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(NEW YORK) -- The Department of Education is launching the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) earlier than ever before -- a change it says will help families navigate the rising cost of college amid affordability concerns.The department's early rollout is welcome news for the millions of American families eager to receive financial aid for the 2027-2028 school year.The critical resource is used to help applicants achieve funding for […]

Flowers and candles are seen at an intersection near an ICE-related shooting on Sept. 21, 2026, in Austin, Texas. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan national who was working as a DoorDash delivery driver, Sunday afternoon in North Austin. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the 28-year-old Venezuelan who was shot by an Immigration and […]

(NEW YORK) -- Investigators in New Hampshire said they were looking for two minimum security inmates, who they allege escaped from their transitional housing facility Monday while leaving to find work.Aris Karamousianis, and James Brouillard, two minimum-security inmates of the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester, signed out of the facility around 11:05 a.m. to seek employment, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections said."Neither returned to the facility, and their […]

(NEW YORK) -- Nearly two dozen states are calling on Congress to regulate artificial intelligence, warning that unchecked development could put Americans and the country at risk.The attorneys general of 23 states, along with the District of Columbia and American Samoa, signed a letter to congressional leaders Thursday demanding "comprehensive federal regulation and safety protocols" for AI."Recent developments show that unchecked AI endangers Americans and could soon threaten our financial […]

(NEW YORK) -- More than 167,000 pounds of beef, pork and goat meat are being recalled nationwide after being produced without required federal inspection, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.Star Meat Delivery Inc., based in Lucama, North Carolina, is recalling approximately 167,639 pounds of meat that was distributed to restaurants and retailers nationwide, USDA announced on Tuesday.The meat was produced on various dates before […]

(NEW YORK) -- Local officials are looking for answers after two Ole Miss students were found dead in separate incidents in Oxford, Mississippi, this week, police said.Despite "packaged Kratom" being found during both investigations into the students' deaths, officials asked students not to speculate as the police conduct their probe.A cause of death hasn't immediately been determined, according to the school. The victims' identities have not been released."Out of an […]

Bridget Maeve Zeigler, 2, went missing in Cumberland County, Va. on Thursday, Sept. 24. (Virginia State Police) (NEW YORK) -- A 2-year-old girl who went missing Thursday evening in Virginia was found safe early Friday afternoon in the woods by a search team, according to the sheriff's office.The Cumberland Sheriff's Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Virginia State Police and other law enforcement agencies launched a search for Bridget Maeve […]

An undated photo of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells. (Courtesy of the Wells family) (NEW YORK) -- The family of Nolan Wells on Wednesday released the Mississippi State Medical Examiner's autopsy report on the 18-year-old's death. It found that the cause and manner of death are "undetermined."This conclusion matches the findings of the private autopsy commissioned by Wells' family, which preliminarily ruled his cause and manner of death as "undetermined pending […]

(NEW YORK) -- New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday filed suit against the prediction market Polymarket, accusing it of being an illegal gambling operation that is operating in New York without a license.The lawsuit mirrors the one James' office filed against the prediction market Kalshi and, if successful, could affect Polymarket's ability to operate. The suit asks a court to order Polymarket to forfeit money, distribute restitution, and […]