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Advertising legend and creator of the iconic Nike slogan, "Just Do It" Dan Wieden died last week at the age of 77, leaving behind a legacy that changed the industry.

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The new initiative is a broader effort by the Justice Department that it plans to launch across all 94 United States attorneys' offices over the next year.

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New policies to keep medical bills from sinking credit ratings sound good but will likely fall short for many hit hardest by debt — especially Black Americans in the South, such as Penelope Wingard.

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President Biden is touting new semiconductor investments in New York today. Back at the White House, a new team is meeting with cabinet members to work out how to spend $52 billion from Congress.

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The president's approval rating is up to 44%, but 7-in-10 people say the country is going in the wrong direction, and young and Black voters are among the least likely to vote this fall.

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Rampant litigation, costlier storms and rising reinsurance costs have all combined to make chaos in Florida's home insurance market. Now, some worry Ian could send even more insurers out of the state.

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Hundreds of thousands of people in southwest Florida still don't have electricity or water. But Babcock Ranch, north of Fort Myers, was designed and built to withstand the most powerful storms.

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Survivors retell their horrors after deadly attacks on the southern Zaporizhzhia city blamed on Russia.

Many of the victims are said to be children after an ex-police officer attacks a daycare centre in northern Thailand.

At least 16 women have died off Lesbos, after a boat hit rocks under a cliff elsewhere in Greece.

Seven Russian rockets slammed into residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia early Thursday, killing two people in the city close to Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, the governor of the region said.

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In Asia, super-apps are already a vital part of everyday life, with everything available at a click of a button.

A baby girl, her parents and uncle were found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business, police said.

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Chinese fighter jets or drones that intrude into Taiwan's territorial airspace will be regarded as a "first strike," Taiwan's Defense Minister warned Wednesday, as the island seeks to step-up its defenses in response to Beijing's military pressure.

The WHO says 66 deaths in The Gambia may be linked to four syrups made by an India-based firm.

Devi Athok's two daughters and their mother were killed in one of the worst disasters in football history.

Even before Wednesday's action by OPEC+ to cut oil production, US gas prices were on their way up. More price increases at the pump likely lay ahead.

The deaths of dozens of young children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

A new report assessed the impact of laws in the 15 states that have banned or heavily restricted abortion since June 24.

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UK-based Virgin Atlantic said on Wednesday it will stop its Heathrow-Hong Kong services after 30 years.