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By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — More student loan borrowers have successfully received debt relief through bankruptcy after the Biden administration implemented a new policy to make the process easier nearly two years ago, according to data released by the Department of Justice Wednesday. A total of 588 people filed cases seeking student debt
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A former Navy sailor who drove drunk and the wrong way on Interstate 8 in Point Loma, crashing head-on into another vehicle and killing its driver, was sentenced today to 10 years in state prison. Eric Ramos Cortez, 27, was convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated for the Dec. 20, 2021, crash that killed
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CNN By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Terrell Davis and his family were looking forward to vacationing in California when pro football Hall of Famer was handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines plane – for no apparent reason. “I was stripped of my dignity. I was powerless. I couldn’t do anything,” the two-time Super
Continue ReadingCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Officials in Venezuela have arrested the head of security for the country’s top opposition leader, a little more than a week before President Nicolás Maduro faces a tough reelection. Former lawmaker and opposition powerhouse María Corina Machado said that Milciades Ávila was arrested early Wednesday on what she said were trumped
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s border police says that migration through the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama has declined significantly this month since Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino took office and ordered authorities to get control of the dense jungle frontier. Still, migration through the Darien remains close to what it was
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly Craig Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WXYZ) — Fliers of Margie, a stolen dog, have been posted all over the neighborhood on Detroit’s west side where she was snatched, and where her owners are desperate for someone to bring her back. “She’s nine years old. She’s fixed, she’s chipped. I
Continue ReadingBy Chris Arnold Click here for updates on this story ST. GEORGE, Utah (KSTU) — It was a special homecoming last week for 20-year-old Micah Hyde. Hyde returned home to St. George last Wednesday after serving a two-year mission in Seattle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Waiting for him at the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Davis and Kendrick Wright Click here for updates on this story GALLATIN, Tennessee (WTVF) — If the opening statements set the tone of a trial, then we’re in for an eventful few days in Judge Thompson’s courtroom. “Gallatin failed to protect Ms. Summers. [They] failed to do [their] job,” said Clint Kelly, an
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other supplies could get to starving Palestinians. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, deputy commander at U.S.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a drug test at his New Mexico home in which he was accused of being hostile. Jones appeared seated next to his attorney as the pleas were entered on his behalf during
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — State media in China say that a fire at a shopping mall has killed 16 people in the southwestern Chinese city of Zigong. The official news agency Xinhua reported that firefighters and rescuers responded to the fire call shortly after 6 p.m. at the 14-story commercial building and that they pulled 75
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration imposed visa restrictions on former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sergeant Elor Azaria “for his involvement in a gross violation of human rights, namely an extrajudicial killing in the West Bank,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller announced Wednesday. As a result of the action, Azaria and his
Continue Reading By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Paraguay seized over 4 tons of cocaine with a market value of around $240 million inside a shipment of sugar that was destined for Belgium, the country’s anti-drug agency Senad said Tuesday. The cocaine bust – named “Operation Sweetness” – is the largest in the country’s history
Continue ReadingNearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The survey sharply undercuts his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him. And it underscores the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Public school advocates say they have collected enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters in November to repeal a private school tuition funding law. But they’re also preparing for Republican backers to file a lawsuit to try to keep voters from weighing in. Organizers of Support Our Schools have been
Continue ReadingBy Joy Benedict Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE, California (KCAL) — After more than 80 years, the remains of a 26-year-old killed overseas during World War II are being returned to the United States for burial at Riverside National Cemetery. Private First Class Charles Powers was enlisted in the U.S. Army when
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Shōgun,” the historical drama based on James Clavell’s bestselling novel, broke a record with its Emmy nominations on Wednesday. The series became only the second non-English language program to be nominated in outstanding drama category. The hit Netflix series “Squid Game” was the first in 2022. “Shōgun” also
Continue ReadingBy Addie Meiners Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Mayor Craig Greenberg was joined by other city leaders on Tuesday to discuss the city’s participation in “Plastic Free July.” The worldwide initiative aims to encourage people to reduce their use of single-use plastics. “Louisville Metro Government’s Waste Management District collects
Continue ReadingBy Corey Howard Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — New Mexico is only days away from the start of the special legislative session that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called to address crime. Lujan Grisham says her proposal to give judges more ability to hold people “not mentally competent” could
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s armed forces have been deployed along the River Seine to make it safe, both in and out of the water during the grandiose opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The ceremony will involve thousands of Olympians sailing down the river at sunset toward the Eiffel Tower. The unprecedented decision
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