days of mourning Thursday following a deadly overnight fire in a COVID-19 field hospital that killed 14 people and injured a dozen. The blaze broke out late Wednesday in the western city of Tetovo, where the unit had bee Farmers restore native grasslands as groundwater disappears 09/09/2021 12:55pm • MULESHOE, Texas (AP) — For decades, the Texas Panhandle was green with cotton, corn and wheat. Wells drew a thousand gallons (3,785 liters) a minute from the seemingly bottomless Ogallala aquifer, allowing farmers to thrive despite frequent dry spells and summer heat. But groundwater that sustaine After Ida, small businesses face uncertainty on many fronts 09/09/2021 12:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A week or more after Ida, business owners from Louisiana to Connecticut are still adding up the financial losses and assessing the physical and emotional toll, grappling to find a way forward. Many say it’s difficult to figure out the future when they’re unsure of the answer Europe's central bank eases support, but it's not a taper 09/09/2021 11:13am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank will dial back some of its massive emergency pandemic support for the economy amid signs of increasing business activity and consumer readiness to spend as the 19 countries that use the euro rebound from the coronavirus recession. Bank head Chris Lebanon to start paying cash aid to poor families next month 09/09/2021 10:19am • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government said Thursday it will start paying cash assistance next month to hundreds of thousands of poor families - in U.S. dollars - as the small nation sinks deeper into its economic crisis. Some 500,000 families will start receiving $20 a month for every family member What federal help is still available with jobless benefits, eviction protections ending 09/09/2021 08:00am • Americans are no longer protected from evictions or receiving beefed-up unemployment payments, but they are still benefiting from many other federal coronavirus rescue measures. More support may be on the way, as Democrats on Capitol Hill hammer out a 10-year, $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation 'Blue's Clues' host Steve is back with a message to millennials 09/09/2021 07:26am • There is a scene from a children's show many millennials still remember: the moment Steve Burns, dressed in his striped green shirt and khaki pants, picked up a large suitcase, walked out the door, and boarded an animated bus with a final wave to his "Blue's Clues" fans. The abrupt departure lon Real Madrid returns to Bernabéu more than 18 months later 09/09/2021 05:58am • MADRID (AP) — More than 18 months later, Real Madrid is returning to Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Madrid will get to play at its venue when it hosts Celta Vigo in the Spanish league on Sunday, 560 days after it last hosted a match at the stadium. The Bernabéu’s massive renovation project is far Asian shares slip as Fed signals 'downshift' in economy 09/08/2021 10:34pm • Shares fell in Asia on Thursday after further losses on Wall Street following a Federal Reserve report showing U.S. economic activity slowed this summer. The report pointed to resurgent coronavirus cases and mounting supply chain problems and labor shortages — woes affecting many economies. Benchm How to Take a 401(k) Loan 09/08/2021 12:00am • If you have a 401(k) plan through your employer and are in need of funds, you may be able to take a 401(k) loan. Borrowing from your 401(k) could provide a path to financial assistance without having to contact other lenders. However, there are also complex 401(k) loan rules and potential drawbacks PPG Industries, BioMarin fall; AMC, Callaway Golf rise 09/07/2021 04:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: PPG Industries Inc. down $5.26 to $150.40. The paint and coatings maker warned investors that supply chain problems and higher costs will hurt third-quarter sales. Columbia Property Trust Inc., up $2.51 to $19.05. Biden seeking additional funds for Ida relief and Afghans 09/07/2021 02:20pm • The White House is asking Congress to approve an additional $24 billion in spending to handle the costs of Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters, as well as $6.4 billion for the resettlement of evacuees from Afghanistan to help with transportation, government processing and public health screeni