Student loan payments resume in May. Here are seven ways to prepare.
First things first: Get acquainted (or reacquainted) with your loans. And don’t count on blanket loan forgiveness.
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Could the world become too warm to hold Winter Olympics?
If nations don’t address high greenhouse gas emissions, by the 2080s, all but one of the 21 cities that previously hosted the Winter Games wouldn’t be able to do so again, a new study has found.
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Listen — 2:21Families are in distress after the first month without the expanded child tax credit
January is the first month since July 2021 that more than 36 million families did not receive money from the expanded child tax credit. For some, the consequences are dire.
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Five moments that mattered in Biden’s 1st year in the White House
President Biden’s 1st year in office was marked by the pandemic fight, the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and a tough push to get his agenda through Congress.
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Booster longevity: Data reveals how long a third shot protects
Now researchers in the U.K. have the first estimates for how long a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine will last. The findings are mixed.
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Listen — 3:30The Postal Service is now taking orders for free COVID-19 test kits
The at-home tests are expected to be delivered by USPS later this month. The White House said the site is in “beta testing” and will be launched formally Wednesday.
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Listen — 2:16Workers are calling out sick in droves, leaving employers scrambling
Employers from Macy’s to United Airlines are having to adjust after skyrocketing omicron COVID cases have led large numbers of workers to call out sick.
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MLK’s memory is honored by demonstrators calling for the passage of voting rights bill
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would. have turned 93 on Jan. 15. He was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tenn.
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Doctors and patients are facing tough choices because of the national blood crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to a 62% drop in blood drives at schools and colleges, according to the American Red Cross.
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All hostages are safe after being held at Texas synagogue, authorities say
The gunman who held four people hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, is now dead, authorities said. The four hostages were physically unharmed.
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