Month: April 2023

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s student loan agenda would be all but obliterated by the U.S. debt legislation passed by House Republicans, dooming his mass cancellation s, scrapping a more generous loan repayment option and permanently barring future regulation around student debt. Republicans see it as a victory

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A migration crisis at the border between Chile and Peru is intensifying, with hundreds of people stranded, unable to cross into Peru in an effort to return to their home country of Venezuela. The mostly Venezuelan migrants are seeking to cross into Peru to continue on to their home country but

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Vermont Legislature passed reproductive and gender-affirming health care bills on Thursday with a late addition aimed at protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mifepristone. The bills protect providers from discipline for providing

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail last weekend and fled to Texas after allegedly stealing a public works vehicle has been arrested in Houston, authorities announced Thursday. Jerry Raynes was apprehended days after he and three other inmates escaped Saturday night from

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nonprofit Global Citizen announced Thursday a new campaign to support the reform of global banks and climate financing. The Global Citizen NOW summit in New York brings together politicians, business and philanthropic leaders and celebrities to try to channel the support of individuals from around

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump turned his attention to the general election on Thursday, using his first campaign appearance since President Joe Biden launched his own reelection bid to boast of his poll numbers and suggest that he has no need to

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected, generally around the sixth week of pregnancy, fell one vote short Thursday of breaking a filibuster in the Nebraska Legislature. That means the bill is unlikely to move forward

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bebe Rexha has channeled the freedom, musicality and glam of the ’70s with her new album, “Bebe.” The 12-track self-titled project boasts mostly dance music, as Rexha says she “wanted to do something a little different” and make feel-good dance music. She got ready by

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls. Those include severely restricting education to banning women from most jobs, public spaces and gyms. The resolution urges all other