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Appeals court temporarily blocks Biden's student debt relief plan

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked President Biden's student debt relief plan. Prior to the ruling, applications were on track to process and erase the debt as soon as Sunday.

October 22, 2022
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo
A new audit of autopsies conducted under David Fowler's tenue "will determine whether independent experts agree or disagree with the [the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's] determination of cause and manner of death, whether such experts believe the OCME's determinations were based on adequate investigations," the panel's said.

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  • Law

Maryland officials order the reinvestigation of about 100 deaths in police custody

The review follows an audit of police-involved deaths under the tenure of former Chief Medical Officer David Fowler, who testified that George Floyd's death was caused by heart disease and drug use.

October 22, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Victoria Persinger (left) and Christopher Plys of Team USA compete against Team Norway during the Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing on on Feb. 3.

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  • Sports

USA Curling is in open revolt over its CEO

Members of a diversity, equity and inclusion panel are calling for the firing of CEO Jeff Plush over his handling of sexual abuse allegations when he was head of the women's pro soccer league.

October 22, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Tony Garfalo, a former OxyChem worker.

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  • Health

They inhaled asbestos for decades on the job. Now, workers break their silence

While the U.S. considers finally banning the carcinogen, a group of men has come forward, saying they were exposed repeatedly while working at a chemical plant in New York.

October 21, 2022
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By:
  • Kathleen McGrory and
  • Neil Bedi
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump who was convicted of contempt of Congress, arrives at federal court for a sentencing hearing on Friday.

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  • Law

Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for flouting House Jan. 6 panel

A judge has sentenced the former Trump political adviser to four months incarceration and a $6,500 fine for criminal contempt of Congress.

October 21, 2022
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  • Carrie Johnson
Ethan Crumbley attends a hearing at Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Mich., on Feb. 22. Crumbley, the teenager accused of killing four fellow students and injuring more at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., is expected to plead guilty next week, authorities said Friday.

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  • National

A guilty plea is expected in the Michigan high school shooting that killed four

A teenager accused of killing four fellow students and injuring more at Oxford High School last November is expected to plead guilty to murder next week, authorities said Friday.

October 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Law

Bannon receives 4-month sentence for flouting House Jan. 6 panel

A judge has sentenced former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon to 4 months incarceration and a $6,500 fine for flouting demands from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

October 21, 2022
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  • Leila Fadel and
  • Carrie Johnson

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  • Science

A murder case — solved by vultures

In 2013, detective Bradley Marr of Louisiana was investigating a murder. Forensic scientist Lauren Pharr Parks and detective Marr share how vultures helped crack the case.

October 21, 2022
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  • Manoush Zomorodi,
  • Katie Monteleone,
  • and 1 more
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., on April 4, 2022.

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  • Law

The Supreme Court won't block the student loan debt relief program, at least for now

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who is assigned to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, was the one who received the emergency application brought by a Wisconsin taxpayers group.

October 20, 2022
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  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Jess Zalph
Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at federal court for a civil trial in New York City on Thursday.

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  • Arts & Life

A jury finds that Kevin Spacey didn't molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986

A jury sided with Kevin Spacey in one of the lawsuits that derailed the film star's career, finding he did not sexually abuse Anthony Rapp, then 14, while both were relatively unknown Broadway actors.

October 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Missouri and American flags fly outside Planned Parenthood in June in St. Louis.

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  • Law

A former employee sues Planned Parenthood, claiming she faced months of racism

Lawyers for Nicole Moore, a Black woman, say she was often given unfair workloads, demeaned in front of coworkers and retaliated against for speaking up about racism within the company.

October 20, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Ash Williams poses for a portrait outside of his home in Asheville, N.C., in August. Williams is a transgender abortion doula and activist.

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  • Health Care

What it's like being an abortion doula in a state with restrictive laws

"I'm an abortion doula, I fund people's abortions, I make sure they can get to their appointments, period," said Ash Williams of North Carolina. "I can do that. I just need to keep doing that."

October 20, 2022
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  • Destinee Adams
A sign stands at the construction site for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new headquarters in Washington, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018.

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  • Law

Appeals court says financial watchdog agency CFPB's structure is unconstitutional

Three federal appeals court judges appointed by President Trump have ruled that the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional.

October 20, 2022
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  • Chris Arnold
This image provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows suspected fentanyl pills seized at the Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 in Los Angeles.

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  • National

Authorities seize thousands of suspected fentanyl pills hidden at Los Angeles airport

Authorities on Wednesday seized thousands of suspected fentanyl pills hidden in candy boxes at Los Angeles International Airport.

October 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Republican state officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on which voters should be categorized as Black when testing whether a map of election districts dilutes the political power of Black voters.

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  • Elections

Who counts as Black in voting maps? Some GOP state officials want that narrowed

Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power.

October 20, 2022
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
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