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Financing an auto purchase? Your credit score might look higher than you thought it was 06/14/2021 09:20am • Auto dealer inventories remain tight, but buyers are undeterred, with sales of both new and used vehicles at record highs. Many buyers finance their purchase, and that requires a credit check. The standard FICO score ranges from 300 to 850. But for vehicle loans, lenders instead use the FICO Auto The Latest: Belgium's Castagne to miss rest of Euro 2020 06/12/2021 05:47pm • The Latest on soccer’s European Championship: ___ Belgium coach Roberto Martinez says wing back Timothy Castagne will miss the rest of the European Championship after sustaining a double fracture of his right eye socket during the match against Russia. Castagne was forced off the field after a cla Final presidential debate shows Iran's political fissures 06/12/2021 02:54pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran held a final presidential debate Saturday that showed the fissures within the Islamic Republic’s politics, as hard-liners referred to those seeking ties to the West as “infiltrators” and the race’s two other candidates brought up the unrest that surrounded Tehran� The Netherlands return, will face Ukraine at Euro 2020 06/12/2021 12:54pm • AMSTERDAM (AP) — Seven years is a long, long wait. It's been that many years since the Netherlands last played at a major soccer tournament, dating back to the orange-clad team's run to the World Cup semifinals in 2014. On Sunday in Amsterdam, the Dutch will finally be back on the field to take on Moyes gets 3-year extension after strong West Ham season 06/12/2021 10:05am • LONDON (AP) — West Ham manager David Moyes signed a three-year contract extension Saturday after a season in which he led the Premier League club to European qualification. The resurgent Hammers achieved their highest Premier League points total in finishing sixth to earn a spot in next season's E Pippy makes Md. state Senate bid official 06/12/2021 07:59am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Del. Jesse T. Pippy (R-Frederick) made it official Friday: He’ll leave the House and run for the state Senate in 2022. “Over the pa Pandemic relapse spells trouble for India's middle class 06/12/2021 02:53am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Ram Babu moved from his village to the Indian capital New Delhi in 1980, to clean cars. Soon, he learned to drive and got a job as a tour bus driver. Decades later, he set up his own company, Madhubani Tours and Travels. In March 2020, a stringent nationwide lockdown to fight the Top US regulators pledge to seek reforms for money markets 06/11/2021 07:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Top regulators pledged Friday to push reforms in a key corner of U.S. financial markets that the Federal Reserve and Treasury had to rush to support after it was roiled during the coronavirus outbreak in the spring of 2020. Members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council di Prison for swindler who cost Md. woman, 66, her home 06/11/2021 03:12pm • A Maryland man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he swindled a longtime public school aide out of her money by promising to get her a more affordable mortgage payment — for a home she eventually lost. Patricia Duckett, 66, was making plans to retire when her hairdresser told her Summer camps return but with fewer campers and counselors 06/11/2021 11:37am • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Overnight summer camps will be allowed in all 50 states this season, but COVID-19 rules and a pandemic labor crunch mean that many fewer young campers will attend, and those who do will have to observe coronavirus precautions for the second consecutive year. The Southeast is Judge pauses loan forgiveness program for farmers of color 06/11/2021 11:02am • MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal judge has halted a loan forgiveness program for farmers of color in response to a lawsuit alleging the program discriminates against white farmers. U.S. District Judge William Griesbach in Milwaukee issued a temporary restraining order Thursday suspending the program for Leak of billionaires' tax data draws GOP outcry over privacy 06/10/2021 05:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are alarmed by the leak of confidential IRS data to the investigative news organization ProPublica, enabling it to reveal that famous billionaires including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg paid little in U.S. income tax at times. A senior IR US budget deficit for current year hits record $2.1 trillion 06/10/2021 04:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $2.06 trillion through the first eight months of this budget year as coronavirus relief programs drove spending to all-time highs. The shortfall this year is 9.7% higher than the $1.88 trillion deficit run up over the same period a year ago US average mortgage rates tick lower; 30-year loan at 2.96% 06/10/2021 02:59pm • Mortgage rates remained near historic lows this week. The benchmark 30-year home loan held below the 3% mark amid further signs of the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for the 30-year rate loan dipped to 2.96% from 2.99% last wee Asian shares advance as investors await US inflation data 06/10/2021 12:23am • BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are higher after Wall Street logged modest losses, as investors await key U.S. inflation data. Benchmarks rose across the region, but stayed in a narrow range. Investors will get closely watched U.S. inflation data on Thursday. The focus is on how it might impact ultra-