Navient ordered to pay $120 million in fines and is banned from servicing federal student loans after settling a lawsuit that claimed the company engaged in illegal practices
A study that explores the feasibility of using pigeons to guide missiles and one that looks at the swimming abilities of dead fish were among the winners Thursday of this year’s Ig Nobels, the prize for comical scientific achievement.
The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday.
An Australian man has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars in fuel costs after a flight last year had to be diverted due to his unruly behavior on board, authorities said this week.
The talks come amid signs that the White House could be moving toward a shift in its policy, and as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warned that Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons would put NATO at war with Moscow.
The first handful of the so-called Next Generation Delivery Vehicles rolled out in August in Athens, Georgia. Within a few years, the fleet will have grown to 60,000, most of them electric models.
An 18-year-old Waffle House employee died from an overnight shooting at the restaurant, and police in North Carolina said they are searching for the customer accused in his killing.
By The Associated Press and JACK BROOK and SARA CLINE
The system knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities and raised flooding fears.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump launched campaign blitzes Thursday with dramatically different approaches to attracting swing-state voters who will decide the presidential contest.
By The Associated Press and JACK BROOK and SARA CLINE
Francine weakened Thursday after striking Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities and raised flood fears in New Orleans and beyond.
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa left Thursday night against Buffalo because of a concussion after colliding with Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin and hitting the back of his head against the turf.
Bill Pyles, the owner of the home, said he was expecting the worst when he came home one day to find a note in his mailbox addressed to “The Bone Family.”
By The Associated Press and JESSE BEDAYN and AMY BETH HANSON
Police say a 34-year-old man was arrested after a standoff with police where he held a woman hostage in an apartment at the Arista Flats complex in Broomfield.