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Belarus sees a year of fierce repression after disputed vote
08/08/2021 03:22am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarusian authorities long ago removed the makeshift memorial to a protester shot by police at the start of last year's massive protests against the country's autocratic president, replacing flowers and placards with a garbage can. Alexander Taraikovsky died as protests sw
Fans return to training camp but must deal with restrictions
08/07/2021 09:02pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Pro Bowl running back Aaron Jones and his Green Bay Packers teammates have resumed an annual preseason ritual after a pandemic-imposed hiatus by riding bicycles to training camp workouts. But at least for this year, the players can’t borrow those bikes from young fans. The
Man United midfielder Jesse Lingard tests positive for virus
08/07/2021 06:29am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss the team's preseason match against Everton on Saturday, the club said. “Unfortunately, Jesse Lingard is unavailable after testing positive for Covid-19. He is isolating in line
Pause on student loan payments extended through January
08/06/2021 06:19pm • The Biden administration on Friday issued what it says will be the final extension to a student loan moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic. Under the action, payments on federal student
loans
will remain paused through Jan. 31, 2022. Interest
Monaco held by visiting Nantes 1-1 in French league opener
08/06/2021 05:25pm • MONACO (AP) — Monaco was frustrated in a 1-1 draw with Nantes in the French league’s season-opening game on Friday. Desperate defending earned the visitor a point as Nantes goalkeeper Alban Lafont saved from Aurelien Tchouameni as the ball ricocheted around the penalty area. Monaco finished thi
Russian court hands suspended sentence to US investor
08/06/2021 04:51pm • MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow convicted a prominent U.S. investor on charges of embezzlement and handed him a suspended sentence on Friday, a verdict he deplored as “deeply unfair.” Michael Calvey was accused of embezzlement from the Russian bank Vostochny, in which his investment firm Barin
Data raises concerns as Brazil's forest fire season begins
08/06/2021 12:00am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Severe drought and early data are raising concerns that this forest fire season in Brazil will see the same high levels of destruction recorded in the past two years, despite efforts to tamp down the blazes. With Brazil's forest fire season underway, the government space agen
AP Top Political News at 10:21 p.m. EDT
08/06/2021 12:00am • Senate Dems rallying behind Biden's $3.5T budget vision Biden nudges Senate over 'historic' $1T infrastructure bill Capitol rioters enter 1st guilty pleas to assaulting police Students ask Supreme Court to block college vaccine mandate Jan. 6 panel hires former House Republican to senior staff Biden
Asian stocks sink as investors watch for US jobs data
08/05/2021 11:37pm • BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets sank Friday after Wall Street rose to a high as investors waited for U.S. jobs data for an update on how coronavirus flareups are affecting the biggest global economy. Shanghai, Hong Kong and South Korea retreated. Tokyo was up less than 0.1%. Wall Street's bench
LA Galaxy add F Dejan Joveljić from Eintracht Frankfurt
08/05/2021 10:19pm • CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The LA Galaxy have acquired forward Dejan Joveljić from Eintracht Frankfurt of the German Bundesliga. The five-time MLS champion Galaxy announced a 4 1/2-year deal Thursday for the 21-year-old Joveljić, who will hold an MLS U22 Initiative roster spot. Joveljić spent last s
Brazil forest fire season underway and raising concern
08/05/2021 06:14pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The season of Brazilian forest fires has begun, and early data plus severe drought is sparking concern that nationwide destruction in 2021 will stay at the high levels recorded in the past two years, despite efforts to tamp down the blazes. The government space agency that u
Man City pays record fee to sign Grealish from Aston Villa
08/05/2021 04:23pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Premier League champion Manchester City broke the British transfer fee record on Thursday to sign midfielder Jack Grealish from Aston Villa. City paid a fee of 100 million pounds ($139 million), Villa chief executive Christian Purslow confirmed. That's the most ever paid
Q&A: Democrat Shontel Brown on how she won Ohio primary
08/05/2021 03:22pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Shontel Brown's surge came almost out of the blue. Over just a few weeks, she surmounted a double-digit lead that progressive Nina Turner had built over months and easily won the Democratic nomination for a Cleveland-area congressional seat. But her victory Tuesday was the p
US average mortgage rates flat to lower; 30-year at 2.77%
08/05/2021 02:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates were flat to lower this week, with the average for the key 30-year home loan below 3% for the sixth straight week. Uncertainty over the surging delta coronavirus variant and its potential effect on the U.S. economic recovery remained as a backdrop suppressing mortg
7 Monthly Dividend Stocks With Large Yields
08/05/2021 12:00am • Tap into five times the dividend yield of the S&P 500.In recent years, a small group of stocks wowed investors with double-digit dividend yields. Income has lately been much harder to come by as the average annual dividend yield of the S&P 500 has plummeted to 1.31% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq
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