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People pass through Salt Lake City International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Thousands of travelers were stranded at U.S. airports due to an hours-long computer outage. If a flight is canceled, experts say most airlines will rebook you on the next available flight. But if you choose to cancel the trip, airlines must provide you with a full refund. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Biden-Harris administration wants to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and bypass chatbots

| August 13, 2024

The White House wants to end corporate practices that it says wastes consumers’ time and money, such as forcing customers to wait on hold for refunds, placing unnecessary barriers on canceling subscriptions, and making it difficult to access or submit health insurance claims.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attends a campaign event in Glendale, Ariz., Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

JD Vance says he wants to help families, but missed vote to expand child tax credit

by Isabel Soisson

| August 13, 2024

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance proposed more than doubling the federal child tax credit to $5,000 over the weekend, but recently missed the chance to vote for an expanded credit—an effort his fellow Senate Republicans blocked.

Site of deadliest church shooting in US history is torn down over protests by some Texas families

by Araceli Cruz

| August 13, 2024

DFW | GUN SAFETY | gun violence | STATE

Crews on Monday tore down a Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017, using heavy machinery to raze the small building even after some families sought to preserve the scene of the deadliest church shooting in U.S. history.