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More than half of student borrowers say their financial stability hinges on debt relief

More than half of people with student loans say their future financial stability hinges on erasing that debt, even as a Biden administration program that promised to forgive up to $20,000 remains in legal limbo. About 1 in 5 Americans has an outstanding federal student loan, according to a recent study …

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Some CSX railroad workers to get paid sick leave for the first time

Several thousand workers at CSX will soon get one of the things that pushed the U.S. railroad industry to the brink of a strike last fall: paid sick time. CSX announced a deal Tuesday with two of its 12 unions, becoming the first major railroad to offer that benefit that …

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Texas man arrested for stealing 2 monkeys from Dallas Zoo says he’ll do it again if released, court documents show

A 24-year-old man now linked to an unusual string of crimes that kept the Dallas Zoo on the lookout for missing animals told police that after he swiped two monkeys from their enclosure, he took them onto the city’s light rail system to make his getaway, court records show. Davion …

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