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New York state regulator leads probe into payroll advance industry

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Editor

The payroll advance industry is under investigation by New York’s financial regulator and other states over whether its companies are charging usurious interest rates and engaging in potential violations of payday lending laws, the regulator said on Tuesday.

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8chan owner called before U.S. Congress, as latest host drops site

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Editor

Online message board 8chan’s fortunes worsened on Tuesday, as the site was once again made homeless by a technical services provider and its owner was called to testify before the U.S. Congress after 8chan was linked to the weekend mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.

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Trump condemns white supremacy, vague on gun measures after U.S. shootings

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Editor

President Donald Trump on Monday proposed tighter monitoring of the internet, mental health reform and wider use of the death penalty in response to two mass shootings over the weekend that left 32 people dead in Texas and Ohio.

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Trump planned visit to grieving El Paso stokes debate about his rhetoric

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Editor

U.S. President Donald Trump, whose rhetoric about an immigrant “invasion” has alienated many in the predominantly Hispanic city of El Paso, will visit the grieving Texas border town on Wednesday after a gun massacre that killed 22 people.

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Factbox: Mass shootings in U.S. ignite new calls for gun legislation

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Editor

A cluster of recent mass shootings that killed 36 people in California, Texas and Ohio has sparked renewed calls for the U.S. Congress to pass legislation to prevent gun violence.