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By CAROLE FELDMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is no longer accepting applications for student loan forgiveness after a second federal court shut down the program. The Education Department says on its federal student aid website that it is seeking to overturn the court orders blocking the student debt relief program. A
Continue Reading By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press SHARM el-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Marina Silva, a former environmental minister and potential candidate for the job again, on Saturday brought a message to the U.N. climate summit: Brazil is back when it comes to protecting the Amazon rainforest, the largest in the world and crucial to limiting global warming.
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El renombrado artista callejero Banksy presentó su última obra de arte en una publicación de Instagram: un mural en la ciudad ucraniana liberada de Borodianka. La obra de arte muestra a una gimnasta balanceándose sobre una pila de escombros en el costado de un edificio dañado por los ataques rusos. El
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CNN, KHOU, KTRK, KPRC By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN State Farm Arena was transformed into a church Friday as family and fans gathered to celebrate the earthly departure of Takeoff from Migos. The three-hour sendoff was a superstar affair, featuring performances from Justin Bieber, Chloe Bailey and Yolanda Adams, as well as a poem by
Continue Reading BENBAN, Egypt (AP) — In a story published Nov. 11, 2022, about Egypt’s steps toward increasing renewable energy production, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the company Lekela is associated with the Benban, a solar park. Lekela is an Amsterdam-headquartered company that focuses on wind power and operates a wind farm near Egypt’s Red Sea
Continue Reading By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The leader of Cyprus’ Orthodox Church Chrysostomos II has been laid to rest with all the ceremony of centuries of ecclesiastical tradition. He was eulogized as his church’s greatest reformer and an outspoken fighter for his people. The spiritual head of the world’s 300 million Orthodox,
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press The United Methodist Church moved toward becoming more progressive and LGBTQ-affirming during U.S. regional meetings this month that included the election of its second openly gay bishop. Conservatives say the developments will only accelerate their exit from one of the nation’s largest Protestant denominations. Each of the UMC’s five U.S.
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Con la victoria del senador de Arizona Mark Kelly el viernes por la noche, los demócratas están a solo un escaño de mantener el control del Senado de Estados Unidos, mientras todas las miradas se posan hacia la vecina Nevada, donde la contienda por el Senado se vuelca cada vez más
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian police officers and TV and radio services returned Saturday to the southern city of Kherson following the withdrawal of Russian troops, part of fast but cautious efforts to make the only regional capital captured by Moscow’s forces livable after more than eight months under occupation.
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Opposition politicians in Poland have criticized police for detaining anti-fascist activists but not reacting to the appearance of a Nazi-era symbol during a nationalist march. The detention of the activists occurred during Friday’s yearly far-right-led Independence March in Warsaw. Many liberal groups who oppose the march
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Desde la elección en 2010 de Qatar como sede del Mundial de Fútbol 2022, numerosas críticas han surgido sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en el país, especialmente en lo referido a las mujeres, los miembros del colectivo LGBT y los trabajadores migrantes. ¿Pero qué ha dicho la FIFA
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By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — It’s taken 60 years and billions of dollars, but mass transit is finally coming to Dulles International Airport outside the nation’s capital. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is ready to open the second and final phase of its Silver Line Metrorail extension on Nov. 15.
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — It’s taken 60 years and billions of dollars, but mass transit is finally coming to Dulles International Airport outside the nation’s capital. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is ready to open the second and final phase of its Silver Line Metrorail extension on Nov. 15.
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PHOENIX (AP) — There was no powder in an envelope that was opened at the Phoenix campaign headquarters of Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, police said. Phoenix police spokesperson Donna Rossi said Friday that “the state lab tested the items turned over to them,” The Arizona Republic reported. The lab “determined
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — There was no powder in an envelope that was opened at the Phoenix campaign headquarters of Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, police said. Phoenix police spokesperson Donna Rossi said Friday that “the state lab tested the items turned over to them,” The Arizona Republic reported. The lab “determined
Continue Reading KIRCHSCHLAG IN DER BUCKLIGEN WELT, Austria (AP) — Nine people were injured Saturday in a hot air balloon crash on the eastern edge of the Alps in Austria. Sonja Kellner of the Lower Austrian Red Cross told news agency APA that two of the passengers were seriously injured in the crash in the Bucklige Welt
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Jersón, Ucrania (CNN) — Durante ocho meses, los residentes de la ciudad ucraniana de Jersón han estado viviendo bajo la brutal ocupación rusa. Pero el viernes, las fuerzas ucranianas irrumpieron en la ciudad y las tropas rusas se retiraron hacia el este. Los residentes no tienen agua, ni conexión a internet y poca
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN A set of countervailing political forces may have contributed to the closeness of this year’s midterm elections, according to the current results of the national exit poll conducted for CNN and other news networks by Edison Research. It remains uncertain which party will control either the Senate or the House of
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan troops deployed under the banner of a regional bloc have arrived in troubled eastern Congo. Congolese government forces are battling a violent rebel group that now controls some territory there. The troops who arrived on Saturday are part of up to 903 Kenyan soldiers who eventually will be sent to
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and Sara Smart, CNN Trip Valigorsky’s beachfront home in a tight-knit community in Volusia County, Florida had been in his family for nearly 15 years before it was washed away this week, as the dangerous storm surge and powerful winds caused by Hurricane Nicole swept across Florida. “This home was my grandma’s
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