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Jesus Take The Wheel: Woman Found Dead After Falling Off Of Tinder Date’s Motorcycle, Hit By 9 Cars

Source: Jacques LOIC / Getty Woman Dies On First Tinder Date In Motorcycle Accident This is sad! According to the Daily Mail reports , Jennifer St. Clair, 33 went on a date with Miles McChesney, 34, after meeting him on the Tinder dating app. Reportedly the date was riding a 2001 black Harley Davidson and St. Clair was his passenger for the night of December 6. She fell off the motorcycle and her body was run over by as many as nine vehicles after her date did NOTHING to help her, her family’s lawyer Todd Falzone told a news conference on Friday. Her date left her on the road and over a day later, she was finally helped by passing cars. St. Clair was found dead on Interstate 95 in Pompano Beach at 3.00 am on December 7. SMH. St. Clair’s family is not filing a lawsuit against the Tinder date, claiming he was drunk when the incident occurred. According to the lawsuit, the pair met with two other couples and visited a few bars in the area. The suit claims that McChesney ‘drank alcohol to the point where he became impaired’. McChesney is accused of ‘carelessly and negligently’ operating the motorcycle, causing St. Clair ‘to be expelled from said motorcycle into oncoming traffic’ on Interstate 95. Falzone said that McChesney did not call police and did nothing to help her. The lawsuit is seeking $15,000 in damages from McChesney. So far, no criminal charges have been file, the victims family is citing lack of witnesses as a reason. So sad.

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Jesus Take The Wheel: Woman Found Dead After Falling Off Of Tinder Date’s Motorcycle, Hit By 9 Cars

Must Be Nice: Education Department To Wipe Away $150 Million in Student Loan Debt

Source: Nigel Carse / Getty $150 Million In Student Loan Debt To Be Wiped Away The Education Department is wiping a whopping $150 million in federal student loans off the books, and has already begun the process of informing thousands of borrowers that they no longer owe the government money because the schools they attended shut their doors. The loan forgiveness, which was  announced earlier this week , applies to about 15,000 borrowers as federal education officials begin to carry out new rules that they fought in court for more than a year over. The department said it began notifying some of the borrowers by email on Friday that their loans would be discharged within the next few months. Any payments that the borrowers made toward a loan will also be refunded, it said. About half the borrowers attended Corinthian Colleges, a large for-profit chain that went bankrupt in 2015 after a deluge of lawsuits accusing it of predatory recruiting practices and false marketing. The rest attended one of the more than 1,000 other schools that shut down between November 2013, the start date for the automatic-discharge rules, and November 2015. The new rules require the department to automatically forgive the loans of eligible borrowers three years after their school closed, but students can apply before then. Under the Education Department’s closed school forgiveness program, federal student loan borrowers can apply to have their loans wiped away if they attended a school that closed while they were enrolled, or soon after, and they do not transfer their credits elsewhere. The program is based on the principle that lenders bear responsibility for ensuring that a loan is sound, and that borrowers shouldn’t be responsible for loans taken out for an education that turned out to be worthless. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said that she intends to rewrite the rules for some of the agency’s debt-forgiveness programs; The soonest those changes could take effect is July 2020. “The federal government must become a more responsible lender,” Ms. DeVos said, adding that students “need to understand the implications of their decisions.”

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Must Be Nice: Education Department To Wipe Away $150 Million in Student Loan Debt

Chance The Rapper Teams Up With Lyft To Fund Chicago Public Schools

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A side from his poignant music, hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper is known for his philanthropy. The Chicago native has continuously used his platform and resources to give back to his city. Earlier this week Chance announced that he has joined forces with Lyft to raise money for Chicago Public Schools, just in time for the back to school season, Paste Magazine reported. . @ChancetheRapper teams up with Lyft to raise money for Chicago public schools. https://t.co/gUHJIFR68k — REVOLT TV (@revolttv) September 6, 2018 Chance—whose real name is Chancelor Bennett—is partnering with the ride-sharing app through his non-profit SocialWorks, the news outlet writes. The organization is designed to empower the youth in Chicago through education, the arts, and community building. The collaboration falls under Lyft’s Round-Up & Donate initiative, which allows riders to use the app to donate to a cause that is meaningful to them. For the entire month of September, Lyft riders will be able to donate to the program through the app. Each amount donated will be matched by Lyft. Bennett took to Twitter to share his excitement about the partnership. Back to school is here, Chicago! I'm teaming up with @lyft to encourage everyone to Round UP & Donate to support @SocialWorks_Chi and @ChiPubSchools . Lyft has pledged to match all rider donations throughout September! #supportCPS pic.twitter.com/Lkti48Isd9 — Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) September 5, 2018 This isn’t the first time that he has teamed up with Lyft to make a social impact. Last year, riders were able to donate to his New Chance Arts and Literature Fund through the app in efforts to fund arts programs at Chicago Public Schools. The rapper has become a fierce advocate for adequate education and is working to better the public school system in his hometown. Many of the schools are dealing with financial woes, low enrollment numbers, and closure. In December 2017, the rapper teamed up with Google to donate $1.5 million towards STEM education initiatives at schools in Chicago. Prior to that, he donated $2.2 million to 20 of the city’s public schools. SEE ALSO: Chance The Rapper & Google Donate $1.5 Million To Chicago Schools For STEM Chicago Schools Get Economic ‘Lyft’ From Chance The Rapper, Ride-Share [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3825678″ overlay=”true”]

Chance The Rapper Teams Up With Lyft To Fund Chicago Public Schools

Local News: Crossover day in the Georgia legislature+APS plan to close schools

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  Crossover day in the Georgia legislature Today is a big day at the Georgia State capitol, it’s crossover day.  If proposed bills don’t pass at least the House or the Senate the bills are dead for this session.  The campus carry bill will likely come up for a vote in the House and we […]

Local News: Crossover day in the Georgia legislature+APS plan to close schools

Mom Outraged, School Dental Program Removes Child’s Teeth Without Her Knowing

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Shanda Flemming wants to know why Baltimore City Schools didn’t call her before the invasive procedure was performed on her 9-year-old son.

Mom Outraged, School Dental Program Removes Child’s Teeth Without Her Knowing

Emma Stone, Natalie Portman, And More Slay This ‘I Will Survive’ Cover

Emma Stone, Natalie Portman, and more belt out Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’ to prepare for Donald Trump’s inauguration.

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Founders Roundtable: This Is What Mental Health Looks Like At Colleges Across America

MTV’s Campus Ambassadors weighed in on what resources their schools offer — and what they don’t

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Founders Roundtable: This Is What Mental Health Looks Like At Colleges Across America

MTV’s Campus Ambassadors weighed in on what resources their schools offer — and what they don’t

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dvsn Remixes Aaliyah’s “One In A Million” (NEW MUSIC)

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The Toronto R&B duo tease their Sept. 5th album release with a remix to this classic Aaliyah song

dvsn Remixes Aaliyah’s “One In A Million” (NEW MUSIC)

Survey: Kids Brought More Than 185 Guns To School So Far This Academic Year

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A survey found that students brought more than 185 guns to school so far for this academic year. The group that conducted the survey laments that there’s no federal gun safety law in place.

Survey: Kids Brought More Than 185 Guns To School So Far This Academic Year