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Biden administration steps up protection against student loan forgiveness scams

The Biden administration is increasing efforts to protect borrowers from student loan forgiveness scams, while still not offering further details about the application itself.

Stockton Police Department officials released this undated surveillance image of a person of interest. The figure appears to match the description of the only surviving victim of a suspected serial killer who has fatally shot six people.

Police have linked several shootings to a possible serial killer in Stockton, Calif.

Investigators are scouring old shooting homicides for possible connections to the six fatal shootings that have terrorized the the city, officials told NPR.

A man walks past OPEC headquarters in Vienna on Tuesday on the eve of the 45th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee and the 33rd OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting. The in-person meeting of OPEC members led by Saudi Arabia and allied members headed by Russia will be the first in the Austrian capital since the spring of 2020.

Russia and Saudi Arabia agree to massive cuts to oil output. Here's why it matters

The 2 million bpd cut in oil production was backed by Saudi Arabia and could benefit Russia. The OPEC+ meeting took place as much of the world is battling soaring energy costs and rising inflation.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving the Voting Rights Act.

Supreme Court conservatives may strike another blow to landmark Voting Rights Act

At issue in Tuesday's case was Alabama's congressional redistricting plan, adopted by the Republican state legislature after the 2020 Census.

Supreme Court hears arguments in case that could further decimate Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether a congressional map drawn by Alabama lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act.

Billionaire Elon Musk has told Twitter he's willing to buy the company after all, and at the originally agreed upon price of $54.20 per share.

Elon Musk says he's willing to buy Twitter after all

The Tesla CEO tells Twitter that he'll go ahead with the original deal to buy the company for $44 billion, or $54.20 a share, possibly averting a trial set for later this month.

A color-enhanced scan of an ectopic pregnancy, which develops outside the uterus — often inside a fallopian tube. Such pregnancies are never viable and, unless ended, can lead to rupture of the tube, severe bleeding and even death.

$80,000 and 5 ER visits: An ectopic pregnancy takes a toll

A New York woman seeking to end a dangerous ectopic pregnancy in a fallopian tube finds the procedure more complicated and expensive than expected — even in a state with liberal abortion laws.

A photo illustration of Niko Quinn and her house on Hutchings Street in Kansas City, Kansas, where Quinn witnessed someone murder two people in 1994. Quinn says she was forced by then-KCKPD detective Roger Golubski into giving false testimony against Lamonte McIntyre for the crime.

Niko Quinn spent 30 years trying to tell the truth about a double murder in Kansas City, Kansas

Chapter 1: Niko Quinn's Truth. After watching her cousin get murdered in 1994, Niko Quinn was one of two eyewitnesses who sent Lamonte McIntyre to prison for a crime he didn't commit. Quinn says then-Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski pressured her into making false testimony, and she's been trying to "make it right" ever since.

Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants crowd into the Herat Kabul Internet cafe, seeking help applying for the SIV program on Aug. 8, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban took over Afghanistan a week later. More than 74,000 applicants remain in the backlog of the SIV program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas.

Since the Taliban takeover, Afghans hoping to leave Afghanistan have few ways out

A year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of applicants remain stuck in the backlog of the Special Immigrant Visa program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas.

In July, this Beijing payphone began ringing. Who was calling?

A public payphone in China began ringing and ringing. Who was calling?

It started in July. The callers live in Gourd Island, and they were hoping to share an important message that they say was being ignored by their local authorities.

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