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North Carolina Justices Hand GOP Big Wins With Election Rulings

In massive victories for Republicans, the newly GOP-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday threw out a previous ruling against gerrymandered voting maps and upheld a photo voter identification law that colleagues had struck down as racially biased.

First Republic teeters on the edge — again

First Republic Bank's fate is looking grim.The bank's stock has plummeted about 75% this week, after a disappointing first-quarter earnings report Monday revived Wall Street's fears about a banking crisis and catalyzed an exodus out of First Republic stock. While…

How to negotiate your college's financial aid offer

So you want to improve your college's financial aid package? Fine. Just don't have your mom call the college to do the negotiating.For most high school seniors, "decision day" is May 1, the deadline for students to alert a college…

The Fed's favorite inflation measure cooled again in March

Inflation may be continuing to cool but there's also a chill running through the American consumer, the latest report from the Commerce Department shows.The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge eased further in March, a sign that the central bank's massive…

Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion pill

The Supreme Court has temporarily extended access to an abortion pill until Friday while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect as a legal challenge to the medication's FDA approval continues.