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New Yorkers lined the sidewalks and cars jammed the streets near a Brooklyn coronavirus vaccine site after false rumors spread of extra doses available to the general public. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

France is known to be one of the most vaccine-skeptic nations in the world, and that makes its Covid-19 immunization drive much harder.

The message from the nation’s highest-ranking military officers comes nearly one week after President Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, was born in South Africa, but always wanted to move to the U.S. And at age 17, he arrived in North America with only $2,000, a backpack and a suitcase full of books. Today, he is worth $36.8 billion.

New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that three factors significantly exacerbate the intensity of Covid-19 rates in certain communities.

Mark Cuban has some advice for the millions of Americans who are currently out of work amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The state of the Covid-19 pandemic on both a global and national scale, is “more bleak than I would have expected,” Bill Gates said on CNN’s “Coronavirus Town Hall” Thursday.

The Nebraskans for Responsible Lending coalition announced Thursday they had collected enough signed petitions to get an initiative that would cap the annual interest rate on payday loans at 36% onto the ballot during the 2020 general election.

The attorney general for the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Friday, June 5, against online lender Elevate to protect residents from “predatory, high-cost loans.” It’s just the latest salvo in an ongoing battle between consumer advocates and lenders around short-term, unsecured loans that opponents argue can be overly expensive and risky.

Brian Scudamore dropped out of both high school and college, but the junk-hauling business he started as a teenager now brings in nearly $300 million a year.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule on payday lending on Tuesday, rescinding Obama-era provisions that would have required lenders to ensure borrowers could repay their loans before issuing cash advances.

The U.S. Treasury Department described the targeted sanctions as the “inner circle” of Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Derkach, who was sanctioned last year.

The era of trade liberalization is over, and it will be difficult for the incoming Biden administration to re-join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to Control Risks.

Strong turnout from Black voters and other voters of color fueled Democrats’ historic wins in Georgia – the culmination of on-the-ground organizing and voter mobilization efforts years in the making.

Pope Francis has told a private Italian broadcaster that he was “astonished” by the mob attack at the U.S. Capitol.

Following Wednesday’s riot on Capitol Hill, there have been growing calls to remove President Donald Trump from office before his term ends on Jan. 20.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney criticized law enforcement’s response to the U.S. Capitol invasion, saying Black protesters would not have been treated the same.

For the majority of Americans, the $600 stimulus checks hitting back accounts this week will go toward keeping a roof over their heads and buying food. 

Joe Biden blasted the “chaos” at the Capitol, which began after President Trump urged supporters to protest confirmation of the Democrat’s victory by Congress.

“For two months now, a political party and its accompanying media ecosystem has too often been unwilling to tell their followers the truth,” wrote Obama.