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West Ham into the EPL's top 4 despite Antonio, Rice injuries 04/05/2021 05:25pm • West Ham jumped above Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea into the top four of the Premier League on Monday. Injuries to arguably its two best players might see the team struggle to stay there. Jesse Lingard inspired a 3-2 win over Wolverhampton as the midfielder ran from the halfway line to score one DC AG Racine accuses online lender of charging 198% interest rate 04/05/2021 05:06pm • D.C.’s attorney general on Monday announced that he had filed a lawsuit against an online lender, charging it had deceptively marketed loans with interest rates of up to 198%. The Office of Attorney General Karl Racine said that Opportunity Financial had lent money to more than 4,000 District r This Week: Job openings, consumer credit, Levi Strauss earns 04/05/2021 01:10am • A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: JOB MARKET BAROMETER The Labor Department issues its monthly snapshot of U.S. job openings Tuesday. Economists project the number of available jobs inched lower in February to around 6.9 million from 6.92 million t How Law School Financial Aid Works 04/05/2021 12:00am • Law school tuition can seem outlandishly expensive. It has grown faster than the rate of inflation for decades, part of a distressing trend in higher education that is unlikely to change. However, the "sticker price" of law school can be deceiving. Applicants commonly receive financial aid in the fo Your Post-Pandemic Financial Checklist 04/05/2021 12:00am • The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over yet, but with vaccines rolling out across the country, the end may be in sight. While it's not time to be lax about public health measures such as social distancing and mask wearing, now is a good time to start thinking ahead financially. Here are seven items to put Marseille beats Dijon to stay on track for Europa League 04/04/2021 05:30pm • PARIS (AP) — Marseille labored to a 2-0 home win against last-place Dijon on Sunday but strengthened its bid for a Europa League place after its rivals dropped points over the weekend. The scrappy victory moved sixth-place Marseille one point behind Lens in fifth place and a Europa League spot nex Tottenham caves in late again to frustrate Mourinho 04/04/2021 05:17pm • Defending leads used to be a forte of Jose Mourinho, soccer's arch-pragmatist. Not anymore, it seems. Tottenham caved in again Sunday, conceding an 85th-minute goal to draw 2-2 at Newcastle and stay outside the top four of the Premier League. If Mourinho's team could see out victories, it could like On-loan Arsenal player denies Tottenham place in EPL's top 4 04/04/2021 12:10pm • NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Tottenham was denied a place in the Premier League’s top four by a player on loan from fierce rival Arsenal as Joe Willock’s late goal earned Newcastle a 2-2 draw on Sunday. Harry Kane’s first-half double moved him back atop the Premier League’s scoring chart and AP PHOTOS: Greek cafes still shuttered by COVID-19 measures 04/04/2021 02:43am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Silence has replaced the low hum of conversation and the clink of glasses that pervaded the sidewalk cafes across Athens. Their chairs and tables, once occupied throughout the day and deep into the night, stand stacked in empty piles, some secured by chains. When coronavirus US forward Bobby Wood to join Real Salt Lake of MLS in July 04/03/2021 01:53pm • SANDY, Utah (AP) — Out-of-form American forward Bobby Wood will leave Hamburg at the end of the season to join Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake. Salt Lake said Friday it had signed the 28-year-old to a contract that starts July 1 and runs through 2023. The Honolulu native scored 17 league goal Russian entrepreneurs adapt to virus lockdown challenges 04/02/2021 03:31am • MOSCOW (AP) — Valentina Konstantinova remembers well when Russia locked down for the coronavirus a year ago. Her 18-room boutique hotel, called Skazka, or “Fairytale,” was full, and within a couple of days, it had only one guest left. “I still don’t understand how people could have vanishe What the Truth in Lending Act Means for You 04/02/2021 12:00am • If you've ever applied for a home loan or opened a credit card, then you have experienced the Truth in Lending Act, or TILA. The federal law, enacted in 1968, protects you from predatory lending practices and promotes the informed use of consumer credit. TILA requires creditors to disclose finance Fake German heiress taken into US custody, faces deportation 04/01/2021 05:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities said Thursday they have detained Anna Sorokin, the con artist who passed herself off as a wealthy German heiress and served more than three years behind bars for defrauding New York banks and hotels. Sorokin, who finagled her way into the Manhattan elit After blank front page, newspaper learns it's appreciated 04/01/2021 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stories are back on the cover of Kansas City’s Northeast News this week after the newspaper intentionally printed a blank front page of its previous edition to show community members what they'd miss if the newspaper folded. On this week's cover of the paper, distributed each Wed Budget writers derail plan seen as bailout for Hoeven's bank 04/01/2021 02:36pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Budget writers in the Republican-controlled North Dakota House want to derail legislation to save a troubled shipping facility, after criticism that the move was a bailout for banks, including one owned by GOP U.S. Sen. John Hoeven. Five Minot-area lawmakers sponsored the leg