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Affidavit: Man found Tiger Woods unconscious after SUV crash 03/05/2021 07:39pm • ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — Tiger Woods was unconscious in a mangled SUV after he crashed the vehicle in Southern California last week, according to a court document that also revealed a nearby resident and not a sheriff’s deputy was first on the scene. The witness, who lives near th Credit card borrowing falls to lowest in level in 4 years 03/05/2021 04:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Borrowing by Americans fell in January for the first time in five months, as the use of credit cards fell to the lowest level in four years, offsetting gains in auto loans and student loans. The Federal Reserve reported Friday that consumer borrowing fell by $1.3 billion in Janua Jump in hiring fuels optimism for US economic recovery 03/05/2021 04:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring accelerated more quickly than expected last month, evidence that a year after the pandemic took hold, the economy is strengthening as virus cases drop and vaccinations ramp up. A government report Friday showed that employers added a robust 379,000 jobs in February, d Timeline: 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in DC, Maryland and Virginia 03/05/2021 03:07pm • More than a year ago, reports began circulating about a mysterious new illness in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. It seemed like a world away, and it was — at first. That all changed March 5, 2020, when Maryland authorities announced the first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the Shares slip in Asia after bond yield spike hits Wall St 03/04/2021 11:13pm • Asian shares slipped Friday after surging U.S. bond yields renewed pressure on high-flying technology companies. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index dropped as much as 2% and shares fell in most other markets. Investors were disappointed with remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday when h By slimmest of margins, Senate takes up $1.9T relief bill 03/04/2021 10:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted by the slimmest of margins Thursday to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, after Democrats made eleventh-hour changes aimed at ensuring they could pull President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority through the precariously divided chamber. Dem Sounders bring back forward Fredy Montero on 1-year deal 03/04/2021 07:16pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Forward Fredy Montero is returning to the Seattle Sounders nearly a decade after he last played for the club. Montero signed a one-year contract with the Sounders on Thursday that includes club options for two more seasons. It will be the second stint in Seattle for the 33-year-old, Highlights: What's changed in the Senate's COVID relief bill 03/04/2021 07:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Thursday came out with their version of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. A look at some of the major changes in the bill now being considered by the Senate versus what passed the House last week. WHO GETS A CHECK President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats ha EXPLAINER: Why rising rates are unsettling Wall Street 03/04/2021 04:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Interest rates keep marching higher, and Wall Street keeps shaking because of it. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed back above 1.50% Thursday, prodded higher by comments by the Federal Reserve's chair, and it helped send stocks on Wall Street on another slide. The speed at AP Interview: DOE reviving loan program, Granholm says 03/04/2021 12:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of its clean-energy agenda, the Biden administration is reviving an Energy Department program that disbursed billions of dollars in loan guarantees to companies such as electric car maker Tesla and the failed solar company Solyndra, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says US mortgage rates steady to higher; 30-year at 3.02% 03/04/2021 12:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates were steady to higher this week, as the benchmark 30-year loan breached the 3% mark for the first time since July 2020. Rates remain near historic lows as the economy strains toward recovery in the pandemic’s wake. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac report US infrastructure gets C- from engineers as roads stagnate 03/03/2021 05:19pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — America's infrastructure has scored near-failing grades for its deteriorating roads, public transit and storm water systems due to years of inaction from the federal government, the American Society of Civil Engineers reports. Its overall grade: a mediocre C-. In its “Infras Austin acquires Sebastian Berhalter from Columbus on loan 03/03/2021 04:48pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Midfielder Sebastian Berhalter, the 19-year-old son of U.S. national team coach Gregg Berhalter, was acquired by Major League Soccer's new expansion team in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday on a loan from Columbus in exchange for $50,000 in general allocation money. Gregg Berhalter Pandemic puts 1 in 3 nonprofits in financial jeopardy 03/03/2021 02:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — More than one-third of U.S. nonprofits are in jeopardy of closing within two years because of the financial harm inflicted by the viral pandemic, according to a study being released Wednesday by the philanthropy research group Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. The st Juventus makes Weston McKennie’s move to Turin permanent 03/03/2021 01:18pm • TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus made Weston McKennie’s move to the Serie A giant permanent on Wednesday, tying the American midfielder to the club for the next four seasons. McKennie has been at Juventus since August, after joining on loan from German club Schalke, but the Bianconeri have exercised