Mes: mayo 2023

Federal student loan borrowers are facing a reckoning as a result of the tentative debt ceiling agreement reached in Washington.If the agreement between the Biden administration and top Republicans in Congress becomes law, payments on federal student loans that were halted at the start of the pandemic will be reinstated at the end of August, with those bills due the following month. .That means some 43 million borrowers like Daniel Galván, a 34-year-old man from Southern California, must start adjusting their household budgets amid higher food costs and other unforeseen expenses.Galván, a university administrator who still owes about $10,500 on…

MOSCOW — The Kremlin's war is no longer a distant concern for many Russians.For more than 15 months, the fighting has focused on the battlefields and battered cities of Ukraine, while life continues largely as normal for millions across the border. But Tuesday's drone strike, the first on civilian areas of Moscow since the war began, brought the reality of the conflict from the front lines to the Russian capital.While President Vladimir Putin and his officials tried to downplay the attack, which caused minor damage, some Moscow residents told NBC News that it had left them shocked and worried that…

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Alex Murdaugh was arraigned Wednesday on federal money laundering and wire fraud charges on allegations that he stole money from his clients, and while he has pleaded not guilty for now, his attorney said that could change soon.Murdaugh is already serving a life sentence in a South Carolina state prison for killing his wife and son, and the details of the 22 financial charges are not new. State prosecutors indicted Murdaugh on similar charges, saying she diverted money meant for clients and a wrongful death settlement for her family's housekeeper that fell at Murdaugh's home into…

A verified Twitter account mocking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has skyrocketed in followers and engagement in the past two days, with some help from Elon Musk. Twitter appeared to reinstate the once-banned account in May, and Musk soon interacted with it and increased her following.Twitter has promoted the parody account in other ways as well, including ranking first in search results for "AOC," above Ocasio-Cortez's official account.On Tuesday, the account garnered significant attention on the platform after the real Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: “FYI here is a fake account impersonating me going viral. The CEO of Twitter has compromised it, increasing visibility. He…

A visitor to Yellowstone National Park pleaded guilty to a federal charge and was fined after helping a bison calf, which was later euthanized after its herd rejected it, authorities said.Clifford Walters, of Hawaii, pleaded guilty to one count of intentionally feeding, touching, taunting, frightening or disturbing wildlife, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming said.He was ordered to pay a total of about $1,000 in a fine and payment to the park's wildlife fund, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming said in a declaration.On May 20, Walters helped a newborn bison calf out of…

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