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DeSmith stops 24 in Penguins' 3-0 win over skidding Sabres 03/13/2021 10:46pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — With goals at a premium Saturday night, the prolific Pittsburgh Penguins proved they can win with a low-scoring, tight-checking approach. Casey DeSmith stopped 24 shots, and the Penguins handed Buffalo its 10th straight loss with a 3-0 victory over the lowly Sabres. Jake Guent Wilder leaves Sheffield United with team last in EPL 03/13/2021 04:17pm • SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Sheffield United started preparing for life outside the Premier League by announcing the departure of manager Chris Wilder on Saturday with the team in last place and headed for relegation. Wilder had been manager of his boyhood club for nearly five years, leading the Bla Good start to coach Sampaoli’s Marseille career with 2nd win 03/13/2021 02:40pm • PARIS (AP) — Two games, two wins. And both with late goals. Jorge Sampaoli's managerial career at Marseille has got off to an inspired start with revitalized players adhering to his audacious style of play. The 3-1 victory against Brest on Saturday offers disillusioned Marseille fans some optimism One very jumbled year: Glimpses of AP's pandemic journalism 03/13/2021 05:00am • Hugging loved ones. Shaking hands. Going to school. Grabbing dinner at a restaurant. Visiting elderly family members. Most Americans didn’t know this week last year was their last chance at normalcy. And while people have learned to adjust, the coronavirus pandemic has upended — and taken — mi Atalanta and Lazio warm up for CL with wins in Serie A 03/12/2021 04:42pm • ROME (AP) — Atalanta and Lazio warmed up for Champions League games with victories in Serie A on Friday. Atalanta defeated visiting Spezia 3-1 with two goals from Mario Pašalić, while substitute Felipe Caicedo scored a late winner for Lazio to beat last-placed Crotone 3-2. Atalanta moved into fo Novavax, Vail Resorts rise; Ulta Beauty, Zumiez fall 03/12/2021 04:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Novavax Inc., up $15.14 to $202.77. The biotechnology company's potential COVID-19 vaccine proved to be highly effective in a key study. Ulta Beauty Inc., down $29.35 to $318.15. The beauty products retailer said D El Salvador awaits what president will do with new power 03/12/2021 01:48pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party dominated every aspect of this month's national elections and will take control of congress and the majority of the country’s municipalities. What remains unclear is what it will do with that power. The new l Nonprofits hail anti-poverty aspects of COVID relief measure 03/12/2021 01:25pm • Nonprofit advocates have hailed Congress’ passage of a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief measure that has the potential to lift millions of people out of poverty at a scale not seen since the New Deal. The legislation, signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday, expands a key loan program for nonprofit NYC prosecutor leading Trump probe won't seek reelection 03/12/2021 01:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., a veteran prosecutor overseeing a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump, said Friday that he won't seek reelection, opting against a primary fight with progressive candidates who say he's a relic and not a reformer. V Lebanese parliament approves World Bank loan to help poor 03/12/2021 12:31pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament on Friday approved a $246 million loan from the World Bank that would provide cash assistance for more than 160,000 families in the small country hit by an unprecedented economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. The approval came as the local currency hit a Drug trafficker says he bribed Honduras president 03/11/2021 08:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A convicted Honduran drug trafficker and former leader of a cartel testified in United States federal court Thursday that he paid now-President Juan Orlando Hernández $250,000 for protection from arrest in 2012. Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, former leader of the Cachiros cartel, US long-term mortgage rates rise again; 30-year at 3.05% 03/11/2021 07:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates again rose modestly this week against the backdrop of an improving economy and further distribution of coronavirus vaccines. Rates remain near historic lows, however. The benchmark 30-year loan stayed above the 3% mark, a level it breached last week LA Galaxy sign French midfielder Samuel Grandsir from Monaco 03/11/2021 03:46pm • CARSON, Calif. (AP) — French midfielder Samuel Grandsir has agreed to a three-year contract with the LA Galaxy. The Galaxy announced the move Thursday for Grandsir, who had been with AS Monaco since 2018. The 24-year-old Grandsir made only 12 appearances for Monaco, which acquired him from Troyes. Haaland faces unclear future after Champions League heroics 03/11/2021 11:57am • By sending Borussia Dortmund into the Champions League quarterfinals, Erling Haaland offered another reminder this week of why he is one of European soccer's most sought-after transfer targets. Where he'll be playing next season is anyone's guess. In any normal season, Haaland would have his pick o From job cuts to online commerce, virus reshaped US economy 03/11/2021 11:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, it was expected to be brief. At least that was the hope. Instead, a once-in-a-century pandemic has ground on for a year, throwing millions out of work and upending wide swathes of the American economy. Delivery services thrived while restaurants suffered. Home offices r