I was surprised when some of my student loans were canceled. Yours might be, too
By JAE BRATTON of NerdWallet The Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 of student loan debt per…
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The German Cabinet has approved a plan to make it easier for people to legally change name, gender
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Cabinet has approved a plan to ease legal changes of name and gender for transgender,…
Continue Reading Teen with a knife wounds an 8-year-old boy at a school in eastern Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a teenager armed with a knife has wounded an eight-year-old boy at a school in eastern Germany and then set himself…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Remnants of Tropical Storm Harold move through the Borderland
The ABC-7 First Alert continues for moderate to heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Harold. Rainfall could be heavy at times on Wednesday with some…
Continue Reading Ingebrigtsen goes down in another upset, while Warholm hurdles to gold
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Britain’s Josh Kerr pulled off the biggest upset of the world championships,…
Continue Reading American sprinter Gabby Thomas well-researched in power of sleep, even writing paper on rest
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The importance of a good night’s rest is not lost on American sprinter Gabby Thomas. She…
Continue Reading A top Russian general linked to the head of a rebellious mercenary group is reportedly dismissed
By The Associated Press Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of a brief armed…
Continue Reading Residents in southern Syria raid ruling party offices, block road as protests over economy intensify
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Angry protesters have raided the local offices of the ruling Baath party in a southern Syrian…
Continue Reading Australian prosecutors drop case against actor Amber Heard over pet Yorkshire terriers
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian prosecutors have dropped a potential criminal case against American actor…
Continue Reading Flames devour forests and homes as wildfires that have left 20 dead in Greece burn out of control
By ELENA BECATOROS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Advancing flames are devouring forests and homes in Greece as…
Continue Reading Dollar Tree and Family Dollar agree to take steps to improve worker safety at the bargain stores
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators on Wednesday announced a settlement with the company that runs Dollar Tree and Family Dollar aimed at improving…
Continue Reading Xi, Putin and other leaders locked in discussions over an expansion of the BRICS economic bloc
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have held closed-door discussions…
Continue Reading Pakistani children rescued from a broken cable car say they repeatedly feared they would die
By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Schoolchildren who were rescued from a broken cable car dangling high above…
Continue Reading Surprisingly durable US economy poses key question: Are we facing higher-for-longer interest rates?
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A year ago, Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark warning: To fight persistently high…
Continue Reading Two tankers collided in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly disrupting traffic in the vital waterway
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say two tankers have collided in a single-lane stretch of the Suez Canal, briefly…
Continue Reading A Hong Kong court refused to ban a protest song. Now the government has been allowed to appeal
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government has been given the green light to appeal a court’s refusal to ban a…
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Cities with the highest rates of obesity
Stacker examined data from the CDC’s annual PLACES report, released in July 2023, to see which cities had the highest share of adults with…
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Where homeowners are trapped by 74% mortgage cost hike from pandemic-era low rates
To uncover where homeowners feel most trapped in their mortgages, MoneyGeek analyzed data for over 312 metro areas across home values, historic…
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26 style trends that were popularized by hip-hop
Stacker compiled a list of 26 style trends that originated or were popularized in hip-hop with the help of The Museum at FIT and other…
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It's a bird. It's a plane. It's the police responding to a 911 call
The Marshall Project took a look at the increasing use of surveillance drones by police and the effect it is having on incident response time and…
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80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable—here's a closer look at maternal mortality in the US
Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to look at data from the CDC and learn more about the prevalence of preventable pregnancy-related deaths…
Continue Reading Iran sentences 8 to prison over paramilitary’s death during last year’s nationwide protests
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has sentenced seven men and a woman to prison after their convictions over…
Continue Reading Construction platform at railroad bridge being built in India collapses, killing at least 26 workers
By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Police say that a construction platform at a railroad bridge being built in northeastern…
Continue Reading Bus veers off main highway to Nepal’s capital. At least 8 killed and many more injured
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A passenger bus veered off a key highway and crashed in Nepal, killing at least eight people and injuring many more. Police…
Continue Reading India lands a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, a first for the world as it joins elite club
By ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street rally
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday after Wall Street rallied to its best day since June after…
Continue Reading Philippine supply boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in the hotly contested South China Sea
By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press ABOARD BRP CABRA (AP) — As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats…
Continue Reading As oil activities encroach on sacred natural sites, a small Ugandan community feels besieged
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press BULIISA, Uganda (AP) — Alex Wakitinti is worried about the sacred natural sites he tends in the large swath of…
Continue Reading Hawaii officials urge families of people missing after deadly fires to give DNA samples
By AUDREY McAVOY, GENE JOHNSON and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii are pleading with…
Continue Reading Four years into crisis, Lebanon’s leaders hope tourism boom will help bypass reforms in IMF bailout
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Four years into its historic economic meltdown, Lebanon’s political elites, masters at…
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