Author: Annelyn Russ

Students
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Biden Administration Proposed New Rule Targeting Student Debt

The 'Gainful Employment' rule aims to crack down on those programs while also requiring all colleges to reveal information on how much attendance really costs and graduates really earn.
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The U.S. Education Department issued a new rule that would significantly restrict operations at certain for-profit colleges and job certificate programs. The ‘Gainful Employment’ rule aims to judge career training programs on how much debt their students take on compares to the income that they are on the path to earn. It would require all institutions to disclose information related…

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Montana Became The First U.S. State To Ban TikTok

Governor Greg Gianforte signed legislation prohibiting mobile application stores from offering the app within the next year.
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Montana has become the first state in the U.S. to ban TikTok. Governor Greg Gianforte signed legislation prohibiting mobile application stores from offering the app within the next year. The short video platform is owned by Chinese tech company ‘ByteDance’. with growing fear that China could be using the app to obtain confidential information and breach personal security, concerns have…

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Idaho Murder Suspect Indicted By Grand Jury

The 28-year-old suspect was arrested in December on four counts of first-degree murder and burglary, as well as accused of breaking into the house with intent to commit a felony.
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An Idaho grand jury has indicted the suspect accused of fatally stabbing four college students in November. The indictment against Bryan Kohberger says he “unlawfully entered” a home in Moscow, Idaho, then “willfully, unlawfully, deliberately, with premeditation and with malice aforethought, killed and murdered” victims Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. A preliminary hearing in the case…

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Winner Of The 2024 Support Staff Of The Year Award

Angie Crosby was among five finalists for the annual award. She is a custodial supervisor at St. James Middle School.
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The winner of the Horry County Schools 2024 Support Staff of the Year Award has been announced. Angie Crosby was among five finalists for the annual award. She is a custodial supervisor at St. James Middle School. Horry County Schools celebrates the efforts of support staff members through its annual recognition program which is similar to the district’s teacher of…

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Bill To Terminate SCDHEC On It’s Way To Governor’s Desk

S.C. Governor Henry McMaster has stated he is in favor of the bill and plans on signing it into law. If signed, it will be put into effect by July of next year.
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South Carolina lawmakers passed a bill aimed at getting rid of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environment Control, referred to as ‘DHEC’. It oversees everything health, food, and environment-related across the Palmetto State. It was established 50 years ago when the state’s ‘Pollution Board of Authority’ and the ‘State Board of Health’ merged. The bill is on it’s…

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Suspect Pleads Guilty To Attack On Halloween Night Of 2021

Warren has been sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole. He is also required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
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A Loris man has pleaded guilty in connection to an attack that occurred on Halloween night in 2021. The incident happened at The Cove apartments along Highway 544. A victim told police she was sitting in her car in a parking lot when two men approached and opened her car door. 19-year-old Jareal Warren allegedly sexually assaulted her at gunpoint…

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Google Announces Plans To Delete Inactive Accounts

To save your account, log in to your Google account or any Google service to remain an active user.
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If you have not logged into your Google account in a while, you could lose it. On Tuesday, Google announced it will start deleting accounts that have been inactive for at least two years. The updated policy takes effect immediately, but Google said it will not start deleting accounts until December. The company plans to send out several warning notifications…

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Verizon Unveils New ‘myPlan’ Program For Customers

Verizon estimates that families of customers can save $50 to $60 per month using the myPlan Verizon phone plan that will be available starting on Thursday.
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Verizon revealed a new customer plan program called ‘myPlan’. The new data plan is an update to the company’s Mix-and-Match system with a goal of streamlining the number of family cell phone plans for unlimited data. ‘MyPlan’ expands the add-on options available through Verizon wireless accounts. The plan has two starting points, the Unlimited Welcome 5G data plan or the…

Hughes
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Olympic Gold Medalist Files To Run For Congress

The Olympic gold medalist earned degrees from Yale and Penn law school, and she is not the first prominent figure skater of her generation to venture into politics.
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A 2002 Olympic figure skating champion has filed paperwork to run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Sarah Hughes filed to run as a Democrat in the 2024 election for the Republican-held New York fourth District. Hughes was born and raised on Long Island, and shared her concerns regarding public safety and gun violence, as well as…

Abortion
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North Carolina Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto

Republican-led state lawmakers across the Nation have sought to restrict the procedure after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
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North Carolina’s Republican-led General  Assembly moved to ban most abortions after 12 weeks, voting to override a veto from Democratic Governor Roy Cooper. The state House voted 72 to 48 after the Senate voted 30 to 20. A three-fifths vote in both chambers, where Republicans hold supermajorities, was needed to override Cooper’s previous rejection of the measure. Republican-led state lawmakers…

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