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December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

High court agrees to hear NCAA athlete compensation case

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in more than three decades, the Supreme Court will hear a case involving the NCAA and what it means to be a college athlete.

December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

Tony-winning choreographer, actress Ann Reinking dies at 71

NEW YORK (AP) — Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a cool, muscular hybrid of jazz and burlesque movement to Broadway and beyond, has died. She was 71.

December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

Robinhood accused of downplaying the risks of trading

Regulators in Massachusetts claim Robinhood Financial targets and manipulates inexperienced investors and has failed to prevent costly outages on its popular stock trading platform.

December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

Teams say Indian names show respect, history says otherwise

Colorful names for teams are nearly as old as team sports themselves.

December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

How to spot fake shopping sites and avoid being scammed

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Black bought what he thought was a well-priced drone online. But the drone never showed up, the site stopped responding to his emails and he never got his $100 back.

December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

MacKenzie Scott says she has given $4.1 billion to charity

SEATTLE (AP) — MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has announced that she has given away $4.1 billion in the past four months to hundreds of organizations as part of a giving pledge she announced last year.

December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

Millennial Money: De-stress holiday debt with a payoff plan

In a holiday season that many of us will spend apart from loved ones, gift-giving might feel even more important than usual. After all, if you can’t travel to see family, at least you can see them unwrap gifts over a video call, right?

December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

Take advantage of student loan breaks before 2020 ends

Talk of student loan forgiveness has borrowers looking forward to 2021. But many already benefited from some unprecedented events in 2020:

December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

GM Francis building toward inaugural Kraken season from afar

SEATTLE (AP) — In one corner of the second floor at the Seattle Kraken’s future training center sits the office of the general manager, complete with a view of the primary practice rink below.

December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

Bitcoin surges past $20,000, erasing 3 years of deep losses

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The price of bitcoin rose above $20,000 for the first time Wednesday, as the speculative digital currency topped its previous peak reached shortly after it became tradable on Wall Street three years ago this month.

December 17, 2020 12:09 a.m.

Fed keeps rate near zero but sees brighter economy in 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will keep buying government bonds until the economy makes “substantial” progress — a step intended to reassure financial markets and keep long-term borrowing rates low indefinitely.

December 16, 2020 4:12 p.m.

Farmers ordered to pay back wages over COVID-19 quarantines

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Three area farmers have been ordered to pay more than $11,000 in back wages after denying paid sick leave to employees who were advised to self-quarantine following potential COVID-19 exposure.

December 16, 2020 3:33 p.m.

The Latest: Brazil’s COVID-19 cases surge past 7 million

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surged past 7 million on Wednesday, with an all-time high of more than 70,000 cases, according to the health ministry’s daily bulletin.

December 16, 2020 3:32 p.m.

Teams say Indian names show respect, history says otherwise

Colorful names for teams are nearly as old as team sports themselves.

December 16, 2020 2:33 p.m.

GM Francis building toward inaugural Kraken season from afar

SEATTLE (AP) — In one corner of the second floor at the Seattle Kraken’s future training center sits the office of the general manager, complete with a view of the primary practice rink below.

December 16, 2020 1:06 p.m.

The Latest: Alaska woman has allergic reaction to vaccine

JUNEAU, Alaska — Health officials in Alaska reported a health care worker had a severe allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine within 10 minutes of receiving a shot.

December 16, 2020 12:33 p.m.

Bitcoin surges past $20,000, erasing 3 years of deep losses

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The price of bitcoin rose above $20,000 for the first time Wednesday, as the speculative digital currency topped its previous peak reached shortly after it became tradable on Wall Street three years ago this month.

December 16, 2020 12:06 p.m.

Robinhood accused of downplaying the risks of trading

Regulators in Massachusetts claim Robinhood Financial targets and manipulates inexperienced investors and has failed to prevent costly outages on its popular stock trading platform.

December 16, 2020 12:06 p.m.

Browns CB Ward practices after missing 3 games with injury

CLEVELAND (AP) — Denzel Ward may be ready to go this week for the Browns, who could face one of their many former quarterbacks against the New York Giants.

December 16, 2020 12:03 p.m.

The Latest: US health officials OK another rapid virus test

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have given the OK to another rapid coronavirus test that people can use to screen themselves at home.