By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Student loan payments start up again for most borrowers in October, but more than 800,000 people who have been paying for years are having their loans forgiven. A total of $39 billion is being forgiven under a one-time adjustment granted by the Biden administration. It’s for
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Flashes of intrigue greeted guests at Loewe’s meticulously designed space for Paris Fashion Week. Bright, other-worldly lighting brightened a dove-gray runway where gold modernist sculptures by American artist Lynda Benglis were scattered as if dropped by a fashion divinity. The set mostly was a blank canvas
Continue ReadingBy AHMAD SEIR and ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A hospital official says that a medical student accused of killing three people in shootings at an apartment and a hospital in the Dutch city of Rotterdam had been told to undergo a psychological evaluation to establish whether he was mentally fit to
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — A deputy police chief and three other ranking officers in Louisiana face criminal charges after allegedly striking and tasing a suspect during an arrest then covering it up, Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul said Friday. The criminal charges involving members of the now-disbanded street crimes
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is climbing following some encouraging signals on inflation, but it’s still likely to close September with its worst month of the year so far. The S&P 500 was 0.7% higher shortly after the open of trading on Friday. It’s on track for its first three-day winning streak of the
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway says it will start barring Russian-registered passenger cars from entering the Scandinavian country starting next week. That mirrors sanctions already imposed by the European Union against Moscow over its war on Ukraine. Norway is a member of NATO but not of the EU. It has a 198-kilometer-long border in the
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether state laws that seek to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate the Constitution. The justices will review laws enacted by Republican-dominated legislatures and signed by Republican governors in Florida and Texas. While the details vary,
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Washington (CNN) — Dianne Feinstein, whose three decades in the Senate made her the longest-serving female US senator in history, has died following months of declining health. She was 90. Feinstein, a Democrat, died Thursday night at her home in Washington, her office said in a statement. Her
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Trump will make a personal pitch Friday to California Republicans in a bid to solidify his support in a GOP presidential contest he has dominated for months, while Ron DeSantis and other rivals get another chance to break the front-runner’s
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Trump will make a personal pitch Friday to California Republicans in a bid to solidify his support in a GOP presidential contest he has dominated for months, while Ron DeSantis and other rivals get another chance to break the front-runner’s
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON and BERNAT ARMANGUE Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s acting center-left Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez lost July’s national election but now has a shot at returning to power. That’s because the leader of the country’s conservatives failed for a second time on Friday to get parliament’s support for a new government. Popular
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BLOOD, MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman” and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BLOOD, MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman” and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A man was convicted Thursday of killing his former girlfriend, Amie Harwick, a sex therapist who was once engaged to comedian Drew Carey, by throwing her over a balcony in February 2020. Gareth Pursehouse, 45, was found guilty by a jury of one count of murder and first-degree residential
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The 16-year-old male arrested for felling a 300-year-old sycamore tree near the Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England has been released on bail, police said Friday. The boy was arrested Thursday on suspicion of criminal damage, after the tree was felled overnight. Why
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban representatives are in the Russian city of Kazan for talks on regional threats as Russia attempts to maintain its influence in Central Asia. Russian state news agency Tass said the talks on Friday were attended by the Kremlin’s envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov. He said Russia is inclined to keep
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BLOOD and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman” and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90. Three people
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed higher early Friday as markets try to claw back some of the losses in what will most likely be the second straight month of declines and the worst month of 2023. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 rose about
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Dianne Feinstein, a centrist Democrat who served as California’s senior senator since 1992, dies at 90, AP sources say.
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has proposed up to three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years but none in Alaska. The Democratic administration is trying to navigate between energy companies that have pressed for greater oil
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