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Navient settles predatory student loan claims for $1.85B

January 13, 2022 10:21 AM Associated Press

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Navient, a major student loan servicing company, has settled allegations of abusive lending…

A significant winter storm will plow through the East. But snow, rain or ice is still in question

January 13, 2022 10:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist For millions across the South, this weekend’s winter storm is the talk of the town. Will it bring snow or…

UN forecasts lower global economic growth for 2022 and 2023

January 13, 2022 10:21 AM Associated Press

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is forecasting lower global economic growth for 2022 and 2023. It…

San Diego supervisor’s house fire is considered suspicious

January 13, 2022 10:17 AM Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Police are treating a fire at the home of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors chair and a prominent labor leader as…

A significant winter storm will plow through the East. But snow, rain or ice is still in question

January 13, 2022 10:17 AM CNN

The central US is bracing for heavy snow and strong winds into Friday. This same storm is expected to impact the Mid-South, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic…

Colombia defensive midfielder Valencia signs with Austin

January 13, 2022 10:17 AM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin FC has signed Colombia defensive midfielder Jhojan Valencia from Deportivo Cali to a three-year deal with an option for…

The US ‘megadrought’ sets another stunning record

January 13, 2022 10:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Despite several recent drenching rainstorms in the West and enough snow to top the second story of some…

2021 was 45th year in a row with a warmer-than-normal global temperature

January 13, 2022 10:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez The last 45 years have all been above the 20th century average for global temperature, new data shows, as Earth continues its…

Brazil excludes unvaccinated Lodi from World Cup qualifiers

January 13, 2022 10:06 AM Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil coach Tite has announced his squad for two upcoming World Cup qualifier matches, leaving out injured star Neymar and…

Wisconsin judge rules against absentee ballot drop boxes

January 13, 2022 10:02 AM Associated Press

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has sided with conservatives, ruling that absentee ballot drop boxes cannot…

Condenan a excoronel del régimen de Assad a cadena perpetua por crímenes de lesa humanidad en un fallo histórico. Víctimas dicen que falta “un largo camino”

January 13, 2022 9:58 AM CNN Newsource

macamilarincon (CNN) –– Un tribunal de Alemania condenó a un excoronel del Ejército de Siria a cadena perpetua sin posibilidad de libertad…

Fed nominee Brainard: Fighting inflation is top priority

January 13, 2022 9:56 AM Associated Press

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lael Brainard, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Federal Reserve’s No. 2 spot,…

Gobierno de Bolivia dice que juicio contra la expresidenta Jeanine Áñez iniciará en los “siguientes días”

January 13, 2022 9:55 AM CNN Newsource

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Bolivia informó este miércoles que el juicio contra la expresidenta Jeanine…

Virgin Galactic shares tumble as company says it’s raising $425 million in debt

January 13, 2022 9:37 AM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Shares of Virgin Galactic — the space tourism company that carried its billionaire founder, Richard Branson, to the…

Most CEOs say inflation will stay hot until at least mid-2023

January 13, 2022 9:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Inflation has vaulted to the top of CEOs’ worry list. More than half (55%) of global CEOs fear pricing pressures…

COVID-19 pill rollout stymied by shortages as omicron rages

January 13, 2022 9:09 AM Associated Press

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the…

An icefish colony discovered in Antarctica is world’s largest fish breeding ground

January 13, 2022 9:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN A breeding colony of 60 million fish has been discovered in Antarctica’s ice-covered Weddell Sea — a unique and…

COVID-19 pill rollout stymied by shortages as omicron rages

January 13, 2022 9:03 AM Associated Press

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the…

Massive object could be an interstellar moon, a rare find

January 13, 2022 9:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers may have found a moon that’s completely different from anything in our solar system. It’s only the…

Why no one has a quick fix for inflation — not even Joe Biden or Jerome Powell

January 13, 2022 8:57 AM CNN Newsource

By Chris Isidore and Allison Morrow, CNN Business Inflation isn’t just an economic headache — it’s become a political blame game that…

Crash on I-10 west outside of Las Cruces; four injured including 5-year-old child

January 13, 2022 9:21 AM Brianna Chavez

UPDATE: Four people were injured in a crash on I-10 west near Mesquite. All four were taken to an El Paso hospital, according to New Mexico State…

Some major school districts shift to remote learning because of staffing shortages and Omicron spread

January 13, 2022 8:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN The spread of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant is forcing some US schools to halt…

Biden to double free COVID tests, add masks to fight omicron

January 13, 2022 3:37 AM Associated Press

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the government plans to double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19…

Hay muchas mascarillas N95, pero no están diseñadas para tus hijos

January 13, 2022 8:41 AM CNN Newsource

urielblanco (CNN) — Los respiradores N95, el estándar de oro de las mascarillas de filtración, vuelven a ser el centro de atención de la…

Ex-World Cup ski champion Carlo Janka retires due to injury

January 13, 2022 8:25 AM Associated Press

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss skier Carlo Janka was once crowned the world’s best all-around men’s alpine…

Shaun White all but wraps up spot in his 5th Olympics

January 13, 2022 8:11 AM Associated Press

LAAX, Switzerland (AP) — Shaun White all but wrapped up a spot in his fifth Olympics on Thursday when he qualified for the finals of a contest in…

Gobierno de Argentina decreta trabajo a distancia en la administración pública para ahorrar energía

January 13, 2022 8:09 AM CNN Newsource

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN en Español) — El Gobierno de Argentina dispuso la modalidad de trabajo a distancia para este jueves y viernes en la…

FAA numbers confirm it — 2021 was terrible for bad behavior in the skies

January 13, 2022 8:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Marnie Hunter, CNN Assaults on crew members. Public intoxication. Verbal abuse. Last year was the worst on record for unruly airplane passenger…

US average long-term mortgage rates jump; 30-year now 3.45%

January 13, 2022 8:05 AM Associated Press

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped again this past week, reaching their highest…

US warns Russia is sounding ‘drumbeats of war’ against Ukraine as crisis talks end with no breakthrough

January 13, 2022 8:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Jeremy Herb, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN A senior US official warned Thursday that the “drumbeat of war is sounding loud”…