Newsmax keeps most, not all, of post-election samplers The conservative network Newsmax is an illustration of how statistics can tell a different story depending on how you look at them By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer March 30, 2021, 10:45 PM • 3 min...

Stimulus payments headed to Social Security recipients soon Social Security recipients and other federal beneficiaries who don’t normally file a tax return should expect their relief payments soon By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL AP Personal Finance Writer Marc...

Student loan relief extended to some privately held loans The federal government has extended its pause on student loan payments to more than 1 million borrowers who have defaulted on student loans held by private lenders By The Associated Press March 3...

US stocks slip in mixed trading as rate pressure ratchets up U.S. stock indexes closed lower Tuesday as another swell higher for Treasury yields added pressure on big technology stocks By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Ma...

States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic Fearing a wave of evictions, states last year announced plans to get tens of millions of dollars into the hands of cash-strapped tenants By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press March 30, 2021, 7:08 P...

Turkey reimposes restrictions after sharp rise in infections Turkey is re-introducing weekend lockdowns in most of its provinces and will also impose restrictions over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections By...

IMF head: global growth prospects rising but dangers remain The head of the 190-nation International Monetary Fund says prospects for global growth have brightened since January, helped by a $1.9 trillion U.S. rescue package By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Econ...

The Associated Press Alanna Kelly, of Norwood, Mass., examines clothes washers and dryers on display at Sam's Appliances TV & Furniture, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Norwood. U.S. consumer confidence surged in March to the highest reading in a year, hel...

The Associated Press In this Oct. 8, 2019 photo, a customer makes a sports bet at the DraftKings sports book at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Tuesday, March 30, 2021, DraftKings acquired the video production and distribution company Vegas Spo...

The Associated Press People wear face masks as they queue in front of the vaccination center in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, March 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)...