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More Americans may need to visit their Social Security offices in person after the agency that runs it announced an update to its security policies.

The Social Security Administration announced Tuesday it would transition to "stronger identity protection procedures," and said anyone who can't log into their online accounts "will then need to visit a local Social Security office to prove their identity in person."

The announcement came two weeks after the administration announced it would close dozens of local Social Security offices, and a week after a memo leaked to multiple news outlets recommended doing no longer allowing seniors to make account changes over the phone.

That memo, from acting commissioner Leland Dudek, estimated that between 75,000 and 85,000 more people would need to visit Social Security offices each week. The memo also predicted higher demand for office appointments and "increased challenges for vulnerable populations." Social Security beneficiaries, who are elderly or people with disabilities, often have mobility issues that can make it difficult to reach an office in person.

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Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner said Wednesday he will step down immediately after more than four years as head of the U.S. passenger railroad, citing concerns about maintaining the carrier's support from President Donald Trump's administration.

"I am stepping down as CEO to ensure that Amtrak continues to enjoy the full faith and confidence of this administration," Gardner said in a statement.

A White House official told Reuters Gardner had been asked to step down. An Amtrak spokesperson declined to comment on whether he had been asked to leave.

The Trump administration on Tuesday released thousands of pages of files concerning the assassination of John F Kennedy, the 35th president who was shot dead in Dallas, Texas, in November 1963.

“So people have been waiting decades for this,” Donald Trump told reporters on Monday while visiting the Kennedy Center, “and I’ve instructed my people that are responsible, lots of different people, put together by [director of national intelligence] Tulsi Gabbard, and that’s going to be released tomorrow.”

A former pastor of a Texas megachurch – and ex-Donald Trump spiritual adviser – surrendered to Oklahoma authorities on Monday on charges of child sexual abuse.

Robert Preston Morris, 63, turned himself over to officials in Osage county, where he was charged on Thursday with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, Phil Bacharach, a spokesperson for the Oklahoma attorney general’s office, told the Associated Press.

Court records show an Osage county judge set a $50,000 bond and ordered Morris to surrender his passport.

Morris is expected to make an initial appearance before a judge at 10am on 9 May, Bacharach said.

Attorney Mack Martin declined to comment on the charges but said he anticipated entering a not guilty plea on Morris’s behalf.

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Harvard will begin offering free tuition to students who come from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less, the Ivy League university based in Cambridge, Massachusetts announced on Monday.

The school said Harvard College will be free for students from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or less, but will be solely tuition-free for students whose families make $200,000 or less. According to Harvard's leadership, this financial aid expansion backs up the college's "decades-long commitment to enabling more undergraduate students, especially those from middle-income families, to receive the financial support they need to attend."

“Putting Harvard within financial reach for more individuals widens the array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives that all of our students encounter, fostering their intellectual and personal growth,” Harvard President Alan M. Garber said in a news release. “By bringing people of outstanding promise together to learn with and from one another, we truly realize the tremendous potential of the University."

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A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection to Thursday's multi-vehicle crash in Austin, Texas, that left five people dead −including children − and several hospitalized.

Solomun Weldekeal Araya has been arrested and charged with five counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication assault, a spokesperson for the Austin Police Department told USA TODAY on Friday afternoon.

He is currently held at Travis County Jail. The fatal incident, which also involved a semi-truck, occurred on Interstate 35 in North Austin, and authorities responded to the scene just before 11:30 p.m.