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Text scams, crypto crackdown, and an economist to remember

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Cankaya Palace after he was sworn in as President in Parliament in Ankara on June 3, 2023. Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Climate activists hold placards as they demonstrate outside ExCeL, in London, during the multinational oil and gas company Shell Annual General Meeting (AGM), on May 23, 2023. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The OG of ESGs

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Student loan borrowers gather outside the Supreme Court building in February 2023. The court's ruling on President Biden's debt relief plan is expected in June or July. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for People's Rally hide caption

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This timed exposer shows the trail as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from pad 39A for the Crew-6 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, early on March 2, 2023. Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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To save money on groceries, try these tips before going to the store

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YUMA, ARIZONA - MAY 25: An aerial view of the long-depleted Colorado River, currently swollen by winter snowmelt water, along the border between California (L) and Arizona near Yuma, Arizona. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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Receding rivers, party poopers, and debt ceiling watchers

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Preschool teacher Jaqueline Benitez depends on California's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to help pay for food. If the debt ceiling isn't raised, SNAP and other federal payments would be delayed. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner) Allison Dinner/AP hide caption

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3 ways to protect your money if the U.S. defaults on its debt

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: Samuel Altman, CEO of OpenAI, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law May 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee held an oversight hearing to examine A.I., focusing on rules for artificial intelligence. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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Bots, bootleggers and Baptists

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President Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday. The U.S. can seem like the country that cried debt ceiling, but many say this year, the country might actually default. What happens to the economy and to regular people if it defaults? Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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So would a U.S. default really be that bad? Yes — And here's why

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Yazmin Lopez, here at home in Madison, Wis., first learned about credit scores from a personal finance book she picked up at Goodwill a few years after coming to the U.S. as a teenager. Lianne Milton for NPR hide caption

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Welcome to America! Now learn to be in debt

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Here, the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel acknowledged that Black taxpayers may be audited at higher rates than non-Black taxpayers. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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What the debt ceiling standoff could mean for your retirement plans

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Jonnie Lewis-Thorpe, now 83, (right) lives with her daughter Angela Reynolds. She has Alzheimer's and lost her home due to symptoms of the disease. Katie Blackley/WESA hide caption

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Doctors' offices often offer special medical credit cards as a solution to paying off large medical bills. But patients may end up paying far more for their bills when they have to pay interest down the road. Fly View Productions/Getty Images hide caption

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Cook employees Ryan and Shelby Bixler stand in front of the house they're buying from the company. They say they never could have afforded a new place like this at the full market price. Jennifer Ludden/NPR hide caption

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Would you live next to co-workers for the right price? This company is betting yes

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Stanford University is one of many schools to announce tuition hikes for the 2022-2023 academic year. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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College Acceptance: Check. Paying For It: A Big Question Mark.

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