LONDON (AP) — A law has taken effect in Scotland to ensure period products are available free of charge to anyone who needs them. The Scottish government said it became the first in the world to legally protect the right to access free period products when its Period Products Act came into force Monday. Under
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Department of Education said Tuesday that it will cancel $3.9 billion in student loan debt for 208,000 students who attended the now-defunct for-profit ITT Technical Institute — bringing the total amount of loan discharges approved under President Joe Biden to nearly $32 billion. Some former ITT Tech students were already
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street Tuesday despite some encouraging results from Walmart and Home Depot, which both beat analysts’ forecasts for earnings in the latest quarter. The S&P 500 index was down just 0.1% in the early going, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was off a bit more. The
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A German man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder for a high-speed car rampage in the southwestern city of Trier two years ago. Five people were killed and more than a dozen seriously injured in the attack in December 2020. The Trier regional court on Tuesday sentenced the 52-year-old
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein and Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, her spokesperson said Tuesday. “After testing negative for Covid-19 on Monday during her regular testing cadence, the First Lady began to develop cold-like symptoms late in the evening. She tested negative again on
Continue Reading CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The National Weather Service forecasts more thunderstorms for much of West Virginia, including areas that flooded Monday. Storms were expected to develop Tuesday and Wednesday, but a flood watch was no longer in effect. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency in two southern counties where people had
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Five-year-old Harley was one of dozens of kids who showed up for a free back-to-school haircut Monday morning at Asheville’s Carolina College of Hair Design. The event was put together by the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office. The program was designed
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By Marianne Garvey Viola Davis has been cast as a villain in “The Hunger Games” prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” The film’s official Instagram released the news on Monday. The Oscar winner will play Dr. Volumnia Gaul, the head gamemaker of the 10th annual Hunger Games. The cast for the prequel also includes
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Walmart+ — in its effort to become a true competitor to Amazon Prime — will offer Paramount+ as part of its membership offering, the companies announced Monday. Starting in September, Walmart+ subscribers will have access to Paramount+’s wide array of content from series including “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” to
Continue Reading Amarachi Orie, CNN A painting believed to be by Pablo Picasso and estimated to be worth millions of dollars has been found during a drugs raid in Iraq, according to authorities. The allegedly stolen artwork was discovered on Saturday in the possession of three people in the Diyala province in central-eastern Iraq, reports the state-run
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Ricardo Cruciani, un neurólogo de Manhattan condenado recientemente por agredir sexualmente, abusar y violar a seis pacientes, fue hallado muerto en la cárcel de Rikers Island, en Nueva York, este lunes, informaron las autoridades. Cruciani, de 68 años, fue acusado de violar a algunas de sus pacientes y les recetó poderosos analgésicos
Continue ReadingBy Karen Wynne Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A small food bank is making a large impact helping some fight a lengthy health battle. Behind Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, in a small white building is Loving Food Resources food bank, focusing on helping folks with HIV/AIDS. There are three
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home builders pressed on the brakes once again last month as the cost of building supplies remained high and more prospective buyers were priced out of the market. July housing starts, a measure of new home construction, plunged 9.6% month-over-month and 8.1% from a year ago, according to the US
Continue ReadingBy Zac Summers and Jamarlo Phillips Click here for updates on this story SENOIA, Georgia (WGCL) — A toddler in Coweta County is being credited for helping find an elderly woman who had been missing for four days. Last Friday started out like any other for Brittany Moore and her 1 ½-year-old son, Ethan. The
Continue ReadingBy Sawyer Buccy Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — A Cobb County 5th grader is learning to deal with grief with the snap of a rubber band! He started a conversation around mental health that has gone from his classroom, to his home, to people across the country. Dealing with
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Watts, Chris Boyette and Christina Maxouris, CNN Six people were shot early Tuesday near Methodist North Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, hospital and law enforcement officials said. Officers were on a traffic stop near Raleigh LaGrange Road around midnight and heard “multiple shots” and saw a white SUV fleeing, Memphis Police said in a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El melanoma, una afección que le fue diagnosticada el presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, es un tipo de cáncer de piel muy común, pero tiene una probabilidad más grande de invadir el tejido cercano, según el Instituto Nacional de Cáncer de EE.UU. (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés) El
Continue ReadingBy Jason Kravarik, CNN A former Los Angeles County fire captain walked off the witness stand three times during testimony Monday while being questioned about whether he took photos of Kobe Bryant’s remains at the 2020 helicopter crash that killed Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others. Citing stress from working the crash, Brian
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN The Republican nominee for secretary of state in Arizona is a self-proclaimed member of the far-right extremist group the Oath Keepers who repeatedly shared anti-government conspiracies and posts about stockpiling ammunition on social media. CNN’s KFile team uncovered previously unreported posts from Mark Finchem, an Arizona state representative
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga says he’ll challenge the results of the close presidential election with “all legal options” after Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner. The announcement brings new uncertainty to a country where last Tuesday’s vote was widely considered to be its
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