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Video on social media shows a white man grabbing a Black man by the neck in Milwaukee

1:49am October 18, 2022

by Ayana Archie

The white man, 62, says the friend of a Black man, 24, stole a bicycle from his friend's yard. Milwaukee police say they are investigating the incident.

Acting Los Angeles City Council President Mitch O'Farrell discusses the ongoing scandal a week after a leaked recording of racist remarks by council members came to light during a news conference at City Hall in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.

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Two LA city council members have lost their committee positions over race scandal

9:38pm October 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

The head of the Los Angeles City Council stripped two members, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon, of much of their power Monday to pressure them to resign after a private meeting sparked a scandal.

President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announce the student debt relief application is now live.

You can now apply for Biden's student loan relief plan. Here's how

9:12pm October 17, 2022

"It's easy, it's fast," Biden said in a press conference announcing the launch, noting applications take less than 5 minutes and can be done on desktop or phone.

Studies show that monkeypox isn't easy to catch from respiratory droplets or contaminated objects. It's one of the reasons that the virus hasn't spread more widely in the U.S.

Monkeypox cases in the U.S. are way down — can the virus be eliminated?

7:16pm October 17, 2022

Early fears of an escalating outbreak have not come to pass. Scientists are finding that the virus needs a very particular set of circumstances to spread effectively.

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Chelle Wyatt holds her hearing aid on April 15, 2022, in Salt Lake City.

What to know now that hearing aids are available over the counter

6:11pm October 17, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

The shift in hearing health care is due to a recent rule change by the FDA, which recently cleared the way for the devices to be sold in retail stores without the need for buyers to see a doctor.

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Taylor Blake is helping Emmanuel with physical therapy in a homemade sling.

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Emmanuel, a TikTok-famous emu, has avian flu after a deadly outbreak on a Florida farm

5:52pm October 17, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

Taylor Blake's family farm in South Florida, Knuckle Bump Farms, has lost 99% of its birds to avian flu. Its most famous resident has suffered nerve damage in his right leg and foot.

Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at Federal court for his civil lawsuit trial on Oct. 12 in New York. Spacey is facing a jury in a New York City courtroom during a civil trial accusing him of sexually abusing a 14-year-old actor in the 1980s when he was 26.

From the witness stand, Kevin Spacey denies sex abuse claims

5:20pm October 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

Actor Anthony Rapp says he was a victim of assault and battery. Rapp says Spacey made a sexual advance on him in the 1980s when he was 14 years old.

Astronaut Jim A. McDivitt's official portrait, taken in 1971. McDivitt has died at age 93.

Former NASA astronaut Jim McDivitt, who led Gemini and Apollo missions, dies at 93

4:58pm October 17, 2022

by Juliana Kim

McDivitt commanded two early Gemini and Apollo missions in the 1960s that played a key role in preparing for the moon landing in 1969.

A Russian Iskander-M missile launcher parades through Red Square in central Moscow on May 7, 2022. The Iskander is one of several Russian systems that can launch nuclear weapons.

Russia's nuclear arsenal is huge, but will Putin use it?

4:35pm October 17, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

Experts in Russian doctrine worry that as the war in Ukraine gets more desperate, Russia might be tempted to detonate a nuclear weapon.

The House Oversight Committee has documentation that the Secret Service was charged excessive rates to stay at Trump properties, including the International Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Trump hotels charged his Secret Service protectors 'exorbitant' rates

2:44pm October 17, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

New documents indicate Trump-owned properties repeatedly charged the Secret Service rates far higher than government rates, as high as $1,185 per room per night.