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(WASHINGTON) — Days after borrowers once again began paying back their student loan debts after a three-year pause, President Joe Biden will give a speech on Wednesday highlighting what his administration has done to fix holes in the student loan system and deliver some form of debt relief, according to the White House. Biden’s plan […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A person trapped under a crane has died after the device fell on top of them during an industrial accident in Florida, authorities said. The accident happened at approximately 3:16 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon at a construction site on Heather Moss Drive, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. […]
(BALTIMORE) — Five people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a shooting Tuesday night near Baltimore’s Morgan State University, where authorities issued and later lifted a shelter-in-place order, police said. A suspect had not yet been identified in the incident, which occurred on a street that borders the university, according to the Baltimore Police Department. “Everybody just […]
(NEW YORK) — Charlotte Sena, the 9-year-old girl who went missing last weekend while on a bike ride at an upstate New York park, has been found, police announced Monday evening. “Charlotte Sena has been located and in good health. A suspect is in custody,” New York State Police said in a statement. “This is […]
(WASHINGTON) — Biden administration Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar delivered a forceful defense of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday during a heated Supreme Court argument over the constitutionality of the agency’s funding and its future as a bulwark against predatory financial services. She faced off against former Trump administration Solicitor General Noel Francisco, representing a […]
pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 73-year-old woman has been attacked by a bear while she was walking with her husband and her dog near the U.S.-Canada border. The incident occurred at approximately 3 p.m. on Sunday when officials from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks were notified that a woman had been “attacked along the […]
(WASHINGTON) — The White House on Tuesday expressed confidence that regardless of developments on Capitol Hill, the U.S. would ultimately provide more assistance for Ukraine — but warned, absent progress, current funding could run out in “a couple of months.” Despite Congress’ failure to approve additional aid for Ukraine in government funding passed over the weekend […]
(PHILADELPHIA) — Josh Kruger, a freelance journalist and former city employee, was shot and killed in his Philadelphia home early Monday, according to local officials. Police responded to his home at about 1:30 a.m. and found Kruger shot seven times in the chest and abdomen. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he […]
(WASHINGTON) — A Republican senator is renewing calls for legislation that would require lawmakers to reach a government funding deal without threat of a shutdown. Sen. James Lankford is resuming calls to pass legislation that would require congressional lawmakers to work in “continuous session” and abide by other stipulations until reaching a deal to fund the […]
(CONCORD, N.H.) — The trial of a 27-year-old drifter charged with fatally shooting a retired couple on a New Hampshire hiking trail began Tuesday with a prosecutor telling a jury that evidence will show that “he alone” is guilty of the grisly slayings, and a defense attorney countering police “got the wrong man.” Logan Clegg is […]
