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Langston University clears over $4.5 million in student debt balances

Friday, March 24 by ABC News

(LANGSTON, Okla.) -- Langston University has announced the clearance of over $4.5 million in student debt balances. The historically black institution will, for the second time, use funding from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) to cancel student account balances. The first time Langston... Read More.

Officer who retired before termination hearing in Tyre Nichols case faces decertification

Friday, March 24 by ABC News

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- The Memphis Police Department said it will move to decertify a former police officer who retired with benefits ahead of a possible termination hearing over the death of Tyre Nichols, police officials said Thursday. The decertification would cause the officer to... Read More.

Katelyn Markham’s fiance arrested for her murder more than a decade later

Friday, March 24 by ABC News

(HAMILTON, Ohio) -- More than a decade after an Ohio woman disappeared, her then-fiance has been arrested in connection with her death. John Allen Carter, 35, was arrested Wednesday and booked in the Butler County Jail in Hamilton, Ohio, where he remained in custody as... Read More.

Fifty million people under severe weather alert after California tornadoes, mudslides

Friday, March 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- More than 50 million people across a large swath of the nation were on alert Thursday for tornados, large hail, damaging winds and flooding after a severe weather outbreak spawned by a "bomb cyclone" in California moved east, leaving a wake of... Read More.

LA schools strike enters third day as bargaining resumes

Friday, March 24 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- More than 30,000 picketing Los Angeles school service employees are expected to return to work on Friday after a planned three-day strike prompted the city's mayor to intervene and jumpstart labor negotiations. The job walkout by the Service Employees International Union Local... Read More.

Record number of demands made to ban or censor books in 2022: Report

Friday, March 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A record-breaking 1,269 demands were made to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since the American Library Association began collecting data over 20 years ago, the association said. A record 2,571 unique books were... Read More.

Parents of Michigan high school shooter Ethan Crumbley will go to trial, judges rule

Friday, March 24 by ABC News

(PONTIAC, Mich.) -- Jennifer and James Crumbley have pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Nov. 30, 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High School. Their son, Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 at the time, allegedly used James Crumbley's semi-automatic... Read More.