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The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration. In 2017, under then-President Donald Trump, the FCC repealed those rules.
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“As the night progressed, it got tenser and tenser. There were just more cops on all sides. It felt like we were being slowly pushed in and crushed,” an Emerson College sophomore said.
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1d ago
Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, also rose this week.
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Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established
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Israel is now preparing for an offensive in the southern city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians have fled to.
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Politicians of both parties have recently raised alarms about incidents of antisemitism amid mass demonstrations criticizing Israel.
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1d ago
Under current regulations, airlines decide how long a delay must last before triggering refunds.
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2d ago
Quincy City Council President Ian Cain is styling his politics on moderate Republicans like Charlie Baker while going after the progressive, and popular, Mass. senator.
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2d ago
Santos, who was running as an independent candidate for the 1st Congressional District in New York, said he was withdrawing from the race in a post on the social media platform X.
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2d ago
Under the federal law, nearly all hourly workers in the U.S. are entitled to overtime pay after 40 hours a week. But many salaried workers are exempt from that requirement — unless they earn below a certain level.
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2d ago
TikTok, which is used by more than 170 million Americans, most likely won't disappear from your phone even if an eventual ban does take effect.
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