Category: Finance News

Jul 30

Minnesota woman found beheaded on sidewalk

Police have a suspect in custody after a beheaded woman was found dead on a Shakopee, Minnesota, sidewalk in the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday. Officers with the Shakopee Police Department responded to a stabbing report just after 2:30 p.m. local time and found 55-year-old America Mafalda Thayer’s body near a downtown intersection, police […]
Jul 29

AG urges Texas governor to rescind restrictions on undocumented migrant travel

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to immediately rescind restrictions on undocumented migrant travel. Why it matters: Abbott’s order, which bars people from providing ground transportation to migrants detained for illegally crossing the border, gives the state’s Department of Public Safety authority to stop and reroute “any vehicle upon […]
Jul 27

Schumer and top Democrats call for Biden to extend student loan pause and cancel $50k per borrower

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), joined by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), on Tuesday called on President Biden to extend the moratorium on student loan payments and cancel $50,000 per borrower. Why it matters: Americans owe about $1.6 trillion in student loans and the current pause on payments will end […]