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The improper payments happened due to confusion over whether dead people should receive the payments from the IRS, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.

In what is likely to be the largest computer-information breach yet reported, MasterCard says a computer hacker gained access to 40 million credit-card accounts. Many other credit card companies were affected. What should customers do?

The Fed's emergency decision to offer a multibillion-dollar loan to rescue insurance giant AIG is the latest in a week of financial meltdowns that have left just about everyone who doesn't work on Wall Street wondering how safe their savings, investments and insurance policies are.

The business community supports the policy, arguing it would create more uniformity in regulations, and hold agencies more accountable when creating new rules.

Fort Wayne-based nonprofit Brightpoint is launching a new Community Loan Center program for the South Bend area. Participating employers effectively give employees payday advances up to $1,000, at no cost to the employer, to help employees who don't have checking accounts avoid high interest rates and fees.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for stronger federal action to protect children from addictive practices by social media companies to keep kids online.The Democratic governor took part in a summit Tuesday of groups seeking to hold internet companies accountable for what they describe as harms caused by businesses that put their interests ahead of protecting vulnerable users.

Texas' App Store Accountability Act requires minors to have their parents' permission to download most apps. The Supreme Court says the law can go into effect as lawsuits continue in lower courts.

Sajid Javid tested positive two days before the United Kingdom is set to reopen following months of lockdowns. Cases, driven by the delta variant, are up sharply in the U.K.

The Tippecanoe County prosecutor has joined Purdue President Mitch Daniels in calling for an independent review of a Purdue police officer's actions after video surfaced of the cop forcefully restraining a student.

Caroline Sunshine, 22, is one of several recent Trump administration hires to hold backgrounds in television.