Today, after a year-long pause, interest resumed on student loans enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. Launched by the Biden administration in 2023, SAVE was intended to give borrowers an affordable path to repaying student loans. But it’s been in limbo since last summer, when federal courts blocked it in response to…
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in coastal towns in multiple countries. The earthquake was “on what we call the Pacific Ring of Fire. This is a region around the entire Pacific Rim renowned for significant earthquakes,” Simon Boxall, lecturer in oceanography at…
Jeanine Pirro is sworn in as the new interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia during a ceremony hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 28, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor…
Workers picket outside the Boeing Defense, Space & Security facility in Berkeley, Missouri, US, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Neeta Satam | Bloomberg | Getty Images Some 3,200 Boeing defense unit workers went on strike for the first time in almost three decades early Monday after turning down a contract offer with the company. Boeing…
Attendees walk through an exposition hall at AWS re:Invent, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. LONDON — Britain’s competition regulator on Thursday said that Microsoft and Amazon hurting competition in the cloud computing industry and called for a probe into their market dominance under the country’s…
As a veteran educator, I understand the difficult challenges that students face in their math journey. When it comes to math intervention, it’s important to not only recognize the struggle but also address the root cause with strategic and evidenced based instructional strategies. In this post, I’ll be sharing three red flags to watch for…
Pope Leo received a rock star welcome over the weekend as he arrived by helicopter in a Rome suburb at what’s been dubbed the Catholic Coachella. More than 1 million teens and 20-somethings sang songs and danced beneath water misters and the hot Roman sun during the Jubilee of Youth — the biggest and youngest crowd…
Saudi authorities put two people to death on Monday to reach 17 executions in three days, state media said, as the conservative kingdom accelerated toward a record number of executions this year. Two Saudis were executed for “terrorist crimes,” the official Saudi Press Agency said, after 15 people, mostly foreigners, were put to death for…
A customer stands in front of a fruit and vegetable stall at an open-air market in Paris on July 15, 2025. Behrouz Mehri | Afp | Getty Images Euro zone inflation was unchanged at a higher-than-expected 2% in July, flash data from statistics agency Eurostat showed Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the figure…
Angel Zheng at Isshiki Matcha in New York, NY on May 21, 2025. Lisa Kailai Han | CNBC Angel Zheng is relying on the Japanese principle of “ikigai” to turn her passion for matcha — a powdered green tea with a unique taste and purported health benefits — into building what she hopes will be…
U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand that China stop purchasing oil from Iran and Russia. “China will always ensure its energy supply in ways that serve our national…
Ed Kelce, father of Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce, is mourning the loss of his longtime partner, Maureen Maguire, who passed away peacefully on August 1, 2025, at the age of 74. Ed announced the tragic news via his Facebook account: • Maureen Maguire was born on November 21, 1950, in the Bronx, New York….
Logo with QR code for Fantuan Asian food delivery service in the Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California, January 3, 2021. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images NEW YORK – When Kelly Wu feels sick and wants a delivery of congee, the Chinese porridge she grew up eating, she opts for a platform many…
