The presidential nominees are in a final push to convince voters. One Direction's Liam Payne was found dead after falling from a third-floor balcony. The White House plans to sidestep the jumble of legal challenges it’s facing over its student loan forgiveness agenda to tout billions of dollars in new relief on Thursday.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are closing in on the final weeks of the 2024 presidential election.
Keeping up with the campaigns: On Thursday, Harris is focusing her campaign on a pivotal state: Wisconsin. Meanwhile, Trump will participate in a longtime political tradition in New York City, known as the Al Smith dinner.
Harris is courting Republicans. The vice president joined Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday for a tense interview shortly after delivering afternoon remarks at a rally in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, where she was accompanied by more than 100 Republicans backing her campaign.
Meanwhile, Trump repeated debunked rumors . On Wednesday, the former president doubled down on false claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets in a pitch to undecided Latino voters.
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Vice President Kamala Harris greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event at Washington Crossing Historic Park on October 16, 2024 in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker, Getty Images
Liam Payne, One Direction member, dead at 31
Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, one-fifth of the British boy band, died outside a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, local police confirmed Wednesday. He was 31. The English musician was found dead after falling from his third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur hotel. In a statement, police said they were called to the hotel in the Palermo neighborhood, where they were notified of an "aggressive man who could be under the effects of drugs and alcohol." Click here for updates .
Fans of British singer Liam Payne lit candles next to the hotel where he died in Buenos Aires on October 16, 2024. LUIS ROBAYO, AFP via Getty Images
U.S. B-2 bombers attacked weapons caches belonging to Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen late Wednesday, in a strike that appears to be the first such use of the strategic stealth bomber against the militia. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin said in a statement the operation was ordered by President Joe Biden to "further degrade" the Houthis' ability to launch attacks on commercial and military ships in the Red Sea. The strikes could also be a warning to Iran at a time when Tehran and U.S. ally Israel have appeared on the verge of a full-blown war. Read more
Biden touts student debt relief milestone
President Joe Biden lauded the latest tranche of debt cancellation – $4.7 billion for more than 60,000 student loan borrowers, according to administration officials – as a milestone in his efforts to reform the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The PSLF program was created in 2007 to cancel the student loan debt of workers in government and many nonprofit jobs, but failed to achieve that goal. Before Biden took office, only 7,000 borrowers ever managed to qualify for relief. But now the number of borrowers who’ve had their loans forgiven under PSLF will reach more than one million. Read more
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How Ukraine war refugees fell victim to Hurricane Helene
A search party recovered Anastasiia Novitnia Segen's body 10 miles from the family’s home in the mountains outside Asheville, North Carolina. About a mile away, authorities found the body of Anastasiia’s husband, Dmytro, who was identified through a fingerprint. Now, loved ones mourn the beloved couple, who escaped Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But search operations are still underway for the Segen family's 13-year-old son Yevhenii and Anastasiia’s mother, Tatiana Novitnia, both of whom remain unaccounted for. USA TODAY spoke to the Segen's family about the harrowing wait for answers.
Photo of the day: The biggest and brightest
A full, Hunter’s supermoon has come! The first full moon of fall — also one of this year's four "supermoons" — gets its name for the time of year when hunters began collecting wild game, like deer, to store for the cold winter months.
The Hunter's Supermoon rises on October 16, 2024 near Lancaster, California. The Hunter’s Moon is the largest and brightest of four supermoons this year, reaching its nearest distance to the Earth at around 222,055 miles away. Mario Tama, Getty Images
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