Under President-elect Donald Trump, whose supporters have pledged widespread deregulation of businesses that handle American funds, consumer activists say they are bracing for significant changes at one of Washington's newest financial watchdogs. According to individuals who spoke to NBC News, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering which proposed regulations to finalize before Republicans regain control of the House, Senate, and White House in less than two months. The CFPB, which was established by the Federal Reserve during the 2008 financial crisis and was the brainchild of Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., repealed banking restrictions during Trump's first term while also scoring some victories for consumers. They included crackdowns on data breaches and a $1 billion ...

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Bangladesh's DhakaTarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zias, and forty-eight other people were cleared by the Bangladesh High Court on Sunday, overturning their convictions in connection with the 2004 grenade attack on a political demonstration. After former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin fled the country to India in August after a huge revolt that claimed hundreds of lives, the ruling comes at a crucial moment as the South Asian nation experiences political unrest. While in self-exile in London, Rahman is the acting chairperson of Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and if his party is elected to power, he might take over as Bangladesh's next leader. Rahman and the other 48 were convicted in 2018 of carrying out the attack that killed two dozen people and injured over 300...

Bangladesh's DhakaTarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zias, and forty-eight other people were cleared by the Bangladesh High Court on Sunday, overturning their convictions in connection with the 2004 grenade attack on a political demonstration. After former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin fled the country to India in August after a huge revolt that claimed hundreds of lives, the ruling comes at a crucial moment as the South Asian nation experiences political unrest. While in self-exile in London, Rahman is the acting chairperson of Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and if his party is elected to power, he might take over as Bangladesh's next leader. Rahman and the other 48 were convicted in 2018 of carrying out the attack that killed two dozen people and injured over 300...

Actor Wayne Northrop, who first played Roman Brady on Days of Our Lives, passed away on Friday, November 29. He was seventy-seven. According to a statement from his representative, Northrop passed away at the Motion Picture and Television Woodland Hills Home. In a statement, Lynn Herring Northrop, the actor's wife, stated that Wayne Northrop received an early onset Alzheimer's diagnosis six years prior. She reported that he passed away in his family's embrace. Wayne's wit and sense of humor impacted a lot of individuals. She also said that he was a rancher who loved his cows and was a friend to many, a husband of forty-three years, and the best father in the world to his two boys, Hank and Grady. In 1981, Northrop made his debut on Days of Our Lives. He portrayed Roman, a detective and Br...