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View Online  New proposed rule could transform student loan interest © The Associated Press/Susan Walsh By Adam Barnes & Shirin Ali  A new rule proposed by the Education Department could transform the way student loan interest is capitalized, possibly saving borrowers thousands. Currently, unpaid interest accrues annually during any period of negative amortization — which is when a borrower isn't making payments high enough to cover accrued interest or the principal balance. Read the full story here US agency to study protecting more habitat for rare North Pacific right whales  © The Associated Press/Brenda Rone By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech The federal government plans on reviewing a request to increase critical habitat in Alaska waters for North Pacific right whales. The whale is the most endangered large whale species on the planet, with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration estimating there are only 30 left in the wild.  Read the full story here Heart disease deaths fall in areas with lower violent crime rates © The Associated Press/ Esteban Felix By Gianna Melillo Residents in neighborhoods with high rates of violent crime suffer a variety of mental and physical health challenges, while many major metropolitan cities have seen an uptick in rates in recent years. Violent crime also tends to be concentrated in areas with higher populations of people of color. New research shows that when violent crime decreases, so too do rates of cardiovascular-related mortality.  Read the full story here Panasonic to build world's largest EV battery factory in Kansas © Getty Images By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech Panasonic Energy plans on building a new $4 billion factory for electric vehicle batteries in Kansas, the company announced Wednesday. The factory is likely to bring thousands of new jobs to the area and create over 16,000 construction jobs, according to the Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.  Read the full story here Feature of the Week: How space tourism could erase gains made in the fight against climate change © The Associated Press/ Brynn Anderson By Gianna Melillo Space tourism may seem like an intangible, futuristic phase of human recreation, complete with daily blast offs of the Earth's most privileged occupants. But new research concludes the effects of this boom may be all-too-real for those of us left with our feet on the ground.  Read the full story here Sign up for Changing America email Manage Subscriptions | Sign Up for Other Newsletters | Unsubscribe    Copyright © 1998 - 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use   To ensure you receive these emails in the future, please add thehill@email.thehill.com to your address book, contacts or safe senders list.