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THE ISSUE: Tepid income growth and shrinking opportunities for blue-collar workers have kept many Americans anxious about jobs and the economy, seven years after the Great Recession ended.

Still recovering from the July sniper attack that left five law enforcement officers dead, the Dallas Police Department is facing a new crisis as its pension fund approaches insolvency and scores of officers, including Chief David Brown, announce unexpected retirements. Problems with the Dallas Police and Fire Pension system have been simmering for years.

A South Korean newspaper reports Chinese authorities are investigating a North Korean bank suspected of financing its government's imports of goods that might be used by its nuclear weapons program.

A cheap device could make surgery more available in poorer countries.

Patient-identification mix-ups are common and can have deadly consequences, according to a report from the ECRI Institute, a nonprofit research group that studies patient safety.

Social media app Snapchat is changing its corporate name to Snap Inc. and introducing video-recording glasses called 'Spectacles.'

Several of the best-known names in travel are now united in one hotel company.

Some seek quiet lives away from the media spotlight. Some become activists and others look to make money by selling their story.

Harvard University's largest-in-the-nation endowment shrunk by nearly $2 billion during the latest fiscal year to $35.7 billion. Harvard Management Co., which oversees the endowment, reported Thursday it posted a 2 percent annual investment loss for the year ending June 30. It was the endowment's worst performance since 2009 when it lost about $11 billion of value.

One of the world's largest package delivery companies is stepping up efforts to integrate drones into its system.

Asian stock markets held fairly steady Friday, as investors, pleased by U. S. and Japanese central bank policy decisions this week to keep rates low for the time being, paused to assess global conditions. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index dipped 0.3 percent to 16,763.19 while South Korea's Kospi crept up 0.1 percent to 2,052.49.

Autonomous vehicle software startup nuTonomy has made rides on its self-driving taxis available to the general public in Singapore for free, expanding a first-in-the world run that was initially invitation-only.

While sales of its main competitors are rising, the aging Chevrolet Equinox compact SUV has taken a dramatic tumble so far this year in the fastest-growing part of the U. S. market.

Wells Fargo's embattled CEO is resigning his position on the Federal Reserve's advisory council amid a scandal over millions of accounts allegedly opened by the bank without customers' permission.

Yahoo said hackers stole personal information from 500 million of its user accounts, a massive security breakdown it attributed to a "state sponsored actor." The breach disclosed Thursday, the latest setback for the beleaguered internet company, dates back to late 2014.

The Latest on federal charges against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (all times Eastern):