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Understanding PLUS Loans: When Student Debt Becomes a Family Burden

Understanding PLUS Loans: When Student Debt Becomes a Family Burden

by Matt Reynolds | Oct 11, 2019 | Mom & Dad Are Borrowing

When single mother Elizabeth Cain sent her son to college she did what many American families do to bridge the gap between grants, student loans and the cost of attendance by taking out a federal Parent PLUS Loan. Her son Chance entered Morehouse College, a...
Family sues after DNA kit reveals fertility clinic secret

Family sues after DNA kit reveals fertility clinic secret

by Matt Reynolds | Aug 15, 2019 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON – The DNA kit that an Ohio woman gave her parents as a Christmas gift last year was meant to draw her family closer together. Instead, it threw their lives into disarray before finally leading them to court. Rebecca Cartellone, 24, bought Ancestry.com...
Father of slain journalist asks Congress for exceptions to legal protections for big tech

Father of slain journalist asks Congress for exceptions to legal protections for big tech

by Matt Reynolds | Aug 11, 2019 | Politics

WASHINGTON – For three years, Andy Parker has asked Google to scrub video of his daughter’s murder from YouTube, but says that the tech giant has largely left it up to him to flag the offending content each time it is reposted. “In essence, they wanted me to...
House measure on weaponized ticks revives discredited conspiracy theory

House measure on weaponized ticks revives discredited conspiracy theory

by Matt Reynolds | Aug 8, 2019 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON – It’s the germ of an idea that seems ready-made for internet conspiracists: Is Lyme disease the result of a shadowy bioweapons program that unleashed pathogen-infected ticks on the American public? Scientists think not. But a recent bill passed by...
Animal welfare advocates, including Priscilla Presley, praise passage of bill aimed at ending horse soring

Animal welfare advocates, including Priscilla Presley, praise passage of bill aimed at ending horse soring

by Matt Reynolds | Jul 26, 2019 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Animal rights activists Thursday praised the passage of a House bill that would impose stiffer penalties on Tennessee trainers who for decades have ducked regulation of “soring” — an outlawed practice that forces horses to step higher for judges and...
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