Monday, November 25, 2024

By Public News Service Monday, November 25, 2024

CA community colleges lose millions to financial aid fraud

Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Glitches last winter with federal student aid forms, known as the FAFSA, led the feds to temporarily relax document verification standards – creating fertile ground for bad actors seeking to defraud California colleges. State data first reported by EdSource show that fraudsters have stolen more than $7.5 million […]

Monday, November 25, 2024

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, November 25, 2024

Mega Millions jackpot nears a half a billion dollars

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is climbing into the really big money zone. No one picked all the winning numbers in last Friday’s draw. Here are those winning digits: 13, 20, 26, 32, 65, and the Mega Ball 2. So, the jackpot rolled over. It now stands at an estimated $489 million! Earlier this month, someone in the Golden State […]