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Spare Vaccines Rumor Sparks Confusion; Mt. Sinai Cancels Appointments Over Low Supply
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.
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France's Vaccine-Skepticism Is Making Its Covid Immunization Drive Much Harder
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.
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Top Military Leaders Condemn ‘Sedition and Insurrection' at Capitol, Acknowledge Biden Win
The message from the nation’s highest-ranking military officers comes nearly one week after President Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
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Elon Musk on His Success: ‘America Is the Land of Opportunity – There Is No Other Country Where I Could Have Done This'
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.
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Several Major Factors Affect Covid-19 Spread Among Minority and Lower-Income Communities
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.
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Mark Cuban: This Is the New Interview Question Employers Will Ask Job-Hunters After the Pandemic
Mark Cuban has some advice for the millions of Americans who are currently out of work amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bill Gates: Some People Are ‘Ignoring the Epidemic'
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.
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Campaign to Cap Payday Loan Interest Rates at 36% Moves Ahead in Nebraska Even as Federal Measures Remain Stalled
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.
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DC Sues Online Lender Over ‘Predatory' Loan Scheme—But Experts Say These Are Increasingly Common
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.
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Founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Dropped Out of College to Haul Junk — Now, He's Eyeing a Billion-Dollar Business
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.
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New Payday Lending Rules Could Leave 12 Million Americans ‘Exposed to Unaffordable Payments'
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.
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U.S. Sanctions Ukraine Officials Linked to Giuliani Ally for Meddling in 2020 Election
The U.S. Treasury Department described the targeted sanctions as the “inner circle” of Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Derkach, who was sanctioned last year.
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It's a ‘Hard Sell' If Biden Administration Wants to Rejoin Massive Trans-Pacific Trade Deal, Says Analyst
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.
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Democrats' Historic Georgia Senate Wins Were Years in the Making Thanks to Local Grassroots
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.
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Pope Francis ‘Astonished' by Mob Attack on US Capitol
Pope Francis has told a private Italian broadcaster that he was “astonished” by the mob attack at the U.S. Capitol.
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Trump Is a ‘Danger' to the Country and He Needs to Go, Say Former U.S. Diplomats
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.
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Philadelphia Mayor Blasts Double Standard in Policing of Black and White Protesters
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.
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Majority of Americans Plan to Use $600 Stimulus Check to Pay Household Bills—Here's How Far It Will Go
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.
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U.S. Capitol Secured Hours After Pro-Trump Rioters Invade Congress
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.
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Obama: GOP's ‘Fantasy Narrative' About Election Spurred Violence at Capitol
“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.