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Small Business Administration disaster loan program is out of money after back-to-back hurricanes
Trump uses interview on economics to promote tariffs and riff on his favorite themes
Israel assures US it won't strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say

Small Business Administration disaster loan program is out of money after back-to-back hurricanes
Trump uses interview on economics to promote tariffs and riff on his favorite themes
Israel assures US it won't strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say

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Small Business Administration disaster loan program is out of money after back-to-back hurricanes

The Small Business Administration’s disaster loan program has run out of funding due to high demand from constant extreme weather disasters, the administration announced Tuesday.In a statement, President Joe Biden called the SBA’s exhausted disaster loan program “a critical lifeline to small businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by disasters.”The SBA’s disaster fund running out of money could force Congress to address the dire situation with disaster relief funding once lawmakers return to Capitol Hill in November.“Speaker Johnson has promised that this and other disaster pr

Trump uses interview on economics to promote tariffs and riff on his favorite themes

Israel assures US it won't strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say

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Record number of early votes cast in Georgia as election gets underway in battleground state

A record number of early votes have been cast in Georgia on Tuesday as residents headed to the polls in a critical battleground state that is grappling with the fallout from Hurricane Helene and controversial election administration changes that have spurred a flurry of lawsuits.Roughly 252,000 ballots have been cast Tuesday, Gabe Sterling of the Georgia secretary of state’s office said on X. “Spectacular turnout. We are running out of adjectives for this.”The previous first day record was 136,000 in 2020, Sterling said.The swing state is one of the most closely watched this election, wi

Deepening Canada-India standoff seen as a short-term boost for Modi, Trudeau

Lufthansa fined a record $4 million for denying boarding to 128 Jews who didn’t know each other

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Why the Harris campaign has spent $11 million on a Facebook page with 1,000 followers

As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris feverishly chase undecided voters in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, millions of people in battleground states are being served ads on Facebook and Instagram from an obscure page calling itself “The Daily Scroll.”The social media ads, which are adorned with a nondescript logo resembling a pair of checkmarks, have promoted news articles from mainstream outlets including CNN, ABC and NBC, showing easing US inflation, cheaper insulin prices, and the consequences of state abortion bans.But the ads on Meta-owned platforms aren’t being paid f

KFile: Kamala Harris pledged to prosecute oil companies over emissions. Now, she’s praising their record US production

US retail trade group expects holiday season sales to grow more slowly

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Supreme Court leaves in place Pennsylvania law barring people under 21 from carrying guns

The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling from Pennsylvania that allowed residents under 21 to carry firearms in public, though the justices declined for now to hear arguments in the case themselves.At issue was a state law that barred 18-to-20 years olds from open carrying firearms during declared states of emergencies. The court’s decision tosses a federal appeals court ruling that found the law violated the Second Amendment.The Supreme Court did not explain its ruling and no dissents were noted.Pennsylvania, like 31 other states, sets 21 as the minimum age for certain g

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Survivors and relatives in Maine's deadliest shooting start the process of suing the Army

Lawyers for 100 survivors and relatives of victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history have begun the formal process of suing the U.S. Army for what they say was a failure to act to stop the reservist responsible for the crime, attorneys announced Tuesday. The individual notices of claim say the Army failed to act despite being aware of the reservist’s mental health decline that led to his hospitalization and left him paranoid, delusional and expressing homicidal ideations -- including producing a “hit list” of those he wanted to attack. “It is diffi

Lufthansa agrees to pay US $4 million penalty over treatment of Jewish passengers

Georgia judge says county election officials cannot delay or decline certification of election results

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Tom Brady's purchase of a minority stake in the Las Vegas Raiders is approved by NFL team owners

Tom Brady has another new role in the NFL: owner. The seven-time Super Bowl champion purchased a minority stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, a deal unanimously approved by NFL team owners on Tuesday at the league's annual fall meeting. “It's an exciting day for the Raider organization,” Raiders majority owner Mark Davis said. “Although Tom can’t play, I think he can help us select a quarterback in the future and potentially train him as well.” Brady, who played 23 seasons with the Patriots and Buccaneers, takes 5% control of the Raiders. He ne

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Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay receive homophobic threats after Game 1 of WNBA Finals

New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay received threatening homophobic anonymous emails after Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. The emails went directly to Xargay's account, which was a bit unnerving for the couple, Stewart said at practice on Tuesday. “The fact it came to Marta’s email is something she (had to) see. The level of closeness was a little bit different,” she said. “Make sure that myself and Marta are okay, but that our kids are the safest.” Stewart had a chance to win Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, but missed one

USDA launches an internal investigation into the deadly Boar's Head outbreak

Georgia local officials have duty to certify election, state judge rules

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What we know about FEMA efforts in North Carolina after reported threats lead to an arrest

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has resumed door-to-door neighborhood outreaches in some areas afflicted by Hurricane Helene as one man is accused of making a threat against its employees.Amid reports of militia involvement, the agency told CNN it was the subject of several threats and the alleged threat from the man later arrested was the main one it was aware of when it decided to pull back on outreach.“I wanted to make sure we protected our staff on the ground while we worked diligently with local law enforcement to understand the full situation,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Crisw

Parents whose son was killed by Hamas describe the conditions of his captivity

The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American murdered by Hamas militants in Gaza in August, have told CNN about the “crushing blow” of losing their son and say they fear that other families will receive the same “devastating news” unless world leaders take urgent action to secure the release of the remaining hostages.“I’m stunned that we still have not seen world leaders emerge on a global stage all together and demand that the hostages be let go,” Jon Polin told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview Monday alongside his wife, Rachel Goldberg.Both parents

Israel assures US it plans to target Iran’s military, not oil or nuclear sites, source says

Reported threats force FEMA to pause some aid operations in North Carolina

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Florida returning to something like normal after Hurricane Milton

Florida counties hard hit by Hurricane Milton are returning to a semblance of normalcy, with power restored to most areas on Monday, gas stations reopening and students preparing to return to school. Still, some neighborhoods remained without power, with many severely damaged homes and businesses, their streets flooded and filled with debris. But on the whole, things were looking up. Florida power companies had restored electricity to about 93% of the 3.4 million homes and businesses that lost service after Milton made landfall late Wednesday as a Ca

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North Korea blows up roads near border with South after warning it would completely cut ties

North Korea blew up parts of two major roads connected to the southern part of the peninsula on Tuesday, South Korean authorities said, after Pyongyang warned it would take steps to completely cut off its territory from the South.Parts of the Gyeongui line on the West coast and Donghae line on the East coast, two major road and railway links connecting the North and South, were destroyed by explosives at around 12 p.m. Korean local time, according to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).In practical terms, the destruction of the travel routes makes little difference - the two Koreas remain di

China's newest panda diplomats are being transported to the US

Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86

What to know about early voting in Georgia and North Carolina

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Boeing’s crisis is getting worse. Now it’s borrowing tens of billions of dollars

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Trump uses interview on economics to promote tariffs and riff on his favorite themes

Donald Trump has seized on an opening to sound his frequent argument that imposing huge tariffs on foreign goods would amount to an economic elixir — one he claims would raise enormous sums for the government, protect U.S. firms from overseas competition and prod foreign companies to open factories in the United States

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