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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has ordered the declassification and public release of all government records about aviator Amelia Earhart, noting that her disappearance in 1937 as she attempted to fly around the world has “captivated millions.”Trump called her fate an “interesting story” and said people have been asking him about declassifying and making public everything the government has on her. Trump returned to office earlier this year promising to declassify and release government records on several high-profile figures, though Earhart’s was not among the names mentioned. The Republican president’s administration since has released thousands…

Alex Potemkin | E+ | Getty ImagesMore than 74,000 federal student loan borrowers are stuck in a backlog of applications for a popular student loan forgiveness program.That program, called Public Service Loan Forgiveness Buyback, allows borrowers pursuing PSLF to get their debt wiped away sooner than they might have expected. Signed into law in 2007 by President George W. Bush, PSLF offers debt cancellation to those who’ve spent a decade working for certain not-for-profits or the government.As of Aug. 31, there’s a 74,510-person backlog of borrowers waiting to have the U.S. Department of Education process their buyback applications, according to…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a combative speech to a nearly empty UN General Assembly hall on Friday, where he portrayed himself as the standard-bearer of mainstream Israel in rejecting the creation of a Palestinian state and denouncing Israel’s genocide in Gaza as “a joke”. Netanyahu criticised countries that recognised a Palestinian state at the UN this week, and said his position is unfairly portrayed in the western media.  “It’s not the prime minister who himself is extreme or… held hostage by extreme parties to his right, it’s over 90 percent of Israelis,” Netanyahu said.  “My opposition to a Palestinian…

More and more teens are interacting with chatbots like Open AI’s ChatGPT, Character.AI and Meta AI.A majority, 72% of teens ages 13 to 17 have used AI companions at least once, according to a July 2025 report by nonprofit Common Sense Media. More than half, 52% interact with the platforms at least a few times a month, and 13% are daily users.While teen use of chatbots can be fairly benign — 46% say they use them as a tool or program — for some, the reliance and relationship can go much deeper, sometimes to tragic ends.Last week, parents of teens…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Paccar — The maker of Peterbilt trucks jumped 5% after President Donald Trump slapped a 25% tariff on imported heavy trucks starting Oct. 1. Boeing – The aircraft maker rallied more than 4% after Turkish Airlines ordered 75 Boeing 787 aircraft and said it completed negotiations to buy 150 737 MAX planes. The deal came as Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan met with President Donald Trump. In addition, the Federal Aviation Administration said it “will allow limited delegation to Boeing for issuing airworthiness certificates for some 737 MAX and 787 airplanes” starting Monday.…

Sep 26, 2025, 12:46 PM ETLiverpool’s owners will pay the final two years of the late Diogo Jota’s contract to his family, according to Reds manager Arne Slot.The Portugal striker died aged 28 in a car crash with his brother André Silva on July 3, just 11 days after the father of three had married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso.- Slot confirms Leoni ACL tear, Chiesa in UCL squad- Sources: Madrid ponder Konaté after Saliba blow- O’Hanlon: Liverpool can’t keep winning games like this — or can they?Reports in Portugal at the time suggested Fenway Sports Group had committed to…

Monday 22 September was a historic day in Italy. Tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of people of all ages took part in the first truly nationwide – and arguably the largest in decades – strike in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The protests were organised by grassroots unions such as Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) and other smaller bodies, rather than by the main trade union, CGIL. CGIL had called its own general strike on 19 September, and whether any of its representatives joined the Gaza mobilisation remains unclear. Independent student organisations, civil associations, the Italian NGO Emergency,…

A sign for the CDC sits outside of their facility at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 30, 2025. Megan Varner | ReutersMore than a dozen pages on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website related to sexual and gender identity, health equity, and other topics have been taken down, CNBC has learned. The CDC received a directive from the Health and Human Services Department, which oversees the agency, to remove certain webpages by the end of the day Sept. 19, according to an internal CDC email viewed by CNBC, which was…

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA looming government shutdown could leave hundreds of thousands of federal employees without a paycheck and put key economic data — including the closely watched Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report — on ice.Congress has just four days left to agree on a stopgap bill to keep the federal government fully funded past Tuesday. But as the clock winds down, Republican and Democratic leaders are digging in their heels against one another, making a shutdown much more likely.Republicans, who hold narrow majorities in the House and Senate,…

Former Meta global affairs chief Nick Clegg said Friday that tech companies should keep a distance from politics and people should feel “uneasy” about those firms intervening in the public space.”I generally don’t think that politics and tech innovation mixes very well,” Clegg told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I think it’s quite good when they kind of keep each other at a certain, respectful distance.”President Donald Trump’s deal with China this week to keep TikTok alive in the U.S. includes heavy doses of both elements, and the balance between the technology and political interests will be closely watched.Clegg said two details should…