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Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says

BY ANNIE MA
Apr 22, 2025 4:55 pm - The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. Beginning May 5, the department will begin involuntary collection through the Treasury Department's offset program, which withholds payments from the government, including tax refunds, federal salaries and other benefits, from people with past-due debts to the government.
Pope Francis worried about greeting crowd in St. Peter's Square but was thankful he did, report says

By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY
Apr 22, 2025 4:44 pm - Vatican News has reported that Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter's Square on Easter, a day before he died. Although the agency reported Tuesday that he initially had some doubts given his poor health. The Argentine pontiff had been recovering after being hospitalized for five weeks with pneumonia. He died Monday at age 88.
Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools

By MARK SHERMAN
Apr 22, 2025 4:31 pm - Supreme Court's conservative majority is signaling support for the religious rights of Maryland parents who want to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters. The court seemed likely Tuesday to find the Montgomery County school system could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to them.
Lake Zurich among the latest communities to approve local grocery tax to replace expiring state measure

By Mick Zawislak
Apr 22, 2025 4:29 pm - Like dozens of other communities, Lake Zurich will replace the expiring 1% state grocery tax with a local one starting Jan. 1.
Carol Stream adopts grocery tax

By Dave Oberhelman
Apr 22, 2025 4:27 pm - In response to the elimination of the state’s 1% grocery tax, Carol Stream joins other suburban municipalities in instituting its own tax.
Fogo de Chão opens in Schaumburg with weeklong donation to Greater Chicago Food Depository

Daily Herald report
Apr 22, 2025 4:26 pm - Fogo de Chão, the internationally known Brazilian steakhouse, opened its fifth Chicago area restaurant at 1950 E. Golf Road in Schaumburg Monday.
Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department that would cut staff and bureaus

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Apr 22, 2025 4:07 pm - Secretary of State Marco Rubio has unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department. The plans revealed Tuesday would reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration's "America First" mandate. The reorganization plan, announced by Rubio on social media and detailed in documents obtained by The Associated Press, is the latest effort by the White House to reimagine U.S. foreign policy.
Spotlight: Aurora’s Paramount stages cirque-inspired ‘Cats’ revival

By Barbara Vitello
Apr 22, 2025 4:03 pm - Aurora’s Paramount Theatre debuts its cirque-inspired revival of “Cats,” BrightSide Theatre stages a new adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the Metropolis rocks out with “Rock of Ages.”
Karen Read's second murder trial revives debate over who killed her Boston police officer boyfriend

By MICHAEL CASEY
Apr 22, 2025 4:01 pm - The much-anticipated retrial of Karen Read is underway in Massachusetts. Lawyers presented opening statements Tuesday to a new set of jurors who are expected to wrestle over two theories in the death of Read's Boston police officer boyfriend. Prosecutors say she killed him. Defense attorneys say she was a victim of a conspiracy involving the police. Read has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene. A mistrial was declared last year after jurors said they were at an impasse.
Indian police say gunmen kill at least 26 tourists at a resort in disputed Kashmir

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN
Apr 22, 2025 3:52 pm - Indian police say gunmen have killed at least 26 tourists at a resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Tuesday's attack appears to be a major shift in a regional conflict in which tourists have largely been spared from violence. Two senior police officers say at least four gunmen, whom they described as militants, fired at dozens of tourists from close range. The officers say at least three dozen people were wounded, with many of them reported to be in serious condition.

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