US students facing FAFSA frustrations
A dysfunctional rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid -- complete with technical glitches, miscalculations and processing delays -- has l…
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Arkansas tests limit of abortion rights momentum
BRYANT -- Voters have backed abortion rights in every statewide referendum on the issue since Roe v. Wade fell 22 months ago -- in red and blue states alike. N…
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Court upholds decision barring judge candidate
DECATUR, Ga. -- A judge upheld the disqualification of a candidate who had planned to run against the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's 2020…
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New US rule adds protections for temporary farmworkers
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment pract…
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Names and faces
m Grammy Award-winning R&B singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Fri…
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War protests rage on at schools
NEW YORK -- As students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at college campuses across the U.S. dug in Saturday and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, some uni…
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Methodists back region plan to ease friction
United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment seen by advocates as a way of defusing debates over the role of LGBTQ people…
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Federal student aid chief leaving after FAFSA flop
Richard Cordray, who has led the Federal Student Aid office since 2021, is stepping down at the end of June, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Friday.
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Deal averts UAW strike at Daimler
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US births lowest since 1979 with rates down across board
NEW YORK -- U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide.
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Blinken making 7th Mideast trip of war
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East on his seventh diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in G…
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In the news
m Don Striker, superintendent of North Cascades National Park Service Complex, said visitors in Washington state will "once again see grizzly bears on the land…
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Cleanup begins after Midwest tornadoes
OMAHA, Neb. -- Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved …
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Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa
Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many …
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More names revealed in Arizona fake-elector case
PHOENIX -- Authorities revealed Friday the conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges filed against an ex-aide of former President Donald Trump and four attorneys i…
