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Biden says he is forgiving $5 billion in student debt for another 74,000 Americans ( www.cbsnews.com )

President Biden announced Friday that his administration is forgiving $5 billion in student debt for another 74,000 borrowers, marking the latest round of debt cancellation since the Supreme Court voided the president's student loan forgiveness program....

Texas "physically barred" Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue migrants who drowned, federal officials say ( www.cbsnews.com )

A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday while trying to enter the U.S. near a section of the southern border where Texas National Guard soldiers have prevented federal Border Patrol agents from processing and rescuing migrants.

Passengers file class-action lawsuit against Boeing for Alaska Airlines door blowout ( www.cbsnews.com )

A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday against aircraft manufacturer Boeing on behalf of multiple passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines flight last week that was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, after a portion of the fuselage blew out in midair....

Texas blocks federal border agents from processing migrants in Eagle Pass public park ( www.cbsnews.com )

Texas state officials this week abruptly blocked federal U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering and patrolling a public area in the border town of Eagle Pass where they typically first encounter migrants who cross the Rio Grande illegally, two U.S. officials told CBS News on Thursday....

U.S. soldier in Japan charged with sexually assaulting teenage girl in Okinawa ( www.cbsnews.com )

Japan's government is calling for stricter oversight of U.S. troops stationed in the country after a soldier was charged over the alleged sexual assault of a Japanese teenager in Okinawa. Prosecutors in the southern island region charged the U.S. soldier in March, top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters on...

8 arrested men with ties to ISIS feared to have been plotting potential terrorist attack in U.S., sources said ( www.cbsnews.com )

Federal agents apprehended eight men from Tajikistan— a Central Asian nation that borders Afghanistan — because they were concerned the men could have been plotting a possible terrorist attack on U.S. soil, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News. ...

3 Dead in Massachusetts Plane Crash ( www.cbsnews.com )

Aircraft’s last known position and speed show it climbing with decreasing speed. Based on the small loops shown, this was likely a training flight or proficiency check. It can be assumed the aircraft was placed into an intentional stall for training or VMC demo, but quickly departed controlled flight for an unknown reason. It...

GOP-led House Judiciary Committee advances contempt of Congress resolution for Hunter Biden ( www.cbsnews.com )

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee advanced Wednesday a resolution recommending Hunter Biden be held in criminal contempt of Congress, sending the matter to the full House amid heightened tensions arising from the GOP's impeachment inquiry into President Biden....

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