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A New York City grand jury hearing former President Trump's hush money payment case will meet Thursday. Reports say that's the plan after Wednesday's session was canceled. The investigation centers around alleged payments Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 to cover-up an alleged affair.       Management at Silicon Valley Bank "failed badly." That's what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told reporters when speaking on the bank's recent collapse. Powell said management grew the bank very quickly and exposed it to significant liquidity and interest rate risk and "didn't hedge that risk."       The world is watching how the U.S. and its allies are responding to Russia's aggression against Ukraine. That's what Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a Senate panel. Blinken said allowing Russia to invade Ukraine with impunity would open a pandora's box of issues that go well beyond the conflict.       Three people have now died as a result of contaminated eyedrops. That's according to the CDC. The health agency adds eight people have lost vision in at least one eye and several others have had their eyeballs removed through surgery.       Amanda Bynes will accept an extended stint in a Los Angeles mental hospital after being found last week wandering naked near downtown L.A. TMZ reports she had been living on the streets for several days before flagging down a driver to call 9-1-1 herself. The actress was initially placed under a psychiatric hold for 72 hours upon entering the hospital early Sunday morning.       Get ready to say goodbye to the current version of the Chevy Camaro. That's because General Motors is stopping production of it early next year. It comes as GM pursues an electric vehicle strategy.       

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