A 50-year-old woman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for killing her newborn daughter, whose stabbed body was found in a plastic bag in a South Carolina river in 1992. A York County jury convicted Stacy Michelle Rabon of homicide by child abuse earlier this month. She was charged …
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The idea of pursuing a graduate degree is to supercharge your lifetime earnings, but some students come out of their programs buried in debt and unable to earn enough to pay down their interest, allowing their loan balances to snowball, a new analysis finds. Five years after graduation, students from …
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July, 2023
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26 July
Ohio officer fired after body cam video shows him release K
An Ohio officer who earlier this month was captured on body camera footage releasing a K-9 police dog onto a suspect who had his hands up has been fired, officials said Wednesday. Ryan Speakman, an officer for the Circleville Police Department, has been terminated, effective immediately, the department said in …
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24 July
3 reasons why experts say now is a good time to buy an electric vehicle
Electric vehicles were in short supply last year as the average cost of gasoline topped $5 a gallon. But now is a good time for drivers considering an EV to make the leap, according to car experts. Here’s why. Dealerships have more cars Years ago, buying an EV usually meant …
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18 July
Biden admin to forgive $39 billion in student loan debt for 800,000 borrowers. Here’s what to know.
More than 800,000 borrowers with $39 billion in federal student loans will get their debt forgiven, the Biden administration said on Friday. The Department of Education said it will begin notifying borrowers today about the automatic discharge of their debt, which will occur in the next few weeks. The debt …
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12 July
Larry Nassar was stabbed after making a lewd comment watching Wimbledon, source says
A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida said the disgraced former sports doctor provoked the attack by making a lewd comment while they were watching a Wimbledon tennis match on TV, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The inmate, identified …
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12 July
Shopify’s new tool shows employees the cost of unnecessary meetings
Shopify has unveiled a new tool for its more than 11,000 employees that assigns a cost to scheduled meetings in an effort to reduce unnecessary gatherings. The Shopify Meeting Cost Calculator is a Chrome extension that shows the estimated cost of any meeting with three or more attendees once it’s …
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11 July
Justice Department reverses position, won’t support shielding Trump in original E. Jean Carroll lawsuit
The Justice Department on Tuesday reversed its position that former President Donald Trump was shielded from a 2019 defamation lawsuit filed by the writer E. Jean Carroll. The government had originally argued that Trump was protected from liability by the Westfall Act, because he was acting as a federal employee. …
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4 July
What does a hot dog eating contest do to your stomach? Experts detail the health effects of competitive eating.
Competitive eating champ Joey Chestnut gulps down dozens of hot dogs each Fourth of July at the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest — and comes back do it again year after year. But no one really knows what long-term impacts it might have on his body or the bodies of …
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4 July
Judge limits Biden administration’s contact with social media companies
A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit prompted the ruling. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty of Louisiana granted the …
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