Major U.S. retailers began selling lower-cost hearing aids without a prescription or medical exam under final Biden administration rules that took effect Monday.

“Their security is provided for at the same level as the rest of Russia’s territory,” Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview.

Australia on Tuesday reversed a decision of the previous government to recognize west Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying the status of the city should be resolved through peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian people.

The Nakia Creek Fire in Clark County exploded on Sunday to about 2,000 acres, but by Monday morning was down to 1,565 acres and 20% contained, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources said on the Inciweb fire tracking site.

The federal government has initiated the beta launch for the Federal Student Loan Debt Relief program allowing borrowers to have a full or partial discharge of student loans up to $20,000 for individuals who made less than $125,000 in 2021 or 2020 and families who made less than $250,000 in the same period. 

Spacey faces a criminal trial in London next year after pleading not guilty to five sex offense charges over alleged assaults between 2005 and 2013.

The second round of DeSantis’ controversial migrant relocation efforts originally scheduled to take place early this month was delayed in the aftermath of the Category 4 storm.