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Bank of America's overdraft fees down 90% under new policy

By KEN SWEET
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America says the revenue it gets from overdrafts has dropped 90% from a year ago, after the bank reduced overdraft fees to $10 from $35 and elimi...
Article on 'fat' Arab women sparks uproar over body-shaming

By ISABEL DEBRE and MAGGIE HYDE
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - To Enas Taleb, the headline felt like a spiteful punch line. 'œWhy women are fatter than men in the Arab world,'ť it read in bold, abo...
Hanae Mori, Japanese designer for films, empress, dies at 96

By YURI KAGEYAMA
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Designer Hanae Mori, known for her elegant signature butterfly motifs, numerous cinema fashions and the wedding gown of Japan's empress, has died, her offic...
Amazon testing TikTok-style feed on its app, AI firm says

By HALELUYA HADERO
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold consumers' attention by introducing replicas of the popular social p...
US retail sales were flat in July as inflation takes a toll

By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The pace of sales at U.S. retailers was unchanged last month as persistently high inflation and rising interest rates forced many Americans to spend mo...
Crimea 'sabotage' highlights Russia's woes in Ukraine war

By PAUL BYRNE
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Fires burned and ammunition exploded at a depot in Crimea on Wednesday, a day after the latest suspected Ukrainian attack on a military site in the ...
Chinese factories close as drought hurts hydropower

By JOE McDONALD
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Factories in China's southwest have shut down after reservoirs used to generate hydropower ran low in a worsening drought, adding to economic strains at a...
Man arrested in 3 highway shootings in Alabama, Georgia

The Associated Press
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) - A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with three separate shootings that took place earlier in the day along Interstate 85 in Alabama and Georg...
Egypt says central bank governor resigns amid economic woes

The Associated Press
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's central bank governor resigned Wednesday as the country struggles to address its economic woes. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi accepted the resigna...
Cheney ponders 2024 bid after losing Wyoming GOP primary

By STEVE PEOPLES and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press
Aug 17, 2022 1:00 am - CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney was increasingly open on Wednesday about considering a 2024 presidential campaign after soundly losing a Republican primary to a...

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