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Getty Images A criticism of broad student-loan forgiveness is it may benefit typically high earners, like doctors. Because of the system's structure, some advanced-degree...
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Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images During the first two years of the pandemic, a lot of workers had to call out for work. Workers were absent for illness, childcare, and other...
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I flew on United's aging Boeing 767-300ER from Boston to London in economy and the updated cabin made the plane feel like new

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Manufacturing capital utilisation, firm dynamics and wage inequality

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Biden's created our bad new normal, and he's loving it

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Germany proposes cooler office temperatures to save gas as Russia curbs flow

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Student-loan payments are set to restart in less than 3 weeks. It's the closest Biden has ever been to the deadline without giving borrowers an update

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July retail sales is the next big economic data point and a beat could calm recession fears but hurt stocks as the Fed pushes forward on its hawkish path

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This man just won the Maryland lottery for the second time in two months

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LAPD ends investigation into Anne Heche car crash

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An 18-year-old who's netted over $1 million selling Bored Apes toys just...

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Your price at the pump went up. So did Saudi Aramco's profits - to a new record

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U.S. Senator Lands in Taiwan Weeks After Nancy Pelosi Visit Sparked Fury

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At 27, former Morgan State star Tiwian Kendley isn't ready to give up his...

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Massive expanse of towering hydrothermal vents discovered deep in the Pacific

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Ukraine to legalize guns soon - minister

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