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(AP) 鈥� Five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins will be a game-time decision Sunday for the Tennessee Titans鈥� season opener in Chicago after returning to practice this week while recovering from a left knee injury he suffered July 31. Hopkins, who turned 32 in June, says COVID-19 government disaster loans saved businesses, but saddled survivors with debt 09/06/2024 02:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans were a lifeline for small businesses. But now some small businesses are having trouble paying them off. And a Small Business Credit Survey report from the 12 Federal Reserve banks shows that small businesses that haven't pai Do you need support launching or growing your small business? Get help locally from Greater Washington Board of Trade, WACIF 09/06/2024 02:05pm • gwbotThe Greater Washington Board of Trade and the Washington Area Community Investment Fund aim to help drive economic development in our region through helping small businesses and start-ups, from launch through growth. WTOP Business Reporter Jeff Clabaugh sat down to discuss local trends a Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high-wealth tax dodgers 09/06/2024 01:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022. Treasur Japan's leader makes a farewell visit to Seoul and reaffirms sympathy for Korean colonial victims 09/06/2024 11:32am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) 鈥� Less than a month before leaving office, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Seoul and reaffirmed his sympathy for the suffering of Koreans during Japan鈥檚 colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counterpart Friday underscored the need to maintain warming tie Georgia school shooting stirs debate about safe storage laws for guns 09/06/2024 09:21am • Just a couple of weeks ago, a special panel of Georgia state senators convened to study potential laws aimed at keeping firearms safely locked up and out of the hands of children. A day after a 14-year-old was charged in a deadly shooting at his Georgia high school, that same panel gathered again T What's at stake in Sri Lanka's first presidential vote since its economic meltdown? 09/06/2024 12:17am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) 鈥� Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election on Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future of the South Asian nation still struggling to recover from its economic collapse in 2022, which provoked mass protests and forced the former President Gotabaya Rajapaks Women lawmakers take the lead in shaping policy in Nebraska. Advocates hope other states follow. 09/05/2024 08:59pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) 鈥� When Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen called a recent special legislative session to address soaring property taxes, it was women who largely stepped up to both advance parts of his main bill and to block his unpopular plans to raise sales and excises taxes to pay for it. 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