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Stimulus checks arrive in America’s bank accounts

Stimulus checks arrive in America’s bank accounts

Apple News Today
Mar 15, 2021 9 min
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<p>Millions of Americans are starting to receive money from the COVID-relief bill. <a href="https://apple.news/AcKy4zrR6RdGfTNmzWTEtDQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> and New York Magazine&rsquo;s the <a href="https://apple.news/A_vwaOnrdQFuBmvLtmaQazA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Cut</a> spoke with people about how they are spending the money.</p> <p>The Biden administration has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with the growing number of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. <a href="https://apple.news/A7mq7ssoGRRK_5s0TAz4QJA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS News</a> looks at what&rsquo;s happening and the <a href="https://apple.news/AetbELE7XRamokYGRRV1uqA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains who the minors are.</p> <p>As March Madness returns following its cancellation last year, <a href="https://apple.news/AWhk0duhFQ16lmR_7-TVA6g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS Sports</a> breaks down the technology the NCAA is using to track basketball players and control the spread of the coronavirus.</p> <p>There are new developments in the long-running debate over daylight saving time. <a href="https://apple.news/AitFy311CQLmTp-jcLYA4_g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNET</a> reports on a bipartisan group of U.S. senators who want an end to the biannual clock change. An op-ed in the <a href="https://apple.news/Aan4XayswTRCQtoyhD0wtJw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Chicago Tribune</a> argues for keeping the custom, while an <a href="https://apple.news/AG9AVFb-KQ0eNhB0_ALIMbg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">L.A. Times</a> editorial says, &ldquo;Dump the clock-changing foolishness.&rdquo;</p>

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