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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon smiles during the signing event for an executive order to shut down the Department of Education next to U.S. President Donald Trump, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2025. Carlos Barria | ReutersHowever, creditor agencies, including the Education Department, are required to warn borrowers of a possible upcoming offset about two months beforehand, the lawmakers said.”The purpose of that 60-day notice is to equip the student borrower with the necessary information to prevent the seizure of their tax refund or Social Security benefits,” the members of Congress…

Daniel Ek, founder and chief executive officer of Spotify, attends the Cannes Lions 2016 on June 22, 2016 in Cannes, France. Antoine Antoniol | Getty ImagesSpotify CEO Daniel Ek will step down from his position and move to the role of executive chairman, the company said Tuesday.Spotify shares dipped 6% following the announcement.Ek, who co-founded the streaming platform in 2006, will be replaced by current co-presidents and longtime executives Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström as co-CEOs, the company said in a release. The transition will happen Jan. 1, 2026.”Over the last few years, I’ve turned over a large part of the…

Midfielder Pedri said Barcelona want to avenge their defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the 2024 Champions League quarterfinal when the two teams meet in a heavyweight clash on Wednesday.PSG recovered from losing the first leg 3-2 at home to dump Barça out at the quarterfinal stage two years ago, winning 4-1 after Ronald Araújo was sent off in the return fixture.Pedri, who was part of the Barça side that night, said this week’s match at the Olympic Stadium offers the Blaugrana a shot at revenge.”It was a tough game and we want to avenge that defeat,” the Spain international said…

Most people will tell you that scrolling social media is a waste of time, especially late at night. I won’t be one of them. If it weren’t for my bedtime scroll in December 2023, I would have missed the news story about kids at Children’s Hospital Colorado waiting for a liver transplant. It featured a woman who donated part of her liver to help a child she didn’t know, and encouraged healthy adults to be tested as potential donors.I couldn’t stop thinking about the young patients and their families who were hoping a donor would come through in time to save…

Jamie Siminoff, founder of Ring, speaks during an Amazon product event in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Sept. 30, 2025.Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty ImagesIn 2023, Jamie Siminoff called up Amazon’s former devices boss, Dave Limp, to say he was stepping down from leading the video doorbell company he sold to the e-commerce giant for $839 million in 2018.Siminoff, who started Ring in 2013, said Limp and Amazon offered him the opportunity to work elsewhere at the company, but he declined.”I said, ‘I think I have to leave,'” Siminoff recalled in an interview on Friday. “I…

Galatasaray began to gain a foothold in the aftermath, without truly troubling the visitors, and the woodwork soon saved them once more.Alvin Ayman’s lofted cross from the left wing was plum for Sonni-Lambie and his nod aimed at the right side of goal bumped away off the upright.Kone-Doherty also dragged narrowly wide of the near post from the edge of the box before a hugely dominant half for Liverpool drew to a close.Galatasaray got themselves on the front foot when play resumed and Furkan Kocak was able to fire in a shot from a cutback that was deflected behind.The same…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After years of failed attempts, Republicans in Nebraska have enacted a measure that uses taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuition, despite voters repealing a newly-passed state law that would fund private school tuition with state dollars.Republican Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order opting the state into a federal school choice tax credit program included in President Donald Trump’s tax and budget bill passed in July.“I am not opting this in, I am cannonballing it into the state of Nebraska,” Pillen said as he announced the move Monday at Catholic school in Lincoln. He…

Wales captain Aaron Ramsey is to end a 13-month absence from international football.The 86-times capped Ramsey has been selected in a 26-man squad for the Wembley friendly with England on October 9 and the World Cup qualifier against Belgium in Cardiff four days later. On Ramsey’s recall, head coach Craig Bellamy said: “He’s fit. I haven’t had that luxury with him.”When I look back at that first game [against Turkey in September 2024] he was immense. He has the brain. That’s never going to go.”We have legs in and around him that could really benefit from his type of profile.…

PARIS (AP) — The South African ambassador to France, Emmanuel Nkosinathi Mthethwa, known as Nathi Mthethwa, was found dead on Tuesday morning at the foot of a luxury hotel tower in western Paris, a French prosecutor said.The 58-year-old ambassador had been reported missing on Monday evening, after his wife said she received a worrying message from him “in which he apologized and expressed his intention to take his own life,” Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.On Tuesday morning, a security guard at the Hyatt hotel discovered Mthethwa’s body in the inner courtyard, Beccuau said, adding an investigation has…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to lower drug costs under a deal struck with the Trump administration, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, as he promised similar deals with other drugmakers facing a threat of tariffs.The announcement, which Trump made with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla at the White House, came as the Republican president has for months sought to lower drug costs. It also came as Washington faced a federal government shutdown at midnight amid a standoff between Democrats and Republicans over health care and its costs.Under the agreement, New York-based Pfizer will charge most-favored-nation pricing to Medicaid and…