Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Navient agrees to $1.7 billion student loan settlement
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Navient, one of the nation's largest student loan services, agreed Thursday to pay nearly $2 billion to settle claims by 38 states a...
Jan 13, 2022
2 boys 'robbed of their futures,' gunned down in separate Chicago slayings hours apart
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) -- The head of the Chicago Police Department is speaking out after two 14-year-old boys were gunned down in separate slayings within hours Wednesday. Just before 4 p.m., a 14-year-old ...
Jan 13, 2022
Plaintiff in historic same-sex marriage lawsuit found dead
Walter Michot/Pool/The Miami Herald/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- Police are looking for clues into the murder of a prominent figure in Florida's LGTBQ community. Jorge Diaz-Johnston was found de...
Jan 13, 2022
COVID-19 live updates: Top scientists, doctors support Fauci after 'partisan' attacks
Liao Pan/China News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 843,000 Americ...
Jan 13, 2022
Maryland school district requests National Guard to fill in for sick bus drivers
Mint Images/Getty Images(MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md.) -- One of the largest school districts in Maryland is asking for help at the highest level to address its bus driver shortage brought on by the omicron...
Jan 12, 2022
New winter storm headed toward Midwest, moving into Northeast by early next week
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A winter storm is expected to bring up to 8 inches of snow across the Midwest beginning Thursday evening. Winter storm watches are in effect for parts of South Dakota, Minnesota ...
Jan 12, 2022
1 injured in Navy helicopter hard landing in Virginia
Virginia State Police(SMITHFIELD, Va.) -- A Navy Seahawk helicopter was forced to make a hard landing near Smithfield, Virginia, on Wednesday, and one of the three crew members aboard sustained minor ...
Jan 12, 2022
Feds offer no plea deals to 3 former cops charged with violating George Floyd's rights
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) -- No last-minute plea deals are in the works for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the death of George ...
Jan 12, 2022
Communities with large Black, Asian and Hispanic or Latino populations more likely to be exposed to air pollution, new research suggests
Eric Yang/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Marginalized communities, especially those with higher-than-average minority populations, are more likely to be exposed to air pollution in the U.S., according to n...
Jan 12, 2022
COVID-19 live updates: 91% less risk of death with omicron: Study
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 842,000 Americans, accordin...
Jan 12, 2022