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Biden administration announces $39 billion in student debt relief following administrative fixes 07/14/2023 07:00am • (CNN) — The Biden administration announced Friday that 804,000 borrowers will have their student debt wiped away, totaling $39 billion worth of debt, in the coming weeks due to fixes that more accurately count qualified monthly payments under existing income-driven repayment plans.“For far t Eintracht Frankfurt signs Germany under-21 forward Jessic Ngankam from Hertha Berlin 07/14/2023 06:19am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt has signed Germany under-21 forward Jessic Ngankam from Hertha Berlin on a five-year contract. Frankfurt's announcement on Friday will fuel speculation that its star forward Randal Kolo Muani could leave. The 24-year-old Kolo Muani, who scored 15 Bunde Mortgage Rates Spike for Third Consecutive Week 07/13/2023 08:00pm • Mortgage rates rose for the third week in a row, with the 30-year fixed rate reaching 7.39% -- surpassing the recent record of 7.33% set last November. Most fixed and adjustable mortgage rates continued to creep higher, including the 15-year mortgage rate and 5/1 ARM rate, both of which are at their Nigerian leader plans $10 monthly handout to poor households after gas subsidy ends 07/13/2023 07:08pm • KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu has announced his government's plan to pay $10 a month to poor households to ease the growing hardship caused by the scrapping of subsidies on gasoline. In a letter to the Nigerian Senate, which was read during Thursday's sitting, Tinubu s Former Mozambique finance minister pleads not guilty in US federal court over $2 billion scandal 07/13/2023 06:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Mozambique's former finance minister pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court in New York on Thursday in connection with a $2 billion corruption and money laundering scandal that prosecutors said defrauded American investors and threatened to further destabilize the economy of on Justice Kavanaugh seeks to dispel the notion that the Supreme Court is partisan 07/13/2023 04:41pm • BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Justice Brett Kavanaugh pointed to the mixed U.S. Supreme Court decisions this term as he sought Thursday to dispel notions that it is partisan, even after conservatives brought about the end of affirmative action in college admissions and struck down President Joe Biden' IMF deposits much-awaited $1.2 billion with Pakistan's central bank under bailout, minister says 07/13/2023 03:21pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has deposited a much-awaited first installment of $1.2 billion in Pakistan's central bank under a bailout deal aimed at helping Islamabad avoid defaulting on its debt repayments, the Pakistani foreign minister said Thursday. The financial infusion â Christian Pulisic signs with US-owned AC Milan to revive his club career before home World Cup 07/13/2023 03:11pm • MILAN (AP) — After struggling for playing time in his fourth season with Chelsea, Christian Pulisic finalized a four-year contract with U.S.-owned AC Milan on Thursday. The 24-year-old American midfielder and forward, who joined Chelsea after four seasons with Borussia Dortmund, scored 26 goals in Average long-term US mortgage rate surged to nearly 7% this week to highest level since November 07/13/2023 12:20pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to just under 7%, the highest level since November and the latest setback for homebuyers already grappling with a tough housing market constrained by a dearth of homes for sale. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday t 'It's thrilling': Bowie State University reaches financial milestone to help relieve student loan debt 07/13/2023 10:02am • Some students at Bowie State University in Maryland may soon be eligible for more money and scholarships — thanks to a $50 million fundraising effort. It's part of the BSU Bold: The Campaign for Excellence, according to the university's website. "It's thrilling to get to this point," univers US wholesale prices for June point to further easing of inflation pressures 07/13/2023 09:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States decelerated again last month, the latest sign that inflationary pressures are easing in the face of the Federal Reserve's streak of interest rate hikes. The government's producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches cons England soccer player Dele Alli was in rehab for 6 weeks after sleeping-pill addiction 07/13/2023 06:38am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Dele Alli spent six weeks in rehab in the United States in a bid to deal with mental-health problems stemming from a traumatic childhood and after getting addicted to sleeping pills. Alli was one of English soccer’s biggest talents, a member of the England team that r Black Lives Matter movement marks 10 years of activism and renews its call to defund the police 07/13/2023 06:18am • The Black Lives Matter movement hits a milestone on Thursday, marking 10 years since its 2013 founding in response to the acquittal of the man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Gunned down in a Florida gated community where his father lived in 2012, Martin was one of the earliest symbols Borrowers advised to plan now for student loan payments to resume in October 07/13/2023 06:16am • For borrowers with federal student loan debt, repayments begin Oct. 1, and the D.C. Office of the Attorney General is advising consumers to gather the latest information on the status of their loans to prepare for that first payment date. The federal government paused student loan payments during IMF approves much-awaited $3 billion bailout for Pakistan, saving it from defaulting on debt 07/13/2023 01:03am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund approved a much-awaited $3 billion bailout for Pakistan on Wednesday, the global lender said, a move that's likely to save the nation from defaulting on its debt repayments. The IMF said its executive board approved an agreement to release the funds