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11-12-2024 3:19 am • PDX and SEA Weather
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Seriously overdue credit card debt is at the highest level in more than a decade, and people 35 and under are struggling more than other age groups to pay their bills. The share of credit card debt that’s more than 90 days overdue rose to 10.7% during the first quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If you’re at risk of default, experts asay you should speak with a nonprofit credit counselor who can help you negotiate with your creditors directly. Experts stress that most credit card companies and other lenders have hardship programs available
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Black students at Meharry Medical College, in 1915. Heritage Art/Getty Images
Despite clear and persistent gaps between white and Black doctors – and recent efforts to reckon with racial disparities within the medical profession – lawmakers have tried to advance policies to prohibit diversity initiatives in medicine.
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My research team reached these findings by interviewing 21 people, now in their late 20s, who had aged out of foster care when they turned 18, had spent time in foster care as children or grew up in families that had active child welfare cases.
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COVID-19 hasn’t disappeared, and for the more than 400 million people living with diabetes worldwide, very real risks and impacts from the pandemic remain.
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Co-founders and CEOs of The Fearless Fund Arian Simone, left, and Ayana Parsons, right (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
The ruling against the Fearless Fund is another victory for conservative groups waging a sprawling legal battle against corporate diversity programs that have targeted dozens of companies. The case was brought by the American American Alliance for Equal Rights, a group led by Edward Blum, the activist behind the Supreme Court case that ended affirmative action in college admissions.
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Waverly Woodson Jr., as featured in the limited series, "Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color."(National Geographic via AP)
Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. It's the U.S. Army's second-highest honor.
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(AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
Now, the stalwart Texas representative is facing the battle of her life after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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Former President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
As Donald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial this week, he stood inside a Manhattan courthouse that was the site of one of the most notorious examples of injustice in recent New York history. And he had a part in that.
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(AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
About 7 in 10 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults approve of K-12 public schools teaching about the history of slavery, racism and segregation.
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Senior Airman Roger Fortson (U.S. Air Force via AP, File)
The Okaloosa County Sheriff on Friday fired Deputy Eddie Duran, who fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson on May 3 after responding to a domestic violence call and being directed to Fortson’s apartment. Fortson opened the door with a handgun pointed to the ground. Duran fired immediately without warning.
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