By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has narrowly approved President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, giving the bureau a director who is likely to embrace an aggressive “watchdog” role. Rohit Chopra’s nomination was approved 50-48, with Vice President Kamala Harris earlier having to cast a
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By Kristin Fisher, CNN The United States is aiming to launch a group of small satellites to fill a critical gap in the ability to foresee precipitation dangers, like the deluge that overwhelmed Northeastern cities at the start of September. The US Air Force announced Thursday a nearly $20 million contract with Tomorrow.io to develop
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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A federal report says Missouri’s child welfare agency does not properly report children who are missing from foster care and does little to ensure that children who are found do not go missing again. The U.S. inspector general’s office said in a report issued Thursday the
Continue Reading By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting final touches on long-sought consumer protections against so-called “surprise” medical bills. The ban on charges that hit insured patients at some of life’s most vulnerable moments is on track to take effect Jan. 1. Patients will no longer have to worry about
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting final touches on long-sought consumer protections against so-called “surprise” medical bills. The ban on charges that hit insured patients at some of life’s most vulnerable moments is on track to take effect Jan. 1. Patients will no longer have to worry about
Continue Reading By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea, one of the most active volcanos on Earth, began erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island Wednesday. The eruption is not in an area with homes and is entirely contained within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Officials say increased earthquake activity and ground swelling before the eruption put them
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Refugee resettlement agencies are racing to find housing for the approximately 53,000 Afghans on military bases in the United States who will eventually be resettled in the country, but the groups are facing a strained — and expensive — housing market. Every year, refugee agencies find houses or apartments for refugees
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Días antes del inicio de un nuevo mandato tumultuoso, y después de que los magistrados de la Corte Suprema se dividieran amargamente sobre una ley de Texas que prohíbe la mayoría de los abortos después de seis semanas, la magistrada Sonia Sotomayor advirtió a una audiencia de estudiantes de derecho sobre
Continue Reading RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials in North Carolina’s capital city have agreed to a $2 million settlement in a federal lawsuit that alleged more than a dozen Black men were wrongfully arrested and jailed on drug charges. News outlets report the civil rights lawsuit filed in April sought policy changes and actual and punitive damages
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has narrowly approved President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, giving the bureau a director who is likely to embrace an aggressive “watchdog” role. Rohit Chopra’s nomination was approved 50-48, with Vice President Kamala Harris earlier having to cast a
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Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has scheduled an offshore oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 17, obeying a court order. The Democratic president’s moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands was blocked by a judge in June. The government said it would resume sales
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has scheduled an offshore oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 17, obeying a court order. The Democratic president’s moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands was blocked by a judge in June. The government said it would resume sales
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will perform for the first time together on stage at the 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. The NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the five music icons will perform on
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will perform for the first time together on stage at the 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. The NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the five music icons will perform on
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show that a 17-year-old youth who died after being restrained at a Kansas juvenile facility didn’t suffer any injuries that would have been life-threatening. Law enforcement officials said Thursday they are awaiting a toxicology report as they investigate the circumstances surrounding his in-custody death last weekend.
Continue Reading RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian soccer legend Pelé has been discharged from the hospital where he received treatment for nearly a month. He wrote on Instagram that he is happy to be home and thanked the doctors who attended to him. The 80-year-old removed a tumor from his colon on Sept. 4 and spent
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 22-year-old white supremacist has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for bursting into a Southern California synagogue with a semiautomatic rifle on the last day of Passover in 2019, killing one worshipper and wounding three others. An agreement with prosecutors
Continue Reading TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Five men have been indicted in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 4-year-old girl in Florida. A Hillsborough County jury formally charged the group Thursday with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and shooting into a vehicle. Tampa police say the girl, Suni Bell, was riding in a
Continue Reading By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Publicist Bobby Zarem has died at 84. Zarem earned the moniker “Superflack” while representing and befriending A-list actors like Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman and Ann-Margret and promoting campaigns that helped New York and his Georgia hometown of Savannah regain their glory. Zarem wasn’t
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