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After a three-year pause put in place during the pandemic, federal student loans will start accruing interest again on Sept. 1, and payments will resume in October. After a three-year pause put in place during the pandemic, federal student loans will start accruing interest again on Sept. 1, and payments will resume in October. Borrowers should not expect another payment pause extension from the White House, since this latest repayment timeline is now a provision in the debt ceiling deal approved by Congress. Americans also are waiting to find out whether the Supreme Court will allow President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan to go ahead, but payments will resume regardless of what the justices decide. Renewed student loan bills could come as a shock to the nearly 44 million borrowers with federal loans. Borrowers who left school in 2020 or later also will need to prepare for their first-ever student loan payments. Student loan borrowers gathered at the Supreme Court today...

No charges will be filed against a homeowner who shot and killed Nicholas Anthony Donofrio, a 20-year-old USC student who accidentally tried to enter his house. No charges will be filed against a homeowner who shot and killed a 20-year-old University of South Carolina student who accidentally tried to enter the wrong house on the street where he lived and was mistaken for a burglar, police said Wednesday. The Columbia, South Carolina, Police Department said that after an investigation, and consulting with prosecutors from the Fifth Circuit Solicitor's Office, the fatal shooting of Nicholas Anthony Donofrio early Saturday morning was deemed a "justifiable homicide." "This is a heartbreaking case for all involved," Columbia Police Chief W.H. "Skip" Holbrook said in a statement. "Our lead investigator has diligently worked to gather all the facts surrounding this incident. He has also maintained contact with the Donofrio family throughout the in...

A grief-stricken family and school are mourning the shocking death of a college student who was shot and killed in Texas this week in an apparently random assault. A grief-stricken family and school are mourning the shocking death of a college student who was shot and killed in Texas this week in an apparently random assault. Wes Smith, a junior at Texas Christian University, was shot multiple times early Friday while standing on a sidewalk in Fort Worth's West 7th entertainment district, according to a police affidavit. A suspect arrested shortly after the attack allegedly admitted to shooting Smith three times for no discernable reason, according to the affidavit. MORE: 1 dead, 1 injured in apparent random shooting at Austin business: Police Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker said Smith was killed "in a senseless act of gun violence." "Wes was a TCU student and a remarkable young man who impacted countless lives including my own son as a football coach for his middle...

Police are urging people to send in surveillance footage after a University of Wisconsin-Madison student was found beaten in an off-campus attack. Police are urging people to send in surveillance footage after a University of Wisconsin-Madison student was found beaten off-campus over the weekend in a "horrific" attack. The woman was found around 3:20 a.m. Sunday on a block in downtown Madison, police said. A person who lives in the area called police after finding the victim "severely beaten," the Madison Police Department said. The victim was physically and sexually assaulted, according to police. No arrests have been announced in the attack, which police said appeared to involve a stranger. Police say a woman who attends the University of Wisconsin-Madison was found beaten in Madison, Wisconsin. WKOW The department is calling for anyone who lives within four blocks of the area where the incident occurred -- in particular those who may have been away over the holi...

The chief will be on leave until an internal investigation is complete. A police chief who was allegedly seen on camera body-slamming a student has been put on paid leave , Georgia's DeKalb County School District said Friday. In a video that has been circulating on social media, DCSD Police Chief Brad Gober allegedly slams a student to the ground after the student appears to resist another officer who attempted to grab his arm. "The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is aware of a recent video circulating in the media regarding an incident involving DCSD Police Chief Brad Gober," the district said in a statement. "In keeping with the standard operating procedure, Chief Gober has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of an internal investigation. This standard procedure ensures a comprehensive and impartial assessment of the incident. No additional information will be provided while the investigation is ongoing." This is a dev...

The teen is dealing with in-school-suspension because he will not cut his hair. A Black Texas high school student has been facing an in-school suspension (ISS) for weeks because school officials said that his dreadlocks violated their dress and grooming code. Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, has been sitting on a small stool at school every school day since Aug. 31, back aching, as he receives his schoolwork online or through a classmate, according to his mother Darresha George. "Every day my son comes home with tears in his eyes. He's frustrated; he's outraged, aggravated, and it's breaking him down mentally, physically and emotionally," Darresha George told ABC News. "I have to see him taking ibuprofen because his back hurts." MORE: Activists push for anti-discrimination laws focused on natural hair on 'Crown Day' Darryl George's schoolwork and grades are being affected because he is not getting the ...

Student loan payments start up again for most borrowers in October, but more than 800,000 people who have been paying for years are having their loans forgiven NEW YORK -- Karin Engstrom thought she’d be paying off her federal student loans for the rest of her life. The 82-year-old was shocked when she logged on to check her balance ahead of payments resuming in October and found that more than $175,000 in debt had been erased. She's one of 804,000 borrowers who will have a total of $39 billion forgiven under a one-time adjustment granted by the Biden administration. It's for people in income-driven repayment plans who have been paying back loans for 20 or 25 years but who never received credit for late or partial payments. It also credits borrowers for periods before the pandemic when they were allowed to pause or reduce payments due to financial hardships. To correct mistakes by loan servicers, the Department of Education is retroactively adjusting accounts, resulting in for...

Students start banned book clubs, anti-censorship groups amid book banning efforts Across the country, a generation of young readers is standing up against efforts to ban or restrict certain books in schools and libraries. Student-led banned book clubs and anti-censorship groups have been popping up in states where a conservative-led movement to remove certain books or lessons has led to boisterous board meetings, protests, and more. The students behind these groups say they have long been left out of the conversation, despite being the most impacted by such restrictions. "I thought it would be perfect to do a banned book club -- one: as just a way to read beautiful literature that's important and should be read and then two: kind of as an act of resistance," said 16-year-old Iris Mogul who recently started a banned book club in Miami, Florida. Iris Mogul created a banned book club in her school to combat attempts to restrict certain titles. Courtesy Iris Mogul Between Ja...

Harvard University students are divided after the Hamas attack on Israel. A Palestinian support group released a statement that launched backlash, death threats and fear. Long a place of political and philosophical debate , college campus es, like Harvard University, are now at the center of a controversial debate over the war in Israel and bombing of Gaza. Harvard students told ABC News their campus is divided and people are scared in the aftermath of the breakout of the Israel-Hamas war. Student groups supporting Palestine issued a statement on the conflict saying the Israeli regime is "entirely responsible for all unfolding violence." "Today's events did not occur in a vacuum. For the last two decades, millions of Palestinians in Gaza have been forced to live in an open-air prison. Israeli officials promise to 'open the gates of hell,' and the massacres in Gaza have already commenced. Palestinians in Gaza have no shelters for refuge and nowhere to escap...