President Joe Biden and congressional leaders meet today for debt ceiling negotiations. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy insists that Biden agree to cut spending and add work requirements that would drop millions of people from healthcare coverage, food stamps and cash assistance. Democrats refuse to tie cuts to raising the debt limit but could discuss spending levels for the 2024 budget that begins in October. "Let's talk about debt, baby / Let's talk about you and me" — McCarthy to Biden (OK, not really) |
After a St. Patrick's Day event, two men who need the luck of the Irish. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) |
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Sisters in the second and fourth grades, as well as a 3-year-old and his parents, are among the eight people gunned down in a Dallas-area mall Saturday, CBS News reported. Details about the suspect, Mauricio Garcia, are emerging. He was kicked out of the Army three months after joining in 2008 for mental health issues, and the patch he was wearing when killed by a nearby officer read "RWDS," an acronym for the white supremacist phrase "Right Wing Death Squad." |
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Police in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, charged George Alvarez with manslaughter for crashing his SUV into men at a bus stop, killing eight and injuring 10 on Sunday. They're still trying to learn if his attack was intentional. Alvarez, 34, ran a red light before hitting the victims, several from Venezuela, who were waiting across the street from a shelter for migrants and unhoused people. |
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People have bet more than $220 billion in the five years since the Supreme Court opened the door for states to legalize sports betting, which two in three have done. Over the same period, calls to the 800-GAMBLER hotline have increased 15% and have more than tripled in New Jersey, which legalized sports betting shortly after winning the 2018 lawsuit at the high court. Companies like FanDuel and Draft Kings are encouraging users to expand their bets from game outcomes to rapid-fire "microbets" on individual pitches and plays. |
He's placing his bets at an Atlantic City, N.J., casino. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) |
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The 2020 Census may not have counted nearly one in five noncitizen residents and one in 20 citizens, according to the Census Bureau's comparison of its official head count with a new, unofficial estimate. Then-President Donald Trump was accused of trying to depress the number of noncitizens counted in 2020 so that their localities, which often vote Democratic, would lose congressional seats and federal funding. If the new estimate is correct, 8.3 million Hispanic and 2.8 million Black residents were left out of the official count.
Taking the us out of census.
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For the first time, airlines that strand passengers would be required to pay them, not just refund the cost of their ticket, in addition to covering the cost of their meals and hotel rooms under forthcoming rules from the Biden administration. The trade group for large airlines said that weather causes more than half of cancellations, but the potential regulations would only apply to cancellations within the airlines' control. |
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Don't feel bad if you are making some, or all, of the top four mistakes that keep so many of us from reaching our financial goals. Personal finance expert Bobbi Rebell shared how we can overcome budget math avoidance, FOMO spending, "lifestyle creep" and career coasting. Avocado toast isn't one of them? |
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Most U.S. healthcare providers don't share records with each other, which means that if you or a loved one is rushed to a new hospital, it's a good idea to prepare an easy-to-access document that lists your basic health history, past hospitalizations and surgeries, and the medications and supplements you're taking to help new doctors and nurses more quickly get up to speed, says Dr. Deena Adimoolam-Gupta, an expert in primary care and endocrinology. |
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Abel Tesfaye is ready for the end of The Weeknd, The Bear returns, and Kelly Clarkson is headed to 30 Rock. |
Just imagine all the logos he'll have to replace. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Live Nation) |
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When Danny Taing moved back to the U.S. after four years in Japan, he couldn't find many of the Japanese snacks he'd come to love. He also realized how little Americans knew about Japan. Seeing an opportunity to "help open people's minds a bit," he founded Bokksu, a subscription box company that showcases traditional snacks from around Japan, some from families who have been making them for more than 300 years. |
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The waiting list for an organ transplant in the U.S. is infamously long, but after one man in New Jersey was struck with kidney failure, his next-door neighbors got tested to see if they were a match. One was, and recently the two neighbors sat down to talk about what happened next. |
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Have we tried canceling the banking crisis by digging up its old tweets ? —@ParikPatelCFA
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