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Banks closed a record number of branches last year as the pandemic pushed more customers to online and mobile banking. (Image credit: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Same building. Same procedure. Same doctor. But there was an extra “facility fee” because the location changed slightly. A shot that used to cost her about $30 went up to more than $300. (Image credit: Janice Chang for NPR and

A juicy prime rib. A glossy art book. A few days off work without worrying about bills. These are the unreachable desires of some of America’s workers earning close to minimum wage. (Image credit: Carlos Bernate for NPR)

The University of Southern California has agreed to pay $852 million to former patients of a campus gynecologist accused of sexual abuse. It’s the largest sex abuse payout in higher education history.

The Spanish islands saw a big increase last year of people trying to migrate to Europe by boat. After sheltering many of them in hotels, the authorities have set up camps and stepped up deportations. (Image credit: Andrés Gutiérrez for

Bristol University sociologist David Miller cites Jewish Society when endorsing ‘end of Zionism as a functioning ideology’; some claim comments fall under academic freedom

Homebase co-founders Phillip An and Junyuan Tan The home ownership rate in Vietnam is about 90%, but many millennials are struggling to join that number. Rising property prices in cities, coupled with a lack of financing options, mean more people

Health Ministry doesn’t provide explanation as to why millions more doses needed when majority of Israelis vaccinated, stockpile full; ministers asked not to comment publicly

No claim of responsibility for attack which Riyadh said was carried out by Houthis using bomb-carrying UAVs on 6th anniversary of kingdom’s entry into Yemen’s civil war

Donald Trump says some of Capitol rioters posed ‘zero threat’  The Guardian