5 million student loan borrowers face mandatory collections starting May 5
Some 5 million Americans with defaulted student loan payments will have their loans sent for collections on May 5, the Department of Education announced on Monday. Next month, for the first time since student loan payments were paused due to…
Tesla earnings to show whether anti-Musk backlash damaged bottom line
Worldwide protests against Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his role in the Trump administration have coincided with a sales slump and stock woes at the electric carmaker. Little will be known about the precise impact on Tesla’s bottom line, however,…
Supreme Court hears clash over LGBTQ storybooks and parent demands for opt-out
Do parents of public school children have a constitutional right to opt-out their kids from classroom lessons involving storybooks that feature LGBTQ themes or characters? The Supreme Court will tackle that question Tuesday in a closely watched First Amendment case…
13-year-old girl dead after 25-foot fall through attic floor at her after-school program
A 13-year-old girl has died after falling approximately 25 feet through the attic floor at an after-school program, police said. The Pueblo Police Department in Colorado said it received a call on Friday evening at approximately 7 p.m. from somebody…
Why gold prices are spiking as uncertainty looms over the economy
President Donald Trump’s tariffs roiled markets and soured consumer attitudes in recent weeks, but the uncertainty helped propel a different asset viewed as a safe haven: gold. The price of gold topped $3,400 per ounce for the first time ever…
Boston Marathon helps celebrate 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War
BOSTON — Paul Revere rode down Boylston Street to the Boston Marathon finish line — or almost there, as it turned out — proclaiming “the runners are coming” on Monday morning as the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon…
Supreme Court hears challenge to Obamacare no-cost preventive health benefits
Preventive care health benefits provided at no cost to tens of millions of Americans since 2010 under a popular provision of the Affordable Care Act are in the balance Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices consider whether…
Venezuelan migrant whose deportation was blocked by SCOTUS speaks out
After his deportation was temporarily blocked by a Supreme Court order, 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant Alessandro Paredes spoke from a detention center in Texas. “This is not being done by law, this is totally illegal and it’s out of the blue,”…
60,000 Americans to lose rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts
Moments after Daniris Espinal walked into her new apartment in Brooklyn, she prayed. In ensuing nights, she would awaken and touch the walls for reassurance — finding in them a relief that turned to tears over her morning coffee. Those…
Popes through the ages: Some facts you might not know
Who was the very first pope? How many popes have there been? Has anyone ever refused the office? For an institution that has existed for nearly 2,000 years, most people know very little about the papacy and its history. Here…