The sweeping plan forgives up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients and up to $10,000 for other qualifying borrowers.
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Two months after the Dobbs ruling, new abortion bans are taking hold
A cascade of new abortion restrictions known as “trigger bans” are taking effect in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to the medical procedure.
Killer whales are ‘attacking’ sailboats near Europe’s coast. Scientists don’t know why
In recent years, orcas have been damaging the rudders of pleasure yachts, mostly along the coasts of Portugal and Spain. Scientists and sailors are struggling to understand the encounters.
Mosquitoes surprise researcher with their ‘weird’ sense of smell
That’s how neuroscientist Meg Younger describes her team’s findings about how skeeters hone in on human aromas. And that could lead to better ways to keep us bite- and disease-free.
The spending bill will cut emissions, but marginalized groups feel they were sold out
The Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest ever investment to tackle climate change. But there are signs that it could reinforce existing environmental inequalities.
Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion
A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there’s a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients.