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The king of R&B? It depends who you ask.

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  • Music

Usher will soon have Super Bowl halftime validation. But can he top Rihanna?

In the immortalized-by-meme words of Usher: Watch this.

September 26, 2023
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By:
  • Mallory Yu
Hunter College's class of 2023 gathered for their commencement ceremony on May 30 in New York City. Many of these graduates are due to make their first student loan payments in the coming weeks.

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  • Education

How new borrowers can prepare for their first student loan payment

When student loan bills begin coming due in October, new borrowers will take their first steps on the long road to paying off their debt. These tools and tips can help ease the journey.

September 26, 2023
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By:
  • Cory Turner and
  • Nicole Cohen
Customers at SolDias ice cream shops in Texas are encouraged to pay with cash instead of credit cards. Owner Victor Garcia is backing a legislative effort that aims to lower credit card processing fees through increased competition.

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  • Economy

Why many business owners would love it if you stopped using your credit card

The fees merchants pay for accepting credit cards are much higher in the U.S. than in Europe. Ice cream shop owner Victor Garcia, for example, paid more than $25,000 in swipe fees last year.

September 26, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
A government shutdown is looming even though House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Biden made an agreement earlier this year that was supposed to prevent this exact outcome.

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  • Politics

Washington prepares for the shutdown that was never supposed to happen

Congress is just days away from a possible government shutdown with few solutions being discussed.

September 26, 2023
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  • Kelsey Snell,
  • Susan Davis,
  • and 2 more
With the General Motors world headquarters in the background, United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three automakers on Sept. 15 in Detroit. President Biden will join the workers in solidarity on Tuesday.

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  • News

Up First briefing: Biden visits UAW; Congress tackles shutdown; Olympic doping hearing

Biden will make a historic visit to picketing autoworkers. Congress returns four days before a potential government shutdown. A hearing for Kamila Valieva's Olympic doping scandal begins today.

September 26, 2023
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen
With the General Motors world headquarters in the background, United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three automakers on Sept. 15 in Detroit. President Biden will join the workers in solidarity on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Autoworkers will get a historic visitor to the picket line: President Biden

Biden will join the United Auto Workers in Michigan on Tuesday, an extraordinary step for a sitting president.

September 26, 2023
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Kamila Valieva, then 15, of the Russian Olympic Committee, competed at the 2022 Beijing Olympics despite testing positive for a banned substance. Her case goes before an international sports tribunal this week.

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  • Sports

Kamila Valieva doping scandal that rocked the Beijing Olympics may finally be settled

The Court of Arbitration for Sport begins a hearing Tuesday into the doping scandal of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. U.S. skaters still haven't received team medals from the 2022 Winter Games.

September 26, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Laura Carstensen survived a horrific crash 50 years ago.

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  • National

She survived a horrific crash. This is why she now keeps a blanket in her trunk

After Laura Carstensen was badly injured in a car crash, two strangers stopped to help her. Their small act of help made a lasting impression.

September 26, 2023
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  • Laura Kwerel and
  • Autumn Barnes
Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford announces the automaker's new BlueOval Battery Park, Feb. 13, 2023, in Romulus, Mich.

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  • National

Ford pauses construction of Michigan battery plant amid contract talks with UAW union

The move comes as the company is in the midst of national contract talks with the United Auto Workers union, which wants to represent workers at battery factories and win them top wages.

September 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The Hawaii National Guard checks on a car passing the checkpoint on Kaniau Street on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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  • National

First of thousands of Lahaina residents return to homes destroyed by deadly wildfire

In the days after the Aug. 8 wildfire, some people were able to return to their properties to evaluate the damage. But since then, the burned area has been off-limits to all but authorized workers.

September 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with Pacific Islands Forum leaders during the U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit in the East Room of the White House on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Washington.

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  • World

Biden tells Pacific islands leaders he'll act on their warnings about climate change

Biden said his administration is requesting Congress approve $200 million in new assistance for the region, including financing to help the islands prepare for climate and natural hazards.

September 25, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
An ethnic Armenian boy from Nagorno-Karabakh looks on from a car upon arrival in Armenia's Goris, in the Syunik region, Armenia, on Monday. Thousands of Armenians have streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region last week.

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  • World

A blast in Nagorno-Karabakh injures more than 200, while thousands flee to Armenia

The explosion at fuel storage facility wounded more than 200 people, the Nagorno-Karabakh human rights ombudsman said. Meanwhile, thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents have fled to Armenia.

September 25, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Obituaries

David McCallum, star of TV series 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' and 'NCIS,' dies at 90

The Scottish-born actor's career included roles on stage and in movies, but the 1960s spy series made him a household name and his role as a quirky pathologist 40 years later brought him fame again.

September 25, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

New healthcare program in Florida aims to prevent gun violence

For the first time a healthcare foundation in Florida has invested in efforts to curb gun violence. It's funding a group that works on gang violence prevention.

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Veronica Zaragovia - WLRN
Megan Rapinoe waves to the crowd before her final game on the U.S. national team on Sunday in Chicago.

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  • Sports

Megan Rapinoe, an icon bigger than soccer, takes a bow for the U.S. national team

Taking it all in one last time while wearing the U.S. Soccer crest, Rapinoe reflected on how she and her generation had changed the game during her 17 years on the team.

September 25, 2023
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  • Laurel Wamsley
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