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Gloria Steinem lived to see a powerful backlash against her vision of feminismAsian benchmarks mostly rise after tech stocks lead rally on Wall StreetVolkswagen board approves cutting 50,000 more jobs and ending production at 4 plantsWill Federal Reserve hike rates later this month? Waller muddies the outlookFACT FOCUS: Trump claims US banks cannot operate in Canada. That's not trueScams in the US are at a record high. Yet most victims get no help and some end up losing even moreUS hits Cuba with new sanctions as island's crises multiplyAP Exclusive: Hundreds of thousands of eligible kids are waiting for childcare assistanceMaria Bartiromo out at Fox News after more than a decade; no reason specifiedMusk launches steering-wheel-free taxi service in bet riders lose 'no control' fears and ho