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FAFSA Deadlines You Should Know 01/30/2024 07:00pm • For students seeking federal financial aid to pay for college, the deadline to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is June 30 for each academic year. But to maximize their chances of receiving aid, prospective and current college students would ideally submit the FAFSA pro Today in History: January 30, Hitler becomes German chancellor 01/30/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2024. There are 336 days left in the year. Today in History: On Jan. 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. On this date: In 1649, England’s King Charles I was executed for high treason. In 1911, James White, an intelle Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands 01/29/2024 09:06pm • ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where Ex-Philippine leader Duterte assails Marcos, accusing him of plotting to expand his grip on power 01/29/2024 05:49am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is throwing allegations at his successor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and even raising the prospect of removing him from office, bringing into the open a long-rumored split between the two. In an expletive-laden speech late Sunday, t A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Congress aims to wind it down and expand the child tax credit 01/27/2024 12:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked for his assessment of a startling report: A whistleblower estimated that 95% of claims now being made by businesses for a COVID-era tax break were fraudulen Today in History: January 27, 3 astronauts die in fire during test of Apollo spacecraft 01/27/2024 11:35am • Today in History Today is Saturday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2024. There are 339 days left in the year. Today in History: On Jan. 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo spacecraft. On this date: In Iowa promised $75 million for school safety. Two shootings later, the money is largely unspent 01/26/2024 08:10pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The June 2022 announcement was addressed to parents horrified by the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas: Iowa would spend $75 million in federal pandemic relief funds to improve school building security. Citing an urgent need to act after Uvalde and shootings Kerry and Xie exit roles that defined generation of climate action 01/26/2024 01:14am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Nations climate summit in Dubai was wrapping up last month when John Kerry went to a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua only to find a surprise waiting for him. Xie's 8-year-old grandson had brought Kerry a card for his 80th birthday. The lanky American, Media workers strike to protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes and Condé Nast 01/25/2024 06:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at The New York Daily News and Forbes walked off the job Thursday amid contentious contract talks with management and a difficult few weeks in the news industry. Both strike are historic: It's the first-ever at the business-focused magazine in more than a century, an Walgreens to pay $275,000 to settle allegations in Vermont about service during pandemic 01/25/2024 05:24pm • MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Walgreens has agreed to pay a $275,000 fine to settle allegations that some of its Vermont stores temporarily closed without notice, had untenable working conditions for pharmacists and made medication and vaccination errors during the coronavirus pandemic, the secretary of Trump rides to New Hampshire victory on the strength of support from the GOP base, AP VoteCast shows 01/25/2024 05:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump had rock-solid support from the party faithful in his primary victory Tuesday, with even most backers of rival Nikki Haley acknowledging the GOP belongs to him. Yet as Trump’s hold on securing the party’s nomination tightened, AP VoteCast found t Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant further delays removal of melted fuel debris 01/25/2024 10:30am • TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the tsunami-hit nuclear plant in Fukushima announced Thursday a delay of several more months before launching a test to remove melted fuel debris from inside one of the reactors, citing problems clearing the way for a robotic arm. The debris cleanup initially was supp Thousands in India flock to a recruitment center for jobs in Israel despite the Israel-Hamas war 01/25/2024 08:04am • LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Thousands of Indians flocked to a recruitment center on Thursday for jobs that would take them to Israel despite the three-month Israeli-Hamas war that is devastating Gaza and threatening to ignite the wider Middle East. Many among the crowd of men, mostly skilled constructi Today in History: January 25, Jury convicts Charles Manson 01/25/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2024. There are 341 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 25, in 1971, Charles Manson and three women followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including Kentucky lawmakers resume debate over reopening road in the heart of the state Capitol complex 01/24/2024 02:15pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers resumed their debate Wednesday over whether to reopen a road through the heart of the Bluegrass State's Capitol complex, seeking to balance safety and public access concerns. The Senate Transportation Committee advanced a bill meant to resume vehicle traffi