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Philippines launches virus vaccinations amid supply problems 03/01/2021 04:51am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government launched a vaccination campaign on Monday to contain one of Southeast Asia’s worst coronavirus outbreaks but faces supply problems and public resistance, which it hopes to ease by inoculating top officials. Cabinet officials, along with health Financial Aid Options for Incarcerated Individuals 03/01/2021 12:00am • The door to college financial aid for people in prison is opening. The FAFSA Simplification Act, part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, will expand eligibility for the federal Pell Grant to include incarcerated students. These students will be able to take advantage of the grant -- whi Bale turns back time at Tottenham as Man U and Chelsea draw 02/28/2021 05:15pm • LONDON (AP) — Gareth Bale turned back time for Tottenham, while Chelsea and Manchester United seemed happy just to play out time. Bale looked like the star player who left Tottenham for Real Madrid in 2013 as he scored twice in the club’s 4-0 win over Burnley, prompting Spurs manager Jose Mourin Bale scores 2 as Tottenham routs Burnley in Premier League 02/28/2021 12:01pm • LONDON (AP) — Gareth Bale scored twice to lift Tottenham to a 4-0 rout of Burnley on Sunday in a morale-boosting victory for a Tottenham team that had lost five of its previous six Premier League games. Bale gave Tottenham the lead after just 68 seconds, knocking in a cross from Son Heung-min afte Virginia lawmakers vote to legalize marijuana in 2024 02/28/2021 12:41am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers gave final approval Saturday to a bill that will legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, but not until 2024, when retail sales of the drug would also begin. With a compromise bill clearing the House and Senate, Virginia becomes the first Southern stat Capitals Prospect Report: Hershey coach says AHL playoffs will be 'almost impossible' 02/27/2021 02:48pm • Caps Prospects: Bears coach does not expect to see a Calder Cup champ originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe challenges that face every NHL coach heading into the 2021 season have been discussed and written about ad nauseam to this point. But what about the AHL? In the AHL, coaches have to Highlights of the COVID-19 relief bill advancing in Congress 02/27/2021 02:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package early Saturday, 219-212, that includes $1,400 checks for most Americans and billions of dollars for schools, state and local governments and businesses. Republicans are overwhelmingly against the bill, raising concerns that EXPLAINER: Why rising rates are unsettling Wall Street 02/26/2021 04:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Yes, it’s possible to have too much of a good thing, and that’s exactly why stock markets around the world are getting so unsettled. Optimism for an economic revival is surging following a year of coronavirus-induced misery. But expectations for stronger growth — plus the hig NYC steakhouse stunt: A wax Don Draper hanging at the bar 02/26/2021 04:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a promotion that could be straight out of the “Mad Men” Don Draper playbook. Brooklyn's famed Peter Luger Steak House has teamed with Madame Tussauds to have celebrity wax figures mingle with patrons, promoting the easing of coronavirus pandemic restrictions on indoor di Airbnb reports huge loss in first time out as public company 02/25/2021 08:14pm • Home-sharing site Airbnb posted a $3.9 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2020 as it suffered from the pandemic downturn in travel and recorded one-time costs for becoming a public company. In results released Thursday — Airbnb's first as a publicly traded entity — the company took a charge o Iconic tapestry of Picasso's 'Guernica' is gone from the UN 02/25/2021 07:30pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The iconic tapestry of Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” is gone from its place of honor outside the U.N. Security Council in the United Nations headquarters complex overlooking New York’s East River. The painting “Guernica”, considered one of Picasso’s masterpieces an US long-term mortgage rates rise; 30-year average at 2.97% 02/25/2021 06:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose this week but remain near historic lows as the pandemic-hobbled economy strains toward recovery with more Americans getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark House votes to expand legal safeguards for LGBTQ people 02/25/2021 06:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-led House passed a bill Thursday that would enshrine LGBTQ protections in the nation's labor and civil rights laws, a top priority of President Joe Biden, though the legislation faces an uphill battle in the Senate. The bill passed by a vote of 224-206 with three R Manhattan prosecutor gets Trump tax records after long fight 02/25/2021 11:42am • NEW YORK (AP) — A New York prosecutor has obtained copies of Donald Trump’s tax records after the Supreme Court this week rejected the former president’s last-ditch effort to prevent them from being handed over. The Manhattan district attorney’s office enforced a subpoena on Trump’s acc Leipzig closing in on Bayern Munich in German title race 02/25/2021 11:10am • DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Just when Bayern Munich seemed to be cruising to a record-extending ninth straight Bundesliga title, Leipzig came up with some other ideas. The team coached by Julian Nagelsmann has cut the gap on the leaders from seven points to two over the last month, taking advantag