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Four million borrowers are already enrolled in this new student debt relief program

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:53 GMT

More than 4 million student loan borrowers are enrolled in the Biden Administration’s new income-driven repayment plan, including nearly 332,000 borrowers in California.“We’re not just lowering payments for today’s borrowers,” said Education Department Under Secretary James Kvaal. “We’re making paying for college more affordable for millions of future students.”The repayment plan came after President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program was struck down by the Supreme Court earlier this summer, a move that blocked millions of borrowers from receiving up to $20,000 in federal student debt relief nationwide.But unlike the earlier initiative, this repayment program — the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan — doesn’t immediately forgive debt. Instead, it drives down monthly repayments based on a borrower’s income, and provides a pathway to eventual loan forgiveness for those with low student debt balances.“We’re highly confident that this plan is legally authorized...

Arrest made in stabbing outside Santa Clara bar

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:53 GMT

SANTA CLARA – A 22-year-old Santa Clara man was arrested in connection with a stabbing over the weekend in the city, police said.The stabbing happened around 11 p.m. Saturday behind the Normandy House Lounge at 30 Washington St., Santa Clara police Lt. Mike Crescini said in a news release.Crescini said officers detained a man at the scene. While investigating the stabbing, they learned that a person had arrived at a hospital with multiple stab wounds.An update on the person’s condition was not immediately available.The detained man was identified as a suspect in the stabbing, Crescini said. He was arrested and booked into Santa Clara County jail on a charge of attempted murder.Anyone with information related to the case can contact Detective Ronald Miranda at 408-615-4851 or [email protected], or the anonymous tip line at 408-615-4TIP (4847).Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | More suspects arrested in alleged South Bay smoke shop burglary spree Crime a...

San Jose police officer still in critical condition after shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:53 GMT

(KRON) -- A San Jose Police Department officer who was shot in the line-of-duty nearly a month ago remains in critical condition. "The officer is in critical condition, but is stable," an SJPD spokesperson told KRON4 on Tuesday. On August 16, the officer responded to a tearful 911 call from a pregnant woman reporting that she was being attacked by her drunk husband inside their townhome on Auzerais Avenue.The husband, 44-year-old Gabriel Mario Carreras, attempted to punch his wife in her stomach and said he wanted to "get rid of the baby," according to court records.When the two officers arrived at the couple's townhome, Carreras "ambushed" the female officer and opened fire from a balcony, police said. The officer, identified in court documents as "Officer A," and her partner, Officer Low, never returned fire. "Officer Low stated he heard a loud bang and saw Officer A. fall to the ground," court documents state. The female officer was struck by a bullet below her bulletproof vest b...

Brandon Woodruff pitches seven scoreless innings to lift NL Central-leading Brewers over Pirates 7-3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:53 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Woodruff pitched seven shutout innings and Mark Canha’s two-run single capped a six-run fifth inning as the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Tuesday night.Woodruff (4-1) allowed just two hits, singles to Ji Hwan Bae in the first inning and Endy Rodriguez in the fifth. Woodruff also had six strikeouts and two walks while improving to 14-3 with a 2.36 ERA in his last 29 starts dating to last season.Coming off back-to-back losses, the Brewers entered the night 2 1/2 games ahead of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central race.Connor Joe broke up the Brewers’ shutout bid by hitting a three-run home run in the ninth inning off Clayton Andrews for just his second hit in his last 29 at-bats. The Pirates had runners on first and second with two outs but Elvis Peguero got Miguel Andujar to hit a game-ending ground out.Andre Jackson (1-2) was charged with six runs in 4 1/3 innings and walked five as the Pirates lost for just the secon...

Astros’ Altuve homers in first 3 at-bats against Rangers, gets 4 in a row overall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:53 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jose Altuve homered in his first three at-bats for the Houston Astros against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night, starting with a pair off Nathan Eovaldi in the All-Star right-hander’s return from the injured list.Houston’s star second baseman greeted Eovaldi with a leadoff homer, then ended his outing with a one-out homer in the second.Altuve’s third homer — and 15th of the season — came in the third off Dane Dunning, a starter who came out of the bullpen so the Rangers could get Eovaldi his first start since July 18. Eovaldi had been sidelined by a right forearm strain.Altuve had homered in four consecutive at-bats going back to Houston’s 13-6 win in the series opener Monday. The run ended with a groundout against Dunning in the fifth. Altuve homered twice in the series opener, giving him consecutive multi-homer games for the first time in his career. Altuve is the first Houston player with consecutive multi-homer games since Richard...

Solano hits 3-run triple, Twins do late damage, beat Guardians 8-3 to open 7-game lead in AL Central

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:53 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jorge Polanco hit a sacrifice fly and Donovan Solano added a three-run triple in Minnesota’s five-run eighth inning as the Twins pushed their lead in the AL Central to seven games over second-place Cleveland with an 8-3 win over the Guardians on Tuesday night.Polanco hit a shot deep enough to right off Trevor Stephan (6-6) to score pinch-runner Joey Gallo and break a 3-3 tie. Later in the inning, Solano’s liner to center skipped past outfielder Myles Straw and rolled to the wall, clearing the bases.By winning the first two games of the critical three-game series, Minnesota moved seven games above .500 for the first time in 2023.More importantly, they probably put away the defending division champion Guardians with just 23 games left.Minnesota’s Christian Vázquez, who homered in the sixth off Guardians reliever Matt Moore to tie it 3-all, led off the eighth with a single and Willi Castro doubled down the left-field line. Gallo came on for Vázquez an...

Sun forward Alyssa Thomas records 6th triple-double and sets the WNBA’s single-season assist record

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:53 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists for her sixth triple-double of the season and the Connecticut Sun beat the Los Angeles Sparks 90-76 on Tuesday night.Thomas also set the single season assist mark, passing Courtney Vandersloot’s record of 300 set in 2019. The Sun’s point-forward has 304 this season.Los Angeles (16-22) dropped into a tie with the Chicago Sky for eighth in the WNBA standings — with two games remaining. The Sparks continue their three-game road trip at New York on Thursday, followed by a trip to Seattle to close the regular season on Sunday. The Sky hold the tiebreaker with the Sparks.DeWanna Bonner added 25 points and Tiffany Hayes scored 13 for Connecticut (26-12), which is locked into the No. 3 seed in the playoffs. Thomas was 11 of 13 from the field and she also had six steals. Azura Stevens and Dearica Hamby each scored 18 points for Los Angeles. Layshia Clarendon and Rae Burrell added 13 points apiece. Nn...

Bryan De La Cruz hits 2-run homer in 8th in Marlins’ 6-3 victory over Dodgers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:53 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Bryan De La Cruz hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to break a tie in the Miami Marlins’ 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.The Dodgers played their first game since the arrest of star pitcher Julio Urías late Sunday on a felony charge of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant. Urías did not travel with the Dodgers to Miami.Jazz Chisholm Jr., Josh Bell and Jake Burger also homered to help Miami win its fifth straight.Los Angeles reliever Ryan Yarbrough (7-6) hit Burger with a pitch before De La Cruz drove a cutter into the seats in left-field for his 18th homer and a 5-3 lead. Chisholm followed with a solo blastAndrew Nardi (7-1) pitched a scoreless eighth and Tanner Scott got the last three outs for his fifth save.The Dodgers tied it at 3 on Chris Taylor’s homer against reliever A.J. Puk leading off the seventh. Puk followed Jesús Luzardo, who threw six innings and 90 pitches of two-run ball. Luzardo scattered four hits and struck ...

Brazilian soccer’s rebuild mired in doubt amid a long wait for Ancelotti

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:53 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is about to start its sixth attempt to add a sixth star to its famous soccer shirt. The vibe is very different from the start of its past five South American World Cup qualifying campaigns, though, because the Selecao is rebuilding with an interim coach, its star player not based in Europe and promising young players are either struggling for form or injured. New coach Fernando Diniz, Al-Hilal striker Neymar and low scoring Richarlison represent the different faces of Brazil’s uncertainty at the beginning of the road leading to the 2026 World Cup. And this time the Selecao will be under more pressure because its archrival, Argentina, is the World Cup champion. Diniz, a coach without a lot of silverware but with a lot of attacking style, will start his interim tenure Friday in the Amazon city of Belem against Bolivia. He is not expected to keep the position for long. The Fluminense coach, who has not left his club, is regarded as a caretaker until Carlo Ancelo...

All-Star right-hander Eovaldi of Texas allows 2 HRs to Altuve, Astros tag him for 4 runs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:53 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers All-Star right-hander Nathan Eovaldi gave up two homers to Houston’s Jose Altuve in his return from the injured list, allowing four runs while getting four outs Tuesday night.Eovaldi’s first outing since July 18 because of a right forearm strain started and ended with homers from Altuve, the second coming on Eovaldi’s 35th pitch with one out in the second inning. Dane Dunning replaced Eovaldi at that point.The Rangers planned for Eovaldi’s outing to be short, and Dunning was up in the bullpen in the first inning when the Astros scored three runs. José Abreu and Chas McCormick also had RBIs off Eovaldi.He was activated in the middle game of a pivotal AL West series against the Astros.After Eovaldi won his last start before going on the IL the Rangers had a 4 1/2-game division lead. Seven weeks later, they went into Tuesday night in third place behind Seattle and Houston, with 13 losses in their previous 17 games.Texas also...