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Small businesses face slow, difficult recovery after Ida 09/01/2021 01:05pm • New York (AP) — Small businesses hit by Hurricane Ida face a slow and daunting recovery as they grapple with storm damage, a lack of power, water and internet service and limited ability to communicate with clients or customers. It’s yet another blow for business owners who have been coping wit Editorial Roundup: U.S. 09/01/2021 11:59am • Aug. 30 The Los Angeles Times on the Texas abortion law: A horrendous new Texas law scheduled to go into effect Wednesday would ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected — typically around six weeks of gestation — and turn individuals into antiabortion vigilantes by empowering them to file White House details plans to improve housing affordability 09/01/2021 11:04am • WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials are outlining plans to build and restore more than 2 million homes, a response to the volcanic rise in housing prices over the past year. Millions of Americans are getting priced out of ownership or stuck spending the bulk of their income on rent. The S& USPS has shorted some workers’ pay for years, CPI finds 09/01/2021 10:05am • Nancy Campos’ back ached as she loaded more than 100 Amazon packages onto her truck. The 59-year-old grandmother, a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, had worked 13 days in a row without a lunch break, and now she was delivering on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to keep up with a never- Where to turn when a natural disaster upends your finances 09/01/2021 07:53am • Natural disasters can upend lives in an instant, but unwinding the financial damage can take many months. Still, those affected have many sources of help. Here’s how you can get help and be strategic with your resources as you begin to rebuild after a disaster. Deal with immediate needs firs Column: Mbappe's non-transfer shows where soccer power lies 09/01/2021 02:30am • The deal that didn’t happen best defines the landscape of European football after a summer transfer window that saw unexpected moves by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Kylian Mbappé will remain with Paris Saint-Germain this season, and the star French forward could leave for Real Madrid as a Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief 09/01/2021 12:09am • BOYDTON, Va. (AP) — There was a time when Black farms prospered. Just two generations out of slavery, by 1910 Black farmers had amassed more than 16 million acres of land and made up about 14 percent of farmers. The fruit of their labors fed much of America. Now, they have fewer than 4.7 million a How Student Loan Debt Affects Women 09/01/2021 12:00am • The American Association of University Women heads up a comprehensive survey each year that looks closely at the status of women and student loan debt. The survey often reveals sobering findings, and the 2021 update is no different. According to this most recent report, women owe about two-thirds of What Is an Automatic Stay? 09/01/2021 12:00am • If you're researching the term automatic stay, you are probably thinking about declaring bankruptcy. But on a positive note, an automatic stay gives people in a bankruptcy a lot of relief from debt problems, right at the time they most need it. We'll explain. What Is an Automatic Stay?An automatic Years later, California voters still wait on water projects 08/31/2021 08:06pm • SITES, Calif. (AP) — In 2014, in the middle of a severe drought that would test California's complex water storage system like never before, voters told the state to borrow $7.5 billion and use part of it to build projects to stockpile more water. Seven years later, that drought has come and gone, Atlético gets Griezmann back, Madrid left without Mbappé 08/31/2021 08:00pm • MADRID (AP) — The transfer deadline ended with Atlético Madrid getting Antoine Griezmann back and Real Madrid failing to seal a deal for Kylian Mbappé, settling instead for young midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, a teammate of Mbappé at the French national team. Madrid couldn’t persuade Paris Sai Chelsea signs midfielder Saul Niguez on loan from Atlético 08/31/2021 07:17pm • LONDON (AP) — Chelsea further bolstered its strong squad ahead of its Champions League title defense by signing Spain midfielder Saul Niguez on loan from Atlético Madrid until the end of the season on Tuesday. The deal includes an option to make the transfer permanent after the season. Financial 'Back where I belong': Ronaldo completes return to Man U 08/31/2021 06:38pm • Cristiano Ronaldo is looking to the future at Manchester United after a nod to the most influential figure of his soccer past. Finalizing one of the summer's most high-profile deals on the last day of the European transfer window, the five-time world player of the year completed his sensational retu German clubs resist last-minute splurges on player transfers 08/31/2021 04:26pm • BERLIN (AP) — German soccer clubs resisted last-minute splurges on players with Leipzig’s signing of highly rated teenager Ilaix Moriba from Barcelona the most eye-catching move on the last day of the summer transfer window. Leipzig said Tuesday that the 18-year-old Moriba, who came though Barce American defender Richards loaned to Hoffenheim by Bayern 08/31/2021 03:34pm • American Chris Richards agreed Tuesday to a new contract with Bayern Munich that runs until 2025, and the 21-year-old defender was loaned to Hoffenheim for the rest of the 2021-22 season. Richards, who is from Birmingham, Alabama, joined Bayern Munich from the academy of Major League Soccer's Dallas