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Delta Air Lines Flight Cancellations Today: Can You Get a Refund?
- By Delta Air Lines is experiencing daily flight cancellations like many U.S. carriers. That's, in part, due to the Federal Aviation Administration mandating flight reductions as the government shutdown continues. But can you get a refund if your flight is cancelled? The answer is yes. You are entitled to a full refund for your flight. The same is not true for meals, hotels, and rental cars, however. Although people ...

Source: miamiherald.com
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Transcript: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 9, 2025
- The following is the transcript of the interview with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Nov. 9, 2025. MARGARET BRENNAN: We're joined now by the Democratic governor of Maryland, Wes Moore. Good to have you here in person.  GOV. WES MOORE: Great to be with you. Thank you.  MARGARET BRENNAN: So, Governor, one in eight Americans use food stamps. In ...

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Enough Democrats expected to vote to break shutdown impasse: Sources
- The Senate is angling to take a key test vote as early as Sunday night on a plan that would be a major step toward reopening the government. The vote would be a big test to gauge whether enough Democrats would vote with Republicans to break the impasse, even though they wouldn't get an extension of Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year, which they have been holding out for through the 40-day ...

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WORLD  
Hamas hands over body it says is Israeli soldier held in Gaza since 2014
- Israel said the Red Cross has received the remains of a hostage in Gaza after Hamas announced that it was releasing the body of Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed in 2014 whose body has been held in Gaza for 11 years. The remains will be transferred on Sunday to Israel and to the national forensic institute for identification. If the body is identified as a hostage, there will be four bodies of hostages ...

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MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors
- NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted on charges they took bribes from sports bettors to throw certain types of pitches, including tossing balls in the dirt instead of strikes, to ensure successful bets. According to the indictment unsealed Sunday in federal court in Brooklyn, the highly-paid hurlers took several thousand dollars in payoffs to help two ...

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Ukraine drone strikes throw power supplies into disarray in Russian cities
- Ukraine has hit back at Russia's attempts to disable its energy infrastructure with air strikes that succeeded in disrupting power and heating in two cities across the border. Kyiv's drone and missile attacks cut power and heating on Sunday in the Russian cities of Belgorod near the border and Voronezh nearly 300km (186 miles) away. In Belgorod, local Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said missile strikes caused "serious ...

Source: aljazeera.com
POLITICS  
Can Donald Trump really make an NFL team name its stadium after him?
- The president reportedly wants the new home of the Washington Commanders to bear his name. There are reasons to think he will succeed Wait, Donald Trump is naming a stadium after himself? That's if a well-sourced report from ESPN is to be believed. The US president has apparently let it be known to the ownership group of the Washington Commanders that he wants the team's new stadium, which is scheduled to open in ...

Source: theguardian.com
US   MARKETS  
How Would a 50-Year Mortgage Work? There are Pros & Cons
- By With the idea of a "50-year mortgage" being floated amid concerns that younger people can't afford to buy houses, it's worth taking a look at the pros and cons. Generally, conventional mortgages span 30 years. calculated the savings on a $300,000, $400,000, and $500,000 house if the term is extended to 50 years. To state the obvious, the "longer fixed-rate amortization on mortgage loans would lower monthly ...

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BBC director resigns after criticism of broadcaster's editing of Trump's Jan. 6 speech
- LONDON (AP) — The head of the BBC and the British broadcaster's top news executive both resigned Sunday after criticism of the way the organization edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness had both decided to leave the corporation. Britain's public broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before ...

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Recalled infant formula tied to two botulism cases in Illinois babies
- A recalled baby formula was linked to botulism cases in two Illinois infants, state health officials warn. Two lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula were recalled on Saturday, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The department is advising parents to avoid the formula until further notice. The two Illinois babies with botulism symptoms had both consumed the powdered formula. According to ...

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Four killed and 11 injured after car fleeing police smashes into Florida bar | US News
- The driver lost control and hit more than a dozen people outside a bar, police say. The force says the crash was not targeted. Four people have been killed and 11 injured after a speeding car fleeing police slammed into a crowded bar in Tampa, Florida. An air patrol unit spotted the silver sedan driving recklessly on a motorway around 12.40am on Saturday after it was seen racing in another neighbourhood, the Tampa ...

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Iconic Andean monument may have been used for Indigenous accounting
- Sediment analysis and drone photography of the iconic South American monument of Monte Sierpe (aka "Band of Holes") support a new interpretation of this mysterious landscape feature as part of an Indigenous system of accounting and exchange. Stretching 1.5 km across the Pisco Valley of the southern Peruvian Andes, Monte Sierpe (meaning serpent mountain) is a large row of approximately 5,200 precisely aligned holes ...

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$2K per person but conditions apply: What Trump said on tariff dividend - The
- President Donald Trump Sunday again promised tariff dividend to Americans which will possibly be a payout to every American straight from the money America will be raising from its tariffs. This is not the first time that Trump floated the idea but this time he specified the amount and also spelt out the condition that high-income people will not get it. "A dividend of at $2000 a person (not including high income ...

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MEDICINE  
Daily caffeinated coffee may reduce atrial fibrillation risk
- Daily caffeinated coffee tied to less atrial fibrillation recurrence NEW ORLEANS — Adults with atrial fibrillation who drank a cup a day of caffeinated coffee were less likely to have recurrent AF or atrial flutter compared with those who avoided all caffeinated products, researchers reported. Coffee is frequently considered to be pro-arrhythmic and patients often cite coffee as a trigger for their AF ...

Source: healio.com
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Week in Insights: US Tax Law's Deference to Churches Has a Limit
- Churches under US tax law benefit from tax-exempt status, minimal reporting obligations, and broad latitude in how they define their missions. The policy rationale is that religious organizations serve a public good that warrants public support. But that doesn't hold water when the presumed public good turns out to be obvious private luxury . In Community Worship Fellowship v. United States , the US Court of ...

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Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly 'much happier' after prison transfer by Trump officials
- Jeffrey Epstein associate, serving 20 years for sex-trafficking crimes, is now in minimum-security federal prison in Texas Longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell , who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes , has reportedly said that she is "much, much happier" after the Trump administration transferred her to a minimum-security federal prison in Texas, according to emails ...

Source: theguardian.com
Weather, cruise ship, pad issues delay Blue Origin's New Glenn launch attempt
- By Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel Blue Origin was set to launch its New Glenn rocket with a pair of Mars-bound satellites from the Space Coast on Sunday afternoon, but a series of issues stymied the attempt. Expand The heavy-lift rocket was aiming for its second ever liftoff, but was put in a weather hold for most of the launch window that ran from 2:45-4:13 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch ...

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UPS, FedEx Grounding MD-11 Planes Following Deadly Kentucky Crash
- Cut through the chaos. Americans just sent Trump a clear message — and Dems are calling it "a 5-alarm fire" for the president. Our reporters are here to keep you informed and make sense of Washington's chaos. Join HuffPost and be part of what happens next. Already a member? LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — UPS and FedEx will ground their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes "out of an abundance of caution" ...

Source: huffpost.com
WORLD   POLITICS  
Trump grants Hungary one-year exemption from Russian oil, gas sanctions
- Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has exempted Hungary from sanctions over the nation's purchase of Russian gas and oil for one year after meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Trump is a close ally of the far-right populist and authoritarian, who came into power in 1998 but was out of office from 2002 to 2010. On Friday at the White House , Trump said he was considering the exemption because "it's ...

Source: upi.com
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Shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Chicago's West Side, DHS says
- A driver fired shots at Customs and Border Patrol agents in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security. DHS said the border patrol agents were "conducting immigration enforcement operations" near 26th Street and Kedzie Avenue when a man driving a black Jeep fired shots.  DHS also said people nearby threw a paint can and bricks at the agents' ...

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