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Editorial Roundup: United States 02/06/2024 12:14pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Feb. 2 The New York Times on immigration President Biden���s assertion that he���s ready to sign a border deal ��� one that would make it much harder for migrants to enter the United States ��� is a necessary and long overdue step to r Why now is a crucial time to pay off credit card debt 02/06/2024 11:54am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� For Americans who lacked savings prior to the pandemic, financial stress is rising. A combination of inflation, increased interest rates, and the end of pandemic-tied relief, such as the moratorium on student loan payments, has led to record credit card debt, experts say. In the f Swiss bank UBS reports pretax loss in 4Q, plans share buybacks after Credit Suisse deal wraps up 02/06/2024 03:17am • GENEVA (AP) ��� UBS on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter pretax loss of more than $750 million as the Swiss banking giant continued to integrate its longtime rival Credit Suisse after a government-orchestrated merger. The Zurich-based lender reported losses before tax of $751 million in the quarter Lafreniere scores in OT to give Rangers 2-1 win over Avalanche 02/06/2024 01:20am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Alexis Lafreniere scored 1:53 into overtime and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Monday night. Artemi Panarin also scored and Jonathan Quick stopped 31 shots to help the Rangers get their second straight win and their 15th comeback win this season. Tennessee governor pitches school voucher expansion as state revenues stagnate 02/05/2024 09:18pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Nearly five years after narrowly convincing lawmakers to allow a select number of families to use tax dollars for private schooling, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday stood before the GOP-dominant Legislature with a much more ambitious pitch: Make school vouchers universal Conservative Nebraska lawmakers push bills that would intertwine religion with public education 02/05/2024 08:32pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� Conservative lawmakers who want to intertwine religion with school curriculum in Republican-dominated Nebraska presented a slew of bills Monday to the state Legislature���s education committee. The list includes a bill that would give parents more control over their local scho What to Do if You Get Evicted 02/05/2024 07:00pm • Moving can be a stressful experience in even the best of circumstances. However, having to pack up after an eviction is something no one wants to endure. "Evictions are a result that landlords try hard to avoid," says Samuel M. Sherry, a Maine attorney specializing in landlord representation. Still, How Teamwork Activities Can Build Medical School Skills 02/05/2024 07:00pm • What does it take to be a team player in medicine today? A few years ago, our CEO sent each of the leaders in the hospital system a copy of the book "Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World" by retired U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal. This was in preparation for an engagement of Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500k doses of opioids granted new trial 02/05/2024 06:42pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� A Virginia doctor who was sentenced to 40 years in prison after prescribing more than half a million doses of highly addictive opioids in two years has been granted a new trial by a federal appeals court that found the instructions given to jurors at his trial misstated the la The Grateful Dead make Billboard chart history despite disbanding in 1995 02/05/2024 06:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A day after Taylor Swift made music history at the Grammy Awards, a band formed long before she was born made their own history: The Grateful Dead have broken the record for the most Top 40 albums to chart on the Billboard 200. The Grateful Dead pulled out ahead of Elvis Presley an Hospitalization delays start of ex-Illinois state senator's federal fraud trail 02/05/2024 06:31pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� The federal wire fraud and money laundering trial against William ���Sam��� McCann was delayed Monday after court officials learned that the former Illinois state senator was hospitalized over the weekend. McCann, 54, who waged a third-party campaign for governor in 2018, Raheem Morris seeks a Super Bowl title for Atlanta after loss 7 years ago that still 'stings' 02/05/2024 05:43pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Raheem Morris wants to make the most of his second opportunity as the Atlanta Falcons' coach. That means helping the Falcons achieve something they couldn't during what he called the most painful loss of his career. Morris was named Atlanta's coach on Jan. 25. His first news confere Friends and foes: The Chiefs' Kelce, 49ers' Kittle ready to match up again in the Super Bowl 02/05/2024 03:51pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� The Chiefs' Travis Kelce and the 49ers' George Kittle are best of friends when they are off the field. They are fierce competitors when they step on it. They also happen to be two of the best tight ends ever to play the game, and largely responsible for the way their positi Zelenskyy signals a shakeup of Ukraine's military leadership is imminent at a critical point in war 02/05/2024 12:15pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is thinking about dismissing the country's top military officer as part of a broader leadership shakeup, a possibility that has shocked the nation fighting a war to end Russia's invasion and also worried Ukraine's Western allies. Some Americans have become saddled with credit card debt as rent and everyday prices remain high 02/05/2024 12:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� While the U.S. economy is broadly healthy, pockets of Americans have run through their savings and run up their credit card balances after battling inflation for more than two years. Experts worry that members of these groups -- mostly lower- and middle-income Americans, who tend t