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The SAVE plan is becoming a key vehicle for President Biden's student loan debt relief efforts. In a Friday press release, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said, "The Biden-Harris Administration designed the SAVE Plan to put community college students and other low-balance borrowers on a faster track to debt forgiveness than ever before."

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  • Education

Education Dept. fast-tracks forgiveness for borrowers with smaller student loans

In a surprise move, the Biden administration announced it is fast-tracking a change that will erase the debts of many federal student loan borrowers after just 10 years.

January 12, 2024
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  • Cory Turner
Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he arrives at the New York State Supreme Court during the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York City on Jan. 11, 2024.

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  • Politics

Closing arguments concludes in Trump civil fraud trial in New York

After several months of hearing arguments from the state attorney general and Trump legal teams, both sides will concluded their cases on Thursday. A verdict is expected in the weeks to come.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A plastic sheet covers part of the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 at Portland International Airport on Jan. 8. NTSB investigators are trying to learn why the aircraft suffered a midair fuselage blowout last Friday.

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  • National

A recent lawsuit alleges 'excessive' defects at Boeing parts supplier

The lawsuit doesn't specifically mention door plug systems like the one that failed last week. But it adds to the scrutiny of Spirit AeroSystems, which has been linked to other problems.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Image taken from the bridge of HMS Diamond, seen here firing Sea Viper missiles in the Red Sea on Oct. 1. The HMS Diamond along with U.S. warships successfully repelled a large attack from the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea.

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  • World

U.S. and U.K. strike Houthi targets in Yemen

The airstrikes on multiple Houthi targets in Yemen follow more than two months of attacks by the Iran-backed militants against cargo ships and U.S. warships in the Red Sea.

January 12, 2024
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  • Tom Bowman
eBay, a global e-commerce company based in San Jose, Calif., accepted responsibility for its former employees' actions in a 2019 harassment campaign, federal authorities said Thursday.

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  • Law

eBay will pay a $3 million fine over former employees' harassment campaign

The penalty settles charges against eBay more than three years after then-employees sent spiders and cockroaches, among other things, to a couple over their newsletter's coverage of the company.

January 12, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
GPB  NPR

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  • National

Older teens in Newark, N.J., will soon have a say in who runs their schools

Anjali Krishnamurti, co-founder of VOTE16NJ, celebrates the historic decision to allow 16-year-olds in Newark the right to vote in school board elections.

January 12, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Judges and parties stand up during a hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday. The United Nations' court opened hearings Thursday into South Africa's allegation that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies.

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  • World

3 things to know about the genocide case against Israel in The Hague

Legal teams from South Africa, the plaintiff, and Israel, the defendant, presented their arguments in two days of hearings before the International Court of Justice.

January 12, 2024
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  • Rob Schmitz
Booking photos provided by the Muskogee County, Okla., Sheriff's Office shows Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found.

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  • National

Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a Colorado funeral home, FBI says

Investigators at a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered human remains, bodily fluids, flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified.

January 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The SAVE plan is becoming a key vehicle for President Biden's student loan debt relief efforts. In a Friday press release, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said, "The Biden-Harris Administration designed the SAVE Plan to put community college students and other low-balance borrowers on a faster track to debt forgiveness than ever before."

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  • News

Up First briefing: U.S. strikes Houthis; Israel defends against genocide charges

The U.S. and U.K. strike Houthi targets in Yemen. Israel presents its defense to genocide charges in the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

January 12, 2024
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley arrives at a campaign event at the Olympic Theater in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday. The state's caucuses will be held on Monday.

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  • Elections

$300 million worth of ads have hit voters ahead of the first GOP primary contests

Super PACs play an outsized role in this election's ad-buying spree so far. Nikki Haley and groups supporting her have spent the most, while she's become Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis' biggest target.

January 12, 2024
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  • Domenico Montanaro
GPB  NPR

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  • Health

Michael Strahan reveals his daughter's cancer diagnosis on 'Good Morning America'

Isabella Strahan, 19, began experiencing severe headaches, nausea and the inability to walk straight. Her MRI results showed a four-centimeter tumor, and she was diagnosed with medulloblastoma.

January 12, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
British jurist Malcolm Shaw, right, legal adviser to Israel's Foreign Ministry Tal Becker, left, look on during the opening of the hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.

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  • World

Israel defends itself at the U.N.'s top court against allegations of genocide

Accused of committing genocide against Palestinians, Israel defended its war in Gaza at the United Nations' highest court Friday.

January 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A memorial for those who have died on the Golden Gate Bridge covers a fence at Fort Point in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2024.

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  • Mental Health

After decades of advocacy, suicide deterrent finally comes to the Golden Gate Bridge

About 2,000 people are estimated to have jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge since 1937. Now, a safety net below the bridge is nearly complete.

January 12, 2024
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  • Lesley McClurg
We pull back the curtain on Emmy eligibility and explain why the seasons you'd <em>think</em> are up for awards just ... aren't.

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  • Television

The Emmys are confusing this year, so here's a guide to what is and isn't eligible

The Emmys ceremony was delayed due to the Hollywood strikes — and that means several shows and actors won't be winning awards for their most recent work. Here's a breakdown of what's in the running.

January 12, 2024
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  • Glen Weldon
Lizi Rahman puts silk flowers on the white-painted "ghost" bicycle that marks the spot on Queens Boulevard where her son Asif was killed in 2008.

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  • National

Vision Zero marks a milestone, but the goal of ending traffic deaths is still far off

It's been a decade since U.S. cities began adopting Vision Zero, a strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities completely. Despite some local successes, that ambitious goal seems more elusive than ever.

January 12, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
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