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Supreme Court won't block $6B student debt relief settlement

Supreme Court won't block $6B student debt relief settlement

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a roughly $6 billion legal settlement to go forward that will cancel student loans for hundreds of thousands of borrowers who say they were misled by their schools.
FAA says it has sent 250 cases of unruly passengers to FBI

FAA says it has sent 250 cases of unruly passengers to FBI

Federal officials said Thursday they have referred more than 250 unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible criminal prosecution since late 2021, including one as recently as last month, when a man tried to stab a flight attendant with a broke

Trump lawyers push for rape trial delay, citing revelation

NEW YORK (AP) — New revelations that a major contributor to Democrats helped finance a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of rape is fresh reason to delay this month’s trial for a month, a lawyer for the former president said Thursday.
Doug Ford hints at relocating Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place

Doug Ford hints at relocating Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place

Premier Doug Ford hinted Thursday that an announcement is imminent on moving the Ontario Science Centre from east Toronto to the downtown site of Ontario Place.
N. Korea fires missile that may have been new type of weapon

N. Korea fires missile that may have been new type of weapon

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in a month, possibly testing a new more mobile, harder-to-detect missile for the first time, its neighbors said, as it extends its provoca
MIA: No sign of Canadian quick-reaction force first pledged to UN in 2017

MIA: No sign of Canadian quick-reaction force first pledged to UN in 2017

OTTAWA — The United Nations may soon start questioning Canada's definition of "quick" now that the government has given itself three more years to deliver a 200-soldier peacekeeping force.
Second expelled Black Democrat reinstated to Tennessee House

Second expelled Black Democrat reinstated to Tennessee House

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Cyprus probes citizens named over Russian sanctions evasion

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' government said Thursday it's looking into how a number of Cypriot nationals were included in a new round of U.S. and U.K.
Here's what happens to government services if federal public servants go on strike

Here's what happens to government services if federal public servants go on strike

OTTAWA — The union representing the largest number of federal public servants announced a countrywide strike mandate on Wednesday.
Ukraine stands firm on Crimea, wants Russia out of all areas

Ukraine stands firm on Crimea, wants Russia out of all areas

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister said Thursday his country won’t budge from its demand that Russia withdraw its forces from Crimea , as well as from other parts of Ukraine that Moscow illegally annexed more recently, for the war to end