New student loan laws can help borrowers manage better in 2024
The initiative, which takes effect in 2024, is aimed at helping student loan borrowers reduce their debt balances. (iStock) As we move into 2024, the competition for student loans will intensify and important legislation will take effect to help borrowers manage their student loan debt. One of the first laws that went into effect on […]
College student had secret double life as ruthless hitman, pleads guilty to fifth murder
By day, Abuzar Sultani was a master’s student in his mid-twenties at an Australian university and ran a business in the construction industry. But secretly, this man known as “Abu” or “Boss” within sophisticated criminal organizations leads a double life, as a ruthless killer and one of the most feared figures in the city’s underworld. […]
NJ teacher avoids jail time after having sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student, given lifetime parole
A former New Jersey teacher avoided prison time after admitting to having a sexual relationship with a then-17-year-old girl over several months in 2017 and 2018. The student was reportedly part of a drama club supervised by the teacher.to daily mail. Christine Knudsen, 46, was sentenced to three years’ probation for inappropriate relationships. She was […]
Student Group Files Emergency Petition With Supreme Court Over West Point Race-Based Admissions
Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) on Friday filed an emergency petition in the Supreme Court asking a judge to end West Point's race-based admissions policy as the case continues to lower courts. After winning a similar case before the Supreme Court in June, SFFA argued that West Point's admissions policy is racially discriminatory and violates […]
Texas superintendent doubles down on suspending black student for dreadlocks hairstyle, violating dress code
A Texas superintendent doubled down on a school district's decision to punish a black student with dreadlocks for violating the dress code, despite facing a lawsuit. Barbers Hill Independent School District Superintendent Greg Poole published a full-page ad in the Houston Chronicle on January 14 defending his suspension of students for having too long hair. […]
Georgia Community Donates to Wipe Out Student Lunch Debt After Reduced Meal Plan Causes Outrage
All public school students in Decatur, Georgia have been wiped out of lunch debt thanks to generous community members and a new grant. Children with meal debt in Decatur City Schools would have received “replacement.” lunch program Fox 5 Atlanta reported that starting Feb. 1, only milk and cheese sandwiches will be included. The total […]
Biden cancels another $5 billion in student loan forgiveness – Here’s who is impacted
The Biden administration announced expanded student loan forgiveness last week. (iStock) President Joe Biden canceled an additional $5 billion in student loans last week for 74,000 borrowers, bringing the total number of Americans whose debts have been canceled to more than 3.7 million. The latest student loan forgiveness results from amendments to Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) […]
‘If I can’t perform abortions … I will not stay in Wisconsin’: Med student who seems to back full-term abortions sounds off
A Medical College of Wisconsin student who clearly supports full-term abortions said at the hearing that he would leave Wisconsin if he could not get abortion training and perform abortions in the state. What are the details? Madalyn Welch told Wisconsin lawmakers on Monday that a proposed state ban on abortions after 14 weeks would […]
Jordan Isaiah Thomas charged for allegedly killing North Carolina college student Amarriah Smith, stuffing her body inside car trunk
A North Carolina man in custody on suspicion of murdering a female college student and stuffing her body in the trunk of his car was discovered by a tow truck driver who pulled up the abandoned vehicle. Jordan Isaiah Thomas, 39, was charged Monday with the murder of 19-year-old Elizabeth City State University student Amalia […]
Michigan school shooter’s mother Jennifer Crumbley to stand trial for manslaughter in 4 student deaths
The mother of a Michigan school shooter will go to trial on charges of manslaughter in an unprecedented effort to hold the parents criminally responsible for the deaths of four students. Jennifer and James Crumbley are not accused of knowing their son planned to kill other students at Oxford High School in 2021. But prosecutors […]