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Fed stops big banks from buying back stock, paying dividends

NEW YORK (AP) — A worst-case scenario for the U.S. economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic would cause the nation’s 34 largest banks to collectively lose roughly $700 billion, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.To bolster the banks ahead of such a potentially damaging recession, the Fed ordered them to suspend buybacks of their own stock…

As death toll mounts, volunteers brave Oregon wildfires to rescue stranded livestock

Volunteers struggle to gather sheep for rescue near Colton, Ore., in the Riverside wildfire south of Portland. (Richard Read / Los Angeles Times)The plea for help appeared on Facebook just after noon: Dozens of animals were trapped on a farm outside the Oregon town of Colton. A wildfire was closing in.Suzi Cloutier jumped into her…

‘This season is off the charts’: Colorado fights the worst wildfires in its recent history

Photograph: Jessy Ellenberger/APBy 23 October, a blustery Friday toward the end of a depressingly short autumn, the two largest wildfires in Colorado’s recent history were descending on Rocky Mountain national park, reaching toward each other with a mere 10 miles of bone-dry forest between them.The Cameron Peak fire had arrived from the north and had…

Trump administration will cease federal funding to hospitals that do not report COVID-19 data

The ConversationWhy Trump's challenges to democracy will be a big problem for BidenWhen a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and stopped Congress from certifying Joe Biden as the nation’s next president, it was scary – and fatal for at least five people. But it did not pose a serious threat to the…

Three parks and wildlife employees die in helicopter crash during bighorn sheep survey

The ConversationWhy Trump's challenges to democracy will be a big problem for BidenWhen a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and stopped Congress from certifying Joe Biden as the nation’s next president, it was scary – and fatal for at least five people. But it did not pose a serious threat to the…