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Court temporarily blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A federal appeals court late Friday issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loans. The Eighth Ci...

Oct 21, 2022

Graham asks Supreme Court to intervene after election ruling

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a lower court ordered him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating wheth...

Oct 21, 2022

First lady to host roundtable on breast and cervical cancer

WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Jill Biden will host a roundtable Monday on breast and cervical cancer, part of the administration's "moonshot" effort to reduce deaths from cancer, the White House said. ...

Oct 21, 2022

Guilty plea due in Michigan school shooting that killed 4

DETROIT (AP) - A teenager accused of killing four fellow students and injuring more at a Michigan high school is expected to plead guilty to murder next week, authorities said Friday. Ethan Crumbley h...

Oct 21, 2022

Jan. 6 panel issues subpoena to Trump, demanding he testify

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued a subpoena Friday to Donald Trump, exercising its subpoena power against the former president who lawma...

Oct 21, 2022

Chess star Hans Niemann sues over cheating allegations

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann alleges in a federal lawsuit that chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and others destroyed his career by falsely accusing him of cheating. Niemann is seeking $100 millio...

Oct 21, 2022

Bannon gets 4 months behind bars for defying 1/6 subpoena

WASHINGTON (AP) - Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday to serve four months behind bars after defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating ...

Oct 21, 2022

UN demands end to violence in Haiti, sanctions gang leader

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday demanding an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti and imposing sanctions on a powerful gang ...

Oct 21, 2022

Pakistan's election commission disqualifies ex-PM Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's elections commission on Friday disqualified former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts to him and concealing a...

Oct 21, 2022

Italian far-right leader says she is ready to govern

ROME (AP) - Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni said Friday she and her allies asked the nation's president to give her the mandate to assemble a new government. Meloni and her allies met briefly ...

Oct 21, 2022