USDA announces $759M for high-speed internet in rural areas
Oct 27, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is announcing $759 million in grants and loans to enable rural communities to access high-speed internet. It's part of the broader $65 billion push for high-speed connectivity…
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Government awarding $1 billion to schools for electric buses
Oct 26, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 400 school districts across the country are receiving grants totaling about $1 billion to purchase 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program. The Biden administration is making the grants…
2 killed in shooting at St. Louis high school; gunman dead
Oct 25, 2022
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An armed former student broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning, fatally shooting a teacher and a teenage girl and wounding seven others before police killed him. The shooting…
Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US
Oct 24, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — New national test results show that the pandemic spared no part of the country as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children. Every single state saw math or reading scores decline…
Judge dismisses effort to halt student loan forgiveness plan
Oct 21, 2022
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states to block the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge…
Trump claim of ‘Crime of Century’ fizzles in 3-year probe
Oct 20, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump once predicted that a special prosecutor appointed during his administration would uncover “the crime of the century” — a conspiracy to sink his 2016 campaign. Yet here are…
Biden to release 15M barrels from oil reserve, more possible
Oct 19, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve as part of a response to recent production cuts announced by OPEC+ nations. That's…
Student loan forgiveness application website goes live
Oct 18, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program. He announced Monday that 8 million borrowers had already applied for loan relief during the federal…
Most say voting vital despite dour US outlook: AP-NORC poll
Oct 17, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows 71% of voters think the future of the country is at stake when they vote in November's midterm elections. That's according to a new poll from The Associated…
As the causes of US inflation grow, so do the dangers
Oct 14, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — What keeps driving inflation so high? The answer, it seems, is nearly everything. Supply chain snarls and parts shortages inflated the cost of factory goods when the economy rocketed out of the…