By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is docking more than $2 million in payments to student loan servicers that failed to send billing statements on time after the end of a coronavirus pandemic payment freeze. The Education Department said Friday it’ll withhold payments from Nelnet and two other servicers
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El 2024 será un año cargado de elecciones en los cinco continentes. De acuerdo con el Center for American Progress, más de 2.000 millones de votantes en 50 países irán a las urnas en un número récord de elecciones en todo el mundo. Por eso, es probable que en esos
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Many federal student loan borrowers faced long hold times on the phone, experienced significant delays in application processing and received inaccurate bills when payments resumed in October, according to a report released Friday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. When the three-plus-year pandemic pause ended, many borrowers needed
Continue ReadingBy Ashlyn Mitchell Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — There are several talks… about a fox. Some folks showed up to Dauphin Island Thursday morning to advocate for a fox named Roxy. Locals say Roxy is a hometown celebrity, and she’s often spotted on the west end of the Island.
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The lawyer representing the woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves has filed a legal complaint with Spanish authorities after a video circulated on social media that reportedly reveals the identity of her client. Ester García, the lawyer of the alleged
Continue ReadingBy Angie Ricono Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Lana Borysov’s fight for partial custody of her 4-year-old son Andrew is now in Dubai. The little boy and his father suddenly left for the United Arab Emirates almost a year ago, on Jan. 9. Lana says she thought they
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Angela Renda always said she had no interest in getting married. As a reservations agent at Pan American World Airways in the early 1980s, Angela had the world at her fingertips. She told friends she “didn’t want to be tied down.” “I was able to see the world, go
Continue ReadingCNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Christopher Nolan was just trying to exercise. The “Oppenheimer” director, who won just won best director from the New York Film Critics Circle on Wednesday, told the crowd a story about an encounter with a critic while on his Peloton. “I was on my Peloton doing a high-interval
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered the conditional release of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco while he is investigated for allegations he had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl and gave her mother a car and thousands of dollars in
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jo Koy remembers watching major award ceremonies like the Golden Globes with his mother on their living room sofa trying to guess the winners. It was a ritual that Koy cherished as a child. Since then, he’s grown as a comedian with various stand-up
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jonathan Majors has given his first interview since being found guilty of assault and harassment of a former girlfriend. The actor talked to ABC News anchor Linsey Davis for a conversation that will debut on “Good Morning America” Monday. Majors had pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of
Continue ReadingELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Over 100 firefighters battled a blaze Friday at a New Jersey industrial park that was home to the Singer Sewing Machine factory for more than a century. A passerby reported the fire around 5:30 a.m., Mayor J. Christian Bollwage said. No one was in the building and no injuries were reported,
Continue ReadingBy KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer More than 6 million people receive benefits through the nation’s food assistance program for women, infants and children, which is known as WIC. But it’s not always easy to get what you might need. Unlike food stamps, the fresh produce, baby formula and other nutritious items that are WIC-approved
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Gypsy Rose Blanchard says the first time she tasted freedom was not last week, when she walked out of a Missouri prison after serving eight and a half years for helping to kill her abusive mother. The first time she tasted freedom, she says, was
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Christopher Nolan was just trying to exercise. The “Oppenheimer” director, who won just won best director from the New York Film Critics Circle on Wednesday, told the crowd a story about an encounter with a critic while on his Peloton. “I was on my Peloton doing a high-interval workout,
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Parker Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The TSA manager arrested in Atlanta Wednesday allegedly falsified documents, according to a Florida court document. A court document revealed that Maxine McManaman was accused of falsifying a quitclaim deed, a document that transfers property from one person to another. The
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian officials say they have postponed for the second time the reintroduction of requirements to obtain tourist visas for citizens of the U.S., Australia and Canada. Former president Jair Bolsonaro scrapped the visa requirements in 2019 to support the tourism industry, but the three countries continued to demand visas from
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom and Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — As if the glitz and glamor of award season isn’t chaotic enough, a bevy of factors are contributing to the 2024 cycle looking like a scheduling nightmare dressed up in high heels and shimmering gowns. The most glaring factor affecting change this year is the historic
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister says the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and transcend their differences like they did when they established diplomatic relations 45 years ago this week. Foreign Minister Wang Yi also promised during an anniversary banquet on Friday that giant pandas would
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La economía estadounidense sumó 216.000 puestos de trabajo en diciembre, según datos de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales publicados este viernes, superando las expectativas y culminando un año de resiliencia en el mercado laboral. La tasa de desempleo se mantuvo en el 3,7%. Los economistas esperaban un aumento neto de 160.000
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