By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Education Department announced Thursday it will cancel $5.8 billion in outstanding student loans for borrowers who are unable to work because of permanent disabilities. More than 320,000 “total and permanent disability” borrowers will benefit from the move, the agency said in a press release, and hurdles for relief will
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LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luke Voit hit a two-run double out of the leadoff spot in New York’s four-run third inning and the surging Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 7-5 Thursday night for their season-high seventh straight victory. Kyle Higashioka homered and started the four-run inning with an RBI double. Both
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN The latest surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations this summer is having a deepening effect in Texas, a state that has seen its leadership rebuke steps such as mandatory mask wearing, yet now faces hospitals stretched to capacity with sick patients. And amid both the crises at health care facilities as well as
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons re-signed guard Hamidou Diallo on Thursday. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The 6-foot-5 Diallo, the 2019 NBA Slam Dunk champion as a rookie, was acquired from Oklahoma City in March for Svi Mykhailiuk and future draft consideration. In 20 games with the Pistons, Diallo averaged 11.2 points,
Continue Reading By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Joey Votto slammed a three-run homer, Luis Castillo pitched seven innings of one-run ball and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Miami Marlins 6-1. Votto’s 428-foot shot into the seats in right-center highlighted a four-run Reds fourth inning after Miami right-hander Nick Neidert had faced the minimum
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By Jen Christensen, CNN A pair of new studies out Thursday find a “very concerning” rise in the number of climate-related deaths and paint a picture of world where people struggle with regular temperature extremes. One of the studies finds the number of deaths caused by high temperatures increased by 74% globally between 1980 and
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Jennifer Nuzzo is both a mom and a health expert. Worried about sending her young son to in-person school last year, she settled on one of the few things she could control. She bought a portable air cleaner for her son’s classroom. She’s joining air quality experts who are urging schools
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN Jennifer Nuzzo is both a mom and a health expert. Worried about sending her young son to in-person school last year, she settled on one of the few things she could control. She bought a portable air cleaner for her son’s classroom. She’s joining air quality experts who are urging schools
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Camioneros y empresas agroexportadoras de Paraguay firmaron este jueves un acta de entendimiento que eleva el precio de los fletes de carga, y lograron levantar un paro que se desarrollaba a nivel nacional desde hace más de dos semanas. El acuerdo, según manifestaron los gremios y empresarios, es de
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Las autoridades del estado de Veracruz en México investigan el asesinato del periodista Jacinto Romero Flores, informó este jueves el secretario de Seguridad Pública estatal, Hugo Gutiérrez Maldonado. Gutiérrez explicó en un mensaje en su cuenta de Twitter que la Secretaría de Seguridad desplegó un operativo en el centro
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By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen and Kylie Atwood, CNN While the US State Department continues to engage in high-level diplomatic talks with the Taliban in the neutral setting of Doha, Qatar, as it has for the past year, the real negotiations have moved to the chaotic streets of Kabul in recent days, where American military
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By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen and Kylie Atwood, CNN While the US State Department continues to engage in high-level diplomatic talks with the Taliban in the neutral setting of Doha, Qatar, as it has for the past year, the real negotiations have moved to the chaotic streets of Kabul in recent days, where American military
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By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Wildlife Troopers have completed their investigation into whether a U.S. Senate candidate and former state official illegally obtained a fishing license for a sportfishing event two years ago. Troopers turned the investigation over to a special prosecutorial branch of the Department of Law. Kelly Tshibaka
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts says he’s feeling “really, really good” and is eager to return to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup from a stint on the injured list because of right hip inflammation. The All-Star outfielder has been on the IL since Aug. 8. He was diagnosed
Continue Reading UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — DeWanna Bonner scored a season-high 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Connecticut Sun beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-71. Bonner made 10 of 11 free throws — and Connecticut went 23 for 25 from the line — to help reach 30 points for the first time this season. It was
Continue Reading FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ruled that the former school resource officer accused of hiding during a Florida mass school shooting will have to convince a jury that he wasn’t criminally negligent. The Sun Sentinel reports that Broward Circuit Judge Martin Fein declined to dismiss the child negligence charges against former Broward
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Shohei Ohtani road show heads to Cleveland after the two-way superstar thrilled opposing crowds in Detroit. Ohtani’s Los Angeles Angels will play two games at the Indians’ home ballpark before both teams head to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the Little League Classic on Sunday night. After that, LA travels to Baltimore
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Seattle Storm are headed to the White House to celebrate their 2020 WNBA championship. The team was formally invited by President Joe Biden to visit on Monday afternoon. The Storm play at the Washington Mystics on Sunday. The Storm, who have won four titles,
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Seattle Storm are headed to the White House to celebrate their 2020 WNBA championship. The team was formally invited by President Joe Biden to visit on Monday afternoon. The Storm play at the Washington Mystics on Sunday. The Storm, who have won four titles,
Continue Reading By HILARY FOX AP Entertainment Writer LONDON (AP) — Sandra Oh has been dancing with death on “Killing Eve” since 2018, so she could do with a laugh. That’s one of the reasons the Canadian-American actor took on the role of Ji-Yoon Kim in the Netflix comedy drama series, “The Chair.” Oh plays the new
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