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Who qualifies for student loan cancellation. Plus, the states where people live the longest. Here's the latest.

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President Biden announces a plan that will cancel federal student loan debt for some borrowers, and the embattled schools police chief in Uvalde is fired. Plus, which state's residents live the longest? A new report shows where you live could affect your life span.

THE LATEST

💰 Biden administration says it will cancel up to $20K in federal student loan debt for certain borrowers.

The Biden administration announced yesterday that it will cancel up to $10,000 in student debt for borrowers who earn $125,000 a year or less and up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell Grants. Couples who earn $250,000 a year or less who file taxes jointly will qualify for cancellation of up to $10,000 for each partner. Biden also announced that the payment pause on federal student loans, which has been in effect since March 2020, will be extended for a final time to Dec. 31. Wondering if you qualify? Here are all the details about who will get student loan forgiveness.

Uvalde schools police chief is fired over botched response to mass shooting.

Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde schools police chief who came under heavy criticism for the response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in May, was fired yesterday by the school board in the Texas city. One hour and 14 minutes passed on May 24 before police entered the building to confront a gunman who killed 21 people, including 19 children. The sister of one victim said Arredondo's firing should've come "months ago," while Arredondo's attorney said he became a victim of those who were unable to lash out against the gunman, who was fatally shot by police.

Olivia Wilde described the 'nastiness' of getting served custody papers onstage in front of a packed audience.

The actor, director and mother of two spoke out for the first time about being served court papers onstage in front of a packed audience at a film convention in Las Vegas in April. The papers involved a custody case regarding her two children with ex-fiancé and "Ted Lasso" star Jason Sudeikis. Sources close to Sudeikis previously told NBC News he had "no prior knowledge" Wilde would be served onstage. "It was my workplace," Wilde told Variety. "In any other workplace, it would be seen as an attack. It was really upsetting. It shouldn't have been able to happen."

What state's residents live the longest? A new report ranks the states by life span.

Where you live could play a role in how long you live, as a new study from the National Center for Health Statistics has found. Unsurprisingly, living the island life of Hawaii helps longevity, as it tops the list with an average life expectancy of 80.7. The lowest state on the list, Mississippi, has an average life expectancy nearly 10 years less than the Aloha State. See where your state ranks here.

LIVE BETTER TODAY

Achieve your life goals with easy tips.

Tennis star Emma Raducanu shared some lessons about fitness and motivation as she gets set to defend her U.S. Open title after her shocking run to the Grand Slam title last year. She shared how you can improve your fitness with a few small steps, the foods that fuel her on the court, her best trick to stay motivated, and how to take pride in small victories.

WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

Allow us to do the meal-planning for you.

Brighten up your summer dinner with a simple spaghetti with arugula pesto from chef Alfred Portale that he learned from his mother growing up. The oven-roasted cherry tomatoes are bursting with flavor, and any extra arugula pesto can be refrigerated for up to a week. Make sure to rinse the salted capers and blanch the herbs when making the pesto, and you can leave out the anchovies if you're not a fan.

DAILY DELIGHT

A little pick-me-up before you go.

Third-grade teacher Ali Levasseur loves to give her students projects involving scissors. But she only had about 10 pairs for the whole class at her Maryland school until a heartwarming gesture by one of her young students. On the last day of school in the spring, a student gave her a ziplock bag of five pairs of scissors that he said he bought with his own money to give to her class for this fall. She shared a message about the responsibility of adults to the next generation. "That's the thing," she wrote on social media. "The younger generations aren't getting 'worse.' The kids aren't getting 'worse.' We're just failing them. Kids are so inherently good and pure and wholesome."