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The Biden administration extended the freeze on student loan payments yet again, this time until September, and announced a reset for borrowers in default.

Three detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp took their own lives early Saturday. Two were from Saudi Arabia, a third from Yemen. All three hanged themselves, and left suicide notes written in Arabic.

Each year an estimated 90,000 people die after picking-up a bacterial infection in a hospital. Now, some states are developing consumer report cards to rank hospitals according to their infection rates.

Four Connecticut librarians spoke bitterly Tuesday about a months' long gag order they were subjected to after the FBI requested patrons' records under the Patriot Act. The librarians decried their inability to participate in congressional debate on how to rewrite the act.

The songwriter slammed what he described as a "culture" of baseless lawsuits intended to squeeze money out of artists eager to avoid the expense of a trial.

Smith has written hits for Miley Cyrus and Garth Brooks, and was set to level up after two records of her own. Then, the pandemic hit. Now, she has a fresh perspective on her new, self-produced album.

One brigade slated for deployment to Iraq this summer will instead be staying in Germany, courtesy of the Pentagon's reassessment of troop levels. Will political progress in Baghdad allow the Defense Department to lower U.S. force levels in the weeks ahead?

The California Supreme Court has reinstated the state's high school exit exam as a graduation requirement. The divided ruling means that 47,000 seniors who haven't passed the test may not be able to graduate.

Would-be borrowers who have iffy credit ratings are turning to those with strong credit for help — and a cottage industry of credit-for-rent companies has sprung up to match them. Federal regulators are investigating the practice, but they haven't banned it.

In the wake of Idaho's upcoming ban on most abortions, Oregon is preparing for an increase in demand for the procedure. The state is investing millions to help patients and providers most affected.