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Nation & World

Published
October 18, 2022

Here’s how you can apply for student loan forgiveness

President Biden has officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program, opening the door for millions of Americans to apply for up to $20,000 in forgiveness.
Published
October 18, 2022

Biden vows abortion legislation as top priority next year

He repeatedly lambastes Republicans nationwide who have pushed for restrictions on the procedure.
Published
October 17, 2022

Astronaut James McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, dies at 93

The NASA astronaut who commanded the Apollo 9 mission and became the space agency’s program manager for 5 Apollo missions, has died.
Published
October 17, 2022

Amazon faces off with union in fight for a second warehouse

Last month, a federal labor official who presided over the hearings ruled against the company, which has noted it intends to appeal.
Published
October 17, 2022

Novel by Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize

Karunatilaka won the prestigious award for fiction for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.' Among those in the running was part-time Maine resident Elizabeth Strout.

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Published
October 17, 2022

Stocks rally on Wall Street in latest volatile move

Stocks closed sharply higher on Wall Street, marking the latest about-face for a market that has been unsteadily lurching between gains and losses.
Published
October 17, 2022

Southwest Airlines chases small firms as business traffic recovers

Corporate air travel purchases are still down about 25% from 2019, according to ticket-data service ARC, a number that has stagnated.
Published
October 17, 2022

Kevin Spacey testifies about sex abuse claims: ‘Not true’

Spacey also described his dismay over a 2017 news report in which Anthony Rapp went public with his allegations.
Published
October 17, 2022

Biden kicks off student loan relief application season

The number of borrowers who applied during the testing period already amounts to more than one-fourth of the total number of applicants the administration had projected.
Published
October 17, 2022

U.S. businesses propose hiding trade data used to trace abuse

The proposal, if adopted, would shroud in secrecy customs data on ocean-going freight responsible for about half of the $2.7 trillion in goods entering the U.S. every year.