A federal appeals court on Tuesday, Feb. 18, blocked former President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, known as the SAVE Repayment Plan. The plan could have lowered monthly payments for student loan borrowers while placing them on an income-driven repayment plan. Under SAVE, the government would have also paid for any monthly accrued interest…

A$AP Rocky has been acquitted of felony charges in a 2021 shooting case. A jury found the rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Jury selection for the 36-year-old’s trial began in late January in Los Angeles. Mayers was accused of firing a…

The family of a man who died in the collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter is suing the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Army for $250 million. The incident happened near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Clifford Law Offices, a Chicago-based law firm…

Full squad workouts have started across Major League Baseball’s spring training sites, and the big money clubs in the National League East are hoping to take that next playoff step this season. The New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves all rank in the MLB payroll’s top eight, according to Spotrac. But will all…

What does a $31 million box office haul, an Oscar nomination, and a major directing award get you? If you’re “The Brutalist” director Brady Corbet, absolutely nothing — at least not in his bank account. Corbet recently revealed that despite the film’s success, he hasn’t earned a single dollar from it. He shared his financial…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday, Feb. 18, aimed at lowering the costs associated with in vitro fertilization (IVF), which is prohibitively expensive for many couples who wish to become pregnant but can’t. IVF includes a series of procedures such as medications, surgeries, anesthesia, ultrasounds, blood tests and embryo storage and transfer. According…

The Senate will vote this week on a package to provide hundreds of billions of dollars for border security and the military while making cuts throughout the government to pay for it. This is the first step in the budget reconciliation process Republicans are using to push through President Donald Trump’s agenda without any say…

A federal judge on Tuesday, Feb. 18, declined a request to block the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency’s access to federal data systems or to participate in layoffs. The news is one of the latest in Washington D.C. creating worry around the Beltway’s housing market.  A series of viral posts in the last week show…

Winter storms swept through the nation over the weekend, leaving flood-stricken Kentucky without power and a death toll attributed to the weather events that continues to climb. The state’s death toll now sits at 14, the majority of which are a result of widespread flooding across the state. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday, Feb.…

U.S. Border Patrol aircraft have been targeted by lasers in six separate incidents over the past four months, according to Customs and Border Protection. The agency wrote in a news release Tuesday, Feb. 18, that air interdiction agents assigned to Air and Marine Operations have had to take evasive measures when targeted by the lasers.…