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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Russia targets Ukrainian energy
KYIV -- Russia hammered Ukraine's electrical grid with nearly two dozen missiles overnight Saturday, officials said, in the latest assault on the country's ene…
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S. Africa marks birth of democracy
PRETORIA, South Africa -- South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that i…
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Iraqi social media influencer gunned down
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi authorities on Saturday were investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer, who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front…
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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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UN looks into relief agency assertions
UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staffers from the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims …
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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…
