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Democrats want JPMorgan to refund Covid-era overdraft fees — and scrap them forever

New York Democrats want JPMorgan Chase to return the overdraft fees the bank collected during the pandemic — and to scrap the hated charges altogether.

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Here's what the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act ruling means for you

The Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land. The Supreme Court's dismissal Thursday of the latest Republican-led challenge to the landmark health reform law, widely known as Obamacare, leaves in place the existing system.

Boy faces multiple reconstructive surgeries after dog attack

A mid-Michigan boy is now continuing his recovery at home after days in the hospital following an attack from a dog.

Former Army nurse in WWII turns 100

A mid-Michigan family is celebrating a milestone birthday 100 years young.

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Euro 2020: Denmark and Belgium pause match as minute's applause held for Christian Eriksen

Belgian and Danish players halted their Euro 2020 match on Thursday to observe a minute's applause in an emotional mark of respect for Denmark's Christian Eriksen.

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Biden to sign bill making Juneteenth a national holiday as many federal workers to have Friday off

President Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

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Bank of America is encouraging vaccinated employees to return to the office after Labor Day

Bank of America is encouraging its vaccinated employees to return to the office after Labor Day in September, the company's CEO Brian Moynihan said in a Bloomberg Television interview Thursday.

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Someone is breaking the wings of pelicans in California

Dozens of brown pelicans have been attacked and injured in California, with whoever is responsible snapping some of the birds' wings.

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Teacher under fire after 11-hour meeting for alleged use of racial slurs in class

The Harrisonville School District’s Board of Education adjourned early Tuesday morning after an 11-hour hearing.

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Biden and Putin issue joint statement following historic Geneva summit

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement following their historic summit on Wednesday.

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Biden cancels $500 million in student debt for victims of for-profit school fraud

The Department of Education is canceling $500 million in student loan debt for 18,000 former ITT Tech students defrauded by the now defunct for-profit college, another step the Biden administration is taking to address a backlog of more than 100,000 forgiveness claims left over from the Trump administration.

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'In the Heights' reignites long-standing conversations about colorism in the Latinx community

Franceli Chapman knows what Washington Heights looks like. The uptown Manhattan neighborhood where Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights" takes place is where Chapman, an Afro-Latina actress with roots in the Dominican Republic, played on street corners as a child and where she hung out on rooftops as a teenager.

Peace group plans soccer field build in Georgia with refugee children

HWPL, a peace NGO registered with the United Nations, will partner with F.R.E.E. (Friends of Refugees providing Education and Empowerment), a nonprofit organization serving the Refugee Community of Clarkston, to build a soccer field.

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The Fed expects to raise rates sooner than you'd think

The Federal Reserve expects to raise interest rates in 2023, according to new economic projections the central bank published Wednesday.

Uber and Lyft drivers call for federal intervention in their gig worker labor fight

It's been more than a year since San Francisco Uber driver Lucas Chamberlain was knocked unconscious by a would-be customer who attacked him during an argument over whether or not the patron was old enough to ride solo.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteers build 100 beds for children in need

For Buford resident Mike Beverly, the issue of children not having a bed to sleep on is a personal one.

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Education Department says Title IX protections apply to LGBTQ students

The Education Department on Wednesday issued guidance that Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a reversal of the Trump administration's stance that gay and transgender students are not protected by the law.

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For Afghan women, the US rhetoric of liberation has fallen short

I first landed in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, in the middle of the sweltering summer of 2002. It had taken four airplanes and more than 17 hours of flying, mostly over barren, rugged land, before the city encircled by mountains revealed itself.

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President Biden on historic Putin summit: 'I did what I came to do'

President Joe Biden said he had raised human rights and cyberattacks during a summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that provided an early and critical test of his diplomatic skills in the highest-stakes talks of his long career.

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Calm Down Texans Fans. There Will Be Enough Time To Complain Later.

“So, what we did a month ago is we had our team leaders earlier in the offseason came to an agreement that it was more important for us to make sure that we had as many people as we needed to be here possible to be able to learn what we’re doing and with that being said, that we would forgo the minicamp because we felt like that was more important.