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Ayo Ihedioha, a junior marketing student at Texas Southern University, estimates that she’ll have $200,000 worth of student loans when she completes her education. When asked about student loans, she offered a simple appeal to 2020 candidates. “Eliminate them the best way you can,” Ihedioha said. “Because it’s not easy […]

In a reversal, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s campaign vowed on Friday to return all money donated from lobbyists, after facing backlash from progressive Democrats. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor’s presidential campaign told supporters in an email, “Mayor Pete will not be influenced by special-interest money, and we understand that making […]

The University of Virginia men’s basketball team has declined an invitation to join President Donald Trump at the White House. Considering the location of its campus — Charlottesville, Virginia — that may come as no surprise. Tony Bennett, the team’s head coach, released a statement on Twitter Friday evening saying […]

One of the largest Catholic archdioceses in the nation released the names on Friday of dozens of priests and deacons “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors, along with a letter of apology from New York’s powerful archbishop, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, seeking forgiveness “for the failings of those clergy and bishops […]

Prosecutors on Friday asked a judge for a six-month timeout in the criminal case against Michigan’s former health director after finding a “trove of documents” related to the Flint water crisis in the basement of a state building. The 23 boxes included a file titled “phones/wiped” with the names of […]

The United Methodist Church’s judicial council on Friday upheld major portions of a new plan that strengthens bans on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBT pastors. Conservatives welcomed the decision and said key elements of the policy, called the Traditional Plan, could begin taking effect in January. Among liberal and […]

Families from China are alleged to have been the most lucrative clients of William ‘Rick’ Singer’s growing college admissions scandal, in which he has admitted to taking tens of millions in parental payoffs to get wealthy children into some of the top colleges in the U.S, according to a source […]

Harvey Weinstein is now scheduled to stand trial for rape and sexual assault in September, three months later than initially planned. The judge set a new date of Sept. 9 for a trial that attorneys said is expected to last about a month. Jury selection is expected to last two […]

A semi driver is facing homicide charges after four people were killed in a horrific, fiery crash involving 28 vehicles on a Colorado highway, officials said Friday. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 23, of Texas, is being charged with four counts of vehicular homicide, police said. The accident occurred Thursday about 4:30 […]

An Uber passenger was shot dead by a “companion” on Friday, sparking a manhunt for the gunman in the Houston area, authorities said. The shooting unfolded when the driver picked up the male victim, who went to sit in the rear passenger side of his SUV, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said […]