WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation is moving forward as a proposed regulation, offering him a fresh chance to deliver on a campaign promise and energize young voters ahead of the November election.The Education Department on Tuesday filed paperwork for a new regulation that would deliver the cancellation that…
A woman who suffered a brain injury after falling from a seaside pier lost out on $750,000 in compensation after she was found to be “thoroughly dishonest” in her claim, said a judge.Kirsty Williams-Henry, 33, sustained multiple injuries after falling from Aberavon Pier in the UK in 2018 when she went to observe bioluminescent plankton…
Hong Kong customs officials have seized 146 kilograms of suspected gold, worth more than $10 million, on board a freight plane headed for Japan.The discovery is the largest gold-smuggling case on record in Hong Kong in terms of seizure value, according to the Customs Department.The precious metal was discovered on 27 March while officials at…
The changing of the conservative mind in recent years could hardly be captured more pithily than in the headline of a recent op-ed: “Why I believe in industrial policy — done right.” So opined Sen. Marco Rubio for the Washington Post and, at greater length, for National Affairs.Note that I’m not addressing the conservative heart.…
Men are punching random women on the streets of New York City. As usual with these kinds of diffuse and chaotic stories, there’s much that is unknown, including how often this is happening, how many people are involved, or whether it’s at all coordinated. But what we do know is already alarming. CNN reports that dozens…
The wife of a New York Yankees executive was killed when a tree fell on her car in Westchester County on Wednesday.Catherine Tusiani, 50, was behind the wheel of a 2021 Toyota heading north on Route 128 near School St. in Armonk, N.Y., during Wednesday’s storm when a tree crashed down on her car around…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense minister warned his French counterpart against deploying troops to Ukraine in a rare phone call Wednesday and noted that Moscow is ready to take part in talks to end the conflict.Sergei Shoigu told French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu that if Paris follows up on its statements about the possibility of…
The Trump camp assails Biden for declaring March 31, Easter Sunday, as Transgender Day of Visibility
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is facing criticism from Donald Trump’s campaign and religious conservatives for proclaiming March 31 — which corresponds with Easter Sunday this year — as “Transgender Day of Visibility.”The Democratic president issued the proclamation on Friday, calling on “all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices…
There is increasing alarm about West Texas oil fields that continue to produce toxic water leaks.What’s happeningThe latest event was detected in Crane County in early December, when brine water poured out of the earth and over ranchland, Marfa Public Radio reported. The well wasn’t plugged until Jan. 29, and the remediation project cost $2.5…
Joe Biden earned a loud laugh from the audience at a Democratic fundraiser in New York City with a comment about Donald Trump’s golf game.Late-night TV host Stephen Colbert, who was comparing Thursday’s event at Radio City Music Hall, teed up the joke by telling the president:“Donald Trump, as far as we can tell, has…
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