Year: 2022
President Joe Biden asks student-loan borrowers to ‘do their part’ in preparing for payments to resume on May 1 as pressure for broad cancellation ramps up again
Image Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Biden extended a student-loan-payment pause an additional three months through May 1. He said borrowers should use this extra time to prepare for the resumption of payments. But some lawmakers and advocates said this extra
Read MoreElizabeth Holmes jury deadlocked on 3 charges
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves federal court in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Nic Coury) (AP Photo/Nic Coury / AP Newsroom) The California jury on the criminal fraud case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes says she is
Read MoreEldest Trump children won’t comply with subpoenas from New York attorney general
On Location: January 3, 2022Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images, FILE Former President Trump’s eldest son and daughter have refused to comply with New York State Attorney General’s subpoenas while conducting a civil investigation
Read MoreAttacks on U.S. Allies Raise Tensions on Anniversary of Killing of Iran’s Soleimani
Explosive-laden drones targeted Baghdad’s airport and Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Emirati-flagged ship on the second anniversary of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani’s death.
Read MoreErdogan Says He Will Visit Saudi Arabia in February
A once-unimaginable meeting between the Turkish leader and the Saudi crown prince would signal detente in a rift that has divided the Middle East for years.
Read MoreRichard Leakey, whose discoveries helped prove mankind began in Africa, is dead at 77
Famed Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richad Leakey has died at age 77. His discoveries helped prove Africa was the cradle of civilization.
Read More2 years after the U.S. killed Iran’s Qasem Soleimani, tensions remain
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the impact of the U.S.’s assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
Read MoreU.S. reports over 1 million new daily Covid cases as omicron surges – CNBC
U.S. reports over 1 million new daily Covid cases as omicron surges CNBC U.S. Sets Global Daily Record of Over 1 Million Virus Cases Bloomberg Fauci says watch COVID hospitalizations as infections top 1M Business Insider Omicron sweeps across America, shattering global record
Read MoreParents Grapple With Omicron as Open vs Remote Schools Debate Continues
Some want classrooms to stay open through the surge; others are desperate for a remote option. For nearly all, it’s an agonizing situation.
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Omer Adam’s new song ‘Kakdila’ called out for racist overtones
Released in time for Novy God, the Russian celebration of the New Year, song plays up stigmas about Russian Israeli women
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