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A suspect is in custody in the Gilgo Beach murders, a law enforcement official and two government officials said Friday, potentially bringing closure to a case that has confounded police on Long Island, New York, for more than a decade. . Suffolk County Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney are leading the investigation. Those offices declined to comment. The suspect is from Massapequa, which is in neighboring Nassau County.The news was first reported by News 12 Long Island.Eleven sets of remains were found on a stretch of highway in Suffolk County after police began searching Ocean Parkway for Shannan…

A transgender runner finished third in the World Para Athletics 400m race in Paris on Thursday.The bronze finalist was Valentina Petrillo's ninth medal in women's events.Petrillo finished the race in 58.24, seconds behind Cuba's Omara Durand (52.82) and Venezuela's Alejandra Pérez López (57.88).CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Valentina Petrillo celebrates after the women's 400m T12 final during day six of the World Para Athletics Championships Paris 2023 at Stade Charlety on July 13, 2023 in Paris. (Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)Petrillo, 49, was racing in a category for the visually impaired after being diagnosed with Stargardt disease at age…

WASHINGTON — The Department of Education announced Friday that it will automatically forgive student loans for more than 800,000 borrowers.The action is the result of what the department calls a "fix" to income-based payment plans. It is expected to total $39 billion in federal student loan forgiveness.The department said the measure will address administrative problems in the income-based pay system. Under the plans, federal student loan borrowers are eligible for forgiveness after 20 or 25 years of payments, depending on the plan. But for some, qualified payments that "should have moved borrowers closer to forgiveness," the department said in a…

BENGALURU (AP) — India's space agency launched a rocket on Friday that put a spacecraft into orbit for a planned landing next month at the lunar south pole, an unprecedented feat that would boost India's position as a major space power. .The LVM3 launch rocket of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) lifted off from the country's main space port in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh on Friday afternoon, leaving behind a column of smoke and fire.About 16 minutes later, ISRO mission control announced that the rocket had succeeded in putting the Chandrayaan-3 lander into an Earth orbit that…