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Klaudia Radecka | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAirbnb wants to block parties this spooky season.The travel and home rental platform said Monday that it will utilize its anti-party technology this Halloween weekend. The tech factors in the length of a stay, the distance from a guest’s location, property type and timing of a booking to block reservations deemed “higher risk.””We lead the way in proactive measures to reduce the risk of unauthorized parties, and our heightened technology for Halloween is one important layer in a comprehensive suite of policies and tools to support hosts, guests and local communities, and promote responsible…

Students walk around the UCLA campus on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. Juliana Yamada | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesMillions of borrowers once again have access to student loan forgiveness, but they may need to take action to ensure they qualify.The U.S. Department of Education will resume cancelling the debt of eligible borrowers enrolled in the Income Contingent Repayment plan, or ICR, and the Pay as You Earn plan, or PAYE, according to an agreement reached by the American Federation of Teachers and the Trump administration.Earlier this year, the department had stopped cancelling the debt of…

The largest union representing federal workers on Monday called for Democrats in Congress to end the ongoing government shutdown by voting for the stopgap funding measure that Republicans have proposed.”It’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today,” Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, wrote.”No half measures, and no gamesmanship. Put every single federal worker back on the job with full back pay — today,” said Kelley, whose union represents more than 800,000 federal and District of Columbia government workers.”Because when the folks who serve this country are standing in line for…

George Atkinson, a hard-hitting former Raiders safety who struck fear in the opposition, has died. He was 78.The Raiders announced Atkinson’s death on Monday. The team didn’t reveal a cause of death. Atkinson had disclosed he was suffering symptoms consistent with CTE in a 2016 interview with the San Jose Mercury News.The Raiders called Atkinson the anchor of the team’s “Soul Patrol” secondary of the 1970s that helped lead the team to its first Super Bowl title. Atkinson remained connected to the organization until his death.“George’s contributions as a friend and mentor to everyone in the Raiders organization continued long…

DETROIT (AP) — Chauncey Billups earned a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame a year ago, recognizing his resilience and clutch play in a championship-winning NBA career.His ability to bounce back and make all the right moves is being put to an entirely different test by a gambling scandal.Billups, who was placed on leave as coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, was one of more than 30 people arrested last week for what federal law enforcement officials described as their involvement in various illicit gambling activities. The coach was alleged to have participated in a conspiracy to fix high-stakes…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office.The administration’s newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed a month and a half after a federal appeals court in Washington held that the official, Shira Perlmutter, could not be unilaterally fired. Nearly four weeks ago, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused to reconsider that ruling.The case is the latest that relates to Trump’s authority to install his own people at the head of federal agencies. The Supreme…

Over the past two decades, as an academic advisor, I’ve worked with thousands of middle school, high school and college students. I’ve seen what separates those who struggle from those who thrive. It’s not an IQ score, GPA, or even college acceptances to prestigious universities.The real predictor? Executive functioning skills, a set of cognitive skills that help us concentrate, organize, and manage emotions. When you learn these skills early on, you’ll be better at handling responsibilities and forming meaningful connections. Prioritizing grades, test scores, and college admissions as the main measures of success often undermines young people’s futures and strains parent-child…

What a weekend! Europe’s top leagues again delivered a ton of things to talk about, with high drama in Spain, big results in England and controversy in Serie A.To start, how about a Clasico that delivered on and off the field? Real Madrid took all three points with an impressive 2-1 win over Barcelona, though not every Madrid player was happy — Vinicius Jr. stormed off, visibly mad, following a second-half substitution — and the game ended in an on-pitch scuffle that saw several yellow and red cards dispensed after the final whistle.In the Premier League, champions Liverpool endured a…

Bayern Munich have started the 2025-26 season with 13 consecutive wins to equal the record set by AC Milan in 1992-93 across the five major European leagues. And they’ve done so without star midfielder Jamal Musiala, who broke his leg at the Club World Cup over the summer and will miss most of the campaign.But they’ve also announced the next wonderkid on the European scene, as 17-year-old midfielder Lennart Karl has taken the world by storm to score twice in a week. Indeed, Karl has gone from rising star to regular first-team contributor at Bayern in only a matter of…

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods downgraded Berkshire Hathaway to underperform, warning that Warren Buffett’s succession risk and a slew of business-specific headwinds could weigh on the conglomerate’s earnings and share performance over the next year. The brokerage slashed its rating to the equivalent of sell from neutral, and cut its price target for Berkshire’s Class A shares to $700,000 from $740,000, implying a 5% downside from Friday’s close of $738,500. “Beyond our ongoing concerns surrounding macro uncertainty and Berkshire’s historically unique succession risk … we think the shares will underperform as earnings challenges emerge and/or persist,” analysts led by Meyer Shields…