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Student loans, special education to move out of Education Dept. : NPR

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The federal student loan portfolio – which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers – is currently overseen by the Education Department’s office of Federal Student Aid (FSA). Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images President Trump continued his push to unwind the U.S. Department of Education on…

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LG’s smart washer & dryer solved my problems. But now I’m trapped

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I develop an acute case of appliance envy every January. That’s when LG, Samsung, Whirlpool, and other manufacturers at the CES tradeshow demonstrate how their new wares can be integrated into the smart home, controlled via a single app, self-report minor problems that could lead up to expensive repairs if not addressed, and—in the case…

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Behind Timberwolves’ decision to start Joe Ingles so his autistic son could see him play

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MINNEAPOLIS — About 35 minutes before the Minnesota Timberwolves were set to tip off against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night, an eruption could be heard in the back hallways of Target Center. It came from the locker room, and the timing seemed odd for a team that was in the doldrums after two…

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Seth Rogen, Martha Stewart and more NPR interviews this week : NPR

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Hundreds stand outside of a New York courthouse to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who was arrested by federal immigration agents in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Noor Abdalla and her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, are expecting their first child next…

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Immutable X and zkEVM NFT Sales Surge 55% in Q4 2024, But Market Participation Declines

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In the fourth quarter of 2024, the total NFT sales volume across Immutable X and Immutable zkEVM increased by 55.3% quarter-over-quarter. Messari’s latest analysis revealed that the figure rose from $51.2 million to $79.5 million. Market Participation Plummets Despite this growth, both the average daily sellers and buyers declined significantly, with daily sellers dropping 43.0%…

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Reddit Becomes a Lifeline for Federal Workers Scared of Losing Their Jobs

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On March 4, a Trump appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs circulated a memo to senior leadership. The agency, it said, would “move out aggressively” to improve efficiency, with an “initial objective” of cutting the work force to 2019 levels. The next morning, someone posted a copy of this “reduction in force” memo to…

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NBA free agency: Russell Westbrook, Quentin Grimes and the odd situations that loom

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Get ready for a different kind of free agency this summer: Less wild, perhaps, but weirder. At first, the 2025 NBA free-agent class doesn’t exactly overwhelm you with front-line talent. This isn’t the year for superstars holding meetings in the Hamptons while teams wait on pins and needles for franchise-altering decisions. Only one likely All-NBA…

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Robert De Niro plays two mob bosses : NPR

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Robert De Niro plays Frank Costello in The Alto Knights. Jennifer Rose Clasen/Warner Bros. hide caption toggle caption Jennifer Rose Clasen/Warner Bros. It’s been 10 years since Barry Levinson directed a new feature, and if that seems like a long wait, I should note that it’s taken 50 years for The Alto Knights, his new…

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China’s property market edges toward an inflection point

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Urban buildings in Huai’an city, Jiangsu province, China, on March 18, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — UBS analysts on Wednesday became the latest to raise expectations that China’s struggling real estate market is close to stabilizing. “After four or five years of a downward cycle, we have begun to see…

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Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri has been detained. Here’s what we know : NPR

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Healy Hall, the flagship building of Georgetown University’s main campus in Washington, D.C., is seen in 2011. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge has blocked immigration officials from deporting a Georgetown University professor and postdoctoral scholar who was detained by the Trump administration earlier…

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