U.S.Yahoo SportsDeion Sanders: Jackson State football in 'crisis mode,' forced off campus amid city's water emergency
A water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi is forcing the Jackson State football team off campus as it prepares for its season opener. Head coach Deion Sanders addressed the emergency on Tuesday, announcing on Instagram that he's moving players off campus so they can have access to basic needs like showers and functioning toilets. Jackson State is scheduled to host Florida A&M on Saturday.
PoliticsINSIDERSome documents retrieved from Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that FBI agents needed a special clearance to look at them, DOJ says
Some of the documents that FBI agents retrieved after searching Mar-a-Lago were so classified that investigators needed special permission to view them, according to Justice Department court documents filed Tuesday. The 36-page filing came as a response to former President Donald Trump's lawsuit last week requesting that a court-appointed "special master" be tasked with reviewing the materials the FBI seized after executing a search warrant at his Florida home on August 8.
BusinessMarketWatchI took Social Security at 62 and now regret it. Is there a way to increase my Social Security benefit?
Recently I had a conversation with Sue, an acquaintance who started receiving her Social Security benefit at age 62. The problem is that she has realized that starting Social Security early reduced the benefit significantly, and she'd been wondering if it was possible to increase her benefit. As it turns out, later in the conversation Sue also mentioned that she has an opportunity to take on some part-time work.
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Palin or Peltola? Alaska to announce results of U.S. House special election
The state of Alaska on Wednesday will announce the results of a special Aug. 16 election to fill its only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, with the three-way race coming down to the wire between Republican former Governor Sarah Palin and Democrat Mary Peltola. The election is the first one run under the state's new ranked choice system, with voters listing candidates in order of preference on the ballot. Palin, who served as governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009, is widely known for her unsuccessful vice presidential run with John McCain in 2008.
“A mass student loan forgiveness scheme is an essential policy correction to a worsening social crisis.”
“There is no possible definition of ‘need’ in which college graduates in the United States of America would rank first.”
“A lot of working-class people carry a lot of student debt.”
“This is a college graduate bailout paid for by plumbers and FedEx drivers.”
“A comprehensive student-loan debt-cancellation program will have a valuable economic upside.”