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Jun 30 2023
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Supreme Court ruling brings bitterness for borrowers counting on student loan forgiveness
Whitney Jean Alim, a 27-year-old educator in Chicago, dreamed of buying a house sooner with the room in her budget from President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan. It would have cut in half the $40,000 she owes on loans taken out for college and a master’s degree. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the forgiveness plan, dashing the hopes of Alim and millions of other
Washington PostJun 28 2023
News
Florida Children Reported Missing Are Found Abandoned in Milwaukee
Police in Wisconsin arrested a couple who allegedly kidnapped two young children in Florida and eventually abandoned them in a Milwaukee park. The Bay County Florida Sheriff’s Office announced Monday the arrest of Adalyn Jean Burkett, 18, of Callaway, Florida, and Marquan L. Edwards, 22, from Milwaukee, for taking the children and their mother’s vehicle. The mother called the police on
The MessengerJun 27 2023
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Marlins rack up 19 hits, blow out Red Sox
June 28 - The Miami Marlins matched their season high with 19 hits and Sandy Alcantara pitched seven innings of one-run ball on the way to a 10-1 win over the host Boston Red Sox on Tuesday. Bryan De La Cruz (2-for-5) and Jazz Chisholm Jr. (3-for-4) combined for five RBI and three runs in the middle of the Miami lineup. De La Cruz and Jean Segura each homered to help the Marlins to their third
ReutersJul 02 2023
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Lincoln Police trying to locate missing 64-year-old woman
An Endangered Missing Advisory has been issued for a 64-year-old woman who has been missing since Saturday evening. The Lincoln Police Department is attempting to locate Melinda Beberman, who was last seen at 5 p.m. Saturday near 17th and Sumner streets. The 64-year-old white woman is approximately 5-foot-3, 160 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt
Lincoln Journal StarJun 26 2023
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White House Responds to McCarthy Floating Garland Impeachment Inquiry
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland (L) and F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray hold a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Oct. 24, 2022. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The White House responded to talk of impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during a June 26 press briefing by reiterating that “
The Epoch TimesMay 15 2023
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Federal student loan repayments to restart, education secretary confirms
The Education Department is "preparing to restart" federal student loan debt repayments after a three-year pause now that the COVID-19 pandemic emergency has ended, Secretary Miguel Cardona told lawmakers this week.
Cardona revealed the administration's intentions at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday, when Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., asked him why the government should
Fox BusinessJun 29 2023
News
Marlins grab their first three-game sweep of Red Sox, are more than 13 games over .500 for first time since 2003
BOSTON — Jean Segura’s infield single broke up Brayan Bello’s no-hit bid with nobody out in the eighth inning, and the Miami Marlins followed with three more hits to break a scoreless tie and beat the Boston Red Sox 2-0 on Thursday night. The Marlins (48-34) improved to 14 games over .500, the first time they have been better than 13 games over .500 since they were 91-71 after the regular-
Sun SentinelMar 26 2023
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American couple being held hostage in Haiti; kidnappers increase ransom demand
A Florida couple visiting Port-au-Prince, Haiti are being held at ransom after being abducted, according to family members. Jean Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint, both 33-years-old, were reportedly abducted on a bus on March 18 while on a visit to see ailing relatives and attend a local festival. The U.S. citizen's abductors allegedly demanded $6,000 for the couple’s release, family
Fox News DigitalJun 14 2023
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A GOP Governor Might Pardon A Police Officer Who Killed A Black Man — Despite Pleas Not To
The Republican governor of Missouri may be on the verge of issuing an extraordinary pardon to a police officer who killed a Black man in 2019 ― and a county prosecutor is urging him not to do it. Jean Peters Baker, the top prosecutor in Jackson County, wrote a letter to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday asking him not to pardon former Kansas City police officer Eric DeValkenaere. The
HuffPostJun 13 2023
Opinion
Gov. Parson, don’t undermine rule of law by pardoning ex-KCPD officer for manslaughter
In a letter that Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker has written to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, she begs him not to pardon former Kansas City Police detective Eric DeValkenaere, who was convicted of manslaughter in November of 2021. That the governor is even thinking of doing so is shocking, for one thing because Parson so often points to a conviction as a reason not to show mercy to
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