Federal Reserve Board members voted on Thursday to adjust key bank regulations put in place after the financial crisis, enacting a series of changes that one board governor, Lael Brainard, warned could weaken “core safeguards.” Regulators are tying rules more closely to bank size, reducing the necessary level of cash and government bond stockpiles at […]
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“You’re such an inspiration.” That’s what a young woman said to me at a recent networking event. She’s a journalism student and an aspiring writer who follows my work and wants to one day tell stories that matter to her as a Black woman, just like I do. I graciously accepted her compliment but inside,
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Kirsten Bennett has opened up about postpartum life, months after giving birth to her second daughter, Marli, with Chance The Rapper in August. In an Instagram post published Wednesday, Bennett helped bring awareness to the realities of recovering from childbirth by sharing a note about her own experience. “Mommy loves you my sweet Marli Grace,”
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Of course, the Yankees are the Bronx Bombers. Turns out this group is filled with fancy fielders, too. “I don’t think they want the attention,” catcher Austin Romine said Thursday. “You got a bunch of guys that go out there and play good defense, and it’s just now getting noticed.” First baseman DJ LeMahieu, shortstop
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Recently, Fox News personalities have questioned the validity of efforts by House Democrats to impeach the president. They have also helped draw attention to the debunked theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election to aid Democrats, a theory favored by Mr. Trump but which contradicts the findings of American intelligence communities and the Mueller
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Companies must notify California residents of their data privacy rights in plain language and must verify people’s identities before releasing data, state officials proposed Thursday. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced draft regulations that also spell out ways people can ask for their personal information to be deleted from company databases. The rules are being
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The Trump administration on Thursday proposed a rewrite of rules for dealing with lead pipes contaminating drinking water, but critics say the changes appear to give water systems decades more time to replace pipes leaching dangerous amounts of toxic lead. Contrary to regulatory rollbacks in many other environmental areas, the administration has called dealing with
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Image copyright Reuters Critics have hit out at the decision to give Peter Handke a Nobel Prize for Literature. The Austrian playwright, novelist and poet was awarded the 2019 prize on Thursday. He is a highly controversial figure for his support for the Serbs during the 1990s Yugoslav war. Albania’s Foreign Minister Gent Cakaj wrote
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The Brazilian government has failed to auction four oil fields located near one of the nation’s biggest coral reef systems. Seventeen companies participated in the 36-block auction held Thursday by the Brazilian Petroleum Agency, which auctioned off a third of the areas for more than $2 billion. But after possible exploration caused worry among some
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With the top teams out of the mix, it’s on to a most unlikely matchup in the NL Championship Series. The St. Louis Cardinals are back in the NLCS for the first time since 2014 after a stunner of an inning in Atlanta. They’ll face the Washington Nationals, who dispatched their playoff demons with an
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