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China factory activity shrinks in July, adding to pressure to reverse economic slump 07/31/2023 12:14am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Chinese factory activity contracted in July as export orders shrank, a survey showed Monday, adding to pressure on the ruling Communist Party to reverse an economic slowdown. A purchasing managers��� index issued by the national statistics agency and an industry group improved to 49 Skepticism prevails as Chinese leaders promise to back private businesses to spur slowing economy 07/30/2023 11:29pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� The Fangbiaogan Real Estate Agency in the southern city of Nanning is still waiting for China���s post-COVID rebound. Home sales are 30-40% below last year's depressed level after the economy barely grew in the latest quarter, according to the owner, who would give only his surname, 10 Long-Term Investing Strategies That Work 07/30/2023 08:00pm • A quote attributed to Titus Maccius Plautus, a Roman comic playwright, has relevance for today's investors: "In everything the middle course is best: All things in excess bring trouble to men." Balance serves as the ideal goal for long-term investing. Needs change over time, and shortcut strategies All About Public Service Loan Forgiveness 07/30/2023 08:00pm • Many student loan borrowers received some relief when the U.S. Department of Education paused payments, collections and interest on most federal student loans in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. That relief is coming to an end. After multiple extensions of that administrative forbearance, What to Know About Diversity and Inclusion at Law Firms 07/30/2023 08:00pm • While representation for women and people of color at law firms has grown, experts say the legal industry as a whole has more room for improvement when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion. In fact, women will likely soon comprise the majority of associates at law firms, according to the 202 Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning 07/30/2023 06:56pm • DENVER (AP) ��� As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his porch swatting flies off his legs and spritzing himself with a misting fan to try to get through the heat. Gallegos, like many in the nation���s poorest neighborhoods, doesn���t have air conditioning. Th Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning 07/30/2023 06:55pm • DENVER (AP) ��� As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his porch swatting flies off his legs and spritzing himself with a misting fan to try to get through the heat. Gallegos, like many in the nation's poorest neighborhoods, doesn't have air conditioning. The 68-ye Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $1.05 billion after another drawing without a big winner 07/29/2023 12:35am • The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.05 billion after no one managed to beat the massive odds and match the lottery game���s six numbers drawn Friday night. The numbers drawn Friday night were: 5, 10, 28, 52, 63 and the gold ball 18. The lack of a winner of Friday���s $940 million ja Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court 07/28/2023 05:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Justice Samuel Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics rules for justices in response to increased scrutiny of their activi Supreme Court's student loan decision will lower US deficit according to new White House projection 07/28/2023 03:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court ruling that upended President Joe Biden's plan to forgive student loan debt changed his budget math, modestly lowering the projected deficit for this year, his budget office reported Friday. The White House expects to pare back $259 billion in spending that oth Actor Max Greenfield urges studio CEOs to 'be the heroes' and make a deal in Hollywood strikes 07/28/2023 03:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Two weeks into the the actors strike, Max Greenfield is urging the studios and their CEOs to return to the bargaining table. ���Be the heroes, come to the table, make a deal,��� said Greenfield, who co-stars in the CBS sitcom ���The Neighborhood.��� ���My hope is these guys get Offshore wind foes sue New Jersey and Danish turbine developer over tax break 07/28/2023 03:00pm • OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� Opponents of offshore wind projects are suing New Jersey and the Danish wind energy developer Orsted over a lucrative tax break the state approved for the company, saying it is illegal because the law was written to benefit only one entity. The lawsuit was filed Thursday by Column: A bold prognostication of what college football will look like a decade from now 07/28/2023 02:37pm • As that sage philosopher Yogi Berra supposedly opined, ���It���s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.��� Not to worry. We're diving right in with a bold forecast of where college football is headed over the next decade, with the caveat that we've got about as much chance of getti Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/28/2023 02:13pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Mexican government statistics agency says it had to pay gangs to enter some towns to do census 07/28/2023 01:46pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s government statistics agency has acknowledged it had to pay gangs to enter some towns to do census work last year. National Statistics Institute Assistant Director Susana P��rez Cadena told a congressional committee Thursday that workers also were forced to hire crim