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US considers banning Iranians from shopping at Costco during UN meeting US considers banning Iranians from shopping at Costco during UN meeting 09/04/2025 09:18pm • HOUSTON (AP) â The Trump administration already has denied visas for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his large delegation to attend a high-level U.N. meeting this month and is now considering ramping up restrictions on several other delegations that would severely limit their ability to trave Trump admin ditches Biden-era plan to make airlines pay compensation for flight disruptions Trump admin ditches Biden-era plan to make airlines pay compensation for flight disruptions 09/04/2025 08:39pm • The Trump administration said Thursday it is abandoning a Biden-era plan that sought to require airlines to compensate stranded passengers with cash, lodging and meals for flight cancellations or changes caused by a carrier. The proposed rule would have aligned U.S. policy more closely with European Kennedy tries to defend COVID-19 vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing Kennedy tries to defend COVID-19 vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing 09/04/2025 08:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, tried to defend his efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and explain the turmoil he has created at federal health ag Degrees That Lead to Careers in the Blue Economy 09/04/2025 08:00pm • The blue economy encompasses a broad range of activities, from fish farming and whale-watching tourism to environmental consulting, offshore renewable energy and maritime logistics. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, around 40% of the U.S. population lives in coastal c How to Get a $20,000 Personal Loan 09/04/2025 08:00pm • Personal loans come in amounts ranging from $1,000 to over $100,000, and $20,000 personal loans are widely available for those who qualify. For larger amounts, personal loans offer several advantages over credit cards: Interest rates are generally lower, they're fixed, and you can choose from a rang How to Apply for Social Security 09/04/2025 08:00pm • For those approaching retirement, there are several steps to take before applying for Social Security benefits. Pre-retirees should be familiar with the benefit options available to them and understand the application process. Additionally, there are recent administrative reforms that applicants sho What Happens to Student Loans if Rates Fall? 09/04/2025 08:00pm • According to the CME FedWatch, there's a 95% chance that the Fed will cut its target interest rate by 25 basis points at its meeting on Sept. 17, 2025. "The Federal Reserve is attempting to balance the desire to lower inflation (which is still above the Fed's 2% goal) with the goal of increasing eco New Mexico governor calls on state lawmakers to shore up safety net programs from Trump's cuts 09/04/2025 07:50pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) â New Mexico's governor is calling on state lawmakers to shore up safety net programs in response to federal spending cuts enacted by President Donald Trump, in an announcement Thursday that highlighted reduced federal support for Medicaid and food assistance programs. More tha Mexico's president increasingly backed against a wall in managing Trump relationship Mexico's president increasingly backed against a wall in managing Trump relationship 09/04/2025 07:44pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) â Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum' s strategy of managing a tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump may be running up against wider regional tensions and lack of willingness by the Trump administration to make concessions, experts say. Since Trump took office, the Ex-pilot accused of trying to cut a passenger flight’s engines reaches plea deals, his lawyer says Ex-pilot accused of trying to cut a passenger flightâs engines reaches plea deals, his lawyer says 09/04/2025 07:20pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit has reached plea agreements with state and federal prosecutors, his attorney said Thursday. Attorney Noah Horst declined to discuss details o China’s Xi and North Korea’s Kim pledge deeper ties during meeting in Beijing Chinaâs Xi and North Koreaâs Kim pledge deeper ties during meeting in Beijing 09/04/2025 07:12pm • BEIJING (AP) â Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged mutual support and enhanced cooperation during talks in Beijing after a commemoration of the end of World War II, the countries' state media said. Xi and Kim, along with top officials from their countries, met Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter, dies at 83 Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter, dies at 83 09/04/2025 07:10pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) â Joseph McNeil, one of four North Carolina college students whose occupation of a racially segregated Woolworthâs lunch counter 65 years ago helped spark nonviolent civil rights sit-in protests across the South, died Thursday, his university said. He was 83. McNeil, who late Trump-backed plan to redraw Missouri congressional districts draws opposition at first hearing Trump-backed plan to redraw Missouri congressional districts draws opposition at first hearing 09/04/2025 07:01pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) â Missouri residents denounced a plan to redraw the state's congressional districts on Thursday as Republican lawmakers pressed ahead with President Donald Trump's strategy to bolster Republicans in next year's congressional elections. Dozens of people turned out for the Trump will seek 'Department of War' rebrand for Pentagon Trump will seek 'Department of War' rebrand for Pentagon 09/04/2025 07:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, his latest effort to project an image of toughness for America's military. The Republican president can't formally change the name without legislation, w Colombia's Constitutional Court upholds bullfighting ban and adds cockfighting prohibition 09/04/2025 06:53pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) â Colombia's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a 2024 law banning bullfights in the South American country, and it went further in protecting animal rights by adding a national prohibition of cockfighting. The bullfighting ban was approved by Colombiaâs Congress in M
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