By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is canceling $72 million in student loans for 2,300 borrowers who say they were cheated by Ashford University, a former for-profit college that was purchased by the University of Arizona in 2020. The Education Department announced the action Wednesday, saying it will seek
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story HARLINGEN, Texas (KTRK) — A migrant woman died in South Texas after spending less than a day in federal custody, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced Tuesday. Border agents encountered the 29-year-old woman and her family in the Rio Grande Valley on Sunday afternoon, according
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene (CNN) — House Oversight Chairman James Comer and Rep. Byron Donalds, a GOP member on the committee, sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration on Wednesday requesting documents regarding Hunter Biden’s use of Air Force Two and Marine Two while Joe Biden was vice president. The request follows a
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped all felony charges against an Iowa man who was arrested in 2021 by Chicago police for having guns and ammunition in his hotel room overlooking a popular tourist attraction. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Cook County prosecutors dropped felony charges against Keegan Casteel on Monday after he pleaded guilty to
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By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A district court judge ruled Wednesday that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial in a criminal case for alleged sex abuse of a minor about 50 years ago, dismissing the charges against him. In 2021, McCarrick was charged in Massachusetts with three counts of indecent
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Keck Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Two people have been arrested and charged in connection to a road rage shooting that injured a 6-year-old girl last month. Police arrested 33-year-old Shelby Bisconer and 22-year-old Edward Sark on Tuesday. Both are charged with wanton endangerment, Sark also faces
Continue ReadingBy Mason Carroll Click here for updates on this story FLAGSTAFF, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — Dane Wallace has been cycling his entire life. He’s taken his fair share of falls but he’s never experienced something like this. “I just felt the impact and then I was rolling on the ground for a while,” Wallace said.
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper hit his 300th home run, going deep against the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday to become the 158th player to reach that mark. Harper hit the milestone homer against Matt Moore in the eighth inning Wednesday for his 15th homer this season. The two-run drive, in Harper’s 1,481st game, put
Continue ReadingBy YVES LAURENT GOMA and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive embezzlement during his long-time rule over the oil-rich Central African nation. The coup
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Crites Click here for updates on this story CHANDLER, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — Since the start of the school year, we have been tracking a concerning handful of teen suicides and attempts at Valley high schools. There were more suicides last year across America than any other year on record. It’s the second
Continue ReadingCNN By Mary Gilbert and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Idalia remained an active threat to the Southeast on Wednesday afternoon, but it has already left its mark on history, proving to be a once-in-a-lifetime storm for parts of Florida. Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 125
Continue ReadingBy Curadhan Powell Click here for updates on this story SPENCER COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — The Taylorsville Police Department took a suspect into custody accused of threatening a school in Spencer County on Tuesday. A letter was sent to parents by Spencer County Public Schools. It said that they had been made aware of a
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Even though President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program was blocked by the Supreme Court earlier this year, his administration is moving forward with more targeted student debt cancellations allowed under existing programs. The Department of Education said Wednesday that it is canceling $72 million in federal student
Continue ReadingBy Destinee Patterson Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WRAL) — For the students and staff on the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus, those scary hours in lockdown will not be forgotten – nor will the victim, Professor Zijie Yan. Now, students are turning to each other for comfort. Parents
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Robinson Click here for updates on this story PORT CHARLOTTE, Florida (WESH) — A manatee took advantage of a Florida man’s flooded lawn after Hurricane Idalia tore through early Wednesday. A video taken by David Eisenhauer, of Port Charlotte, shows a manatee eating the grass on someone’s property that had been flooded by
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday held Rudy Giuliani liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud, ruling that the former New York city mayor gave “only lip service” to complying with his legal obligations while trying
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches after the technology made several major flubs in articles in at least one of its papers. Several high school sports reports written by an AI service called LedeAI and
Continue ReadingBy Erin Lowrey Click here for updates on this story PLAQUEMINES PARISH, Louisiana (WDSU) — An 18-year-old accused of purposefully hitting a Plaquemines Parish deputy with an ATV last year is due in court for trial on Wednesday. Reginald Hamilton’s trial begins with jury selection. The entire trial is expected to last about three days
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Fighting has erupted in a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank between Palestinians and their own security forces. Palestinian authorities say a 25-year-old Palestinian was killed. The unrest on Wednesday underscored the challenges facing Palestinian police trying to reassert order in the restive territory. Meanwhile,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WBAL) — A portion of Spa Creek is closed Tuesday after a sewer pipe broke, spilling 300,000 gallons of sewage in an Annapolis neighborhood. City officials sent a statement to 11 News, saying the sewage spilled in the area of Heritage Court near
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