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Eligibility for Biden’s $39 Billion Student Loan Forgiveness—Find Out Who Qualifies

The Biden administration recently announced a $39 billion student loan forgiveness program aimed at individuals who have taken certain federal loans and are paying them back under the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plan. The loan forgiveness is only applicable on loans that were made under the IDR plan provided the borrowers have made 240 or 300…


Unseeded Vondrousova Stuns Jabeur to Win Wimbledon Title

LONDON—Czech Marketa Vondrousova left Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur heart-broken once again as she claimed a surprise 6–4 6–4 victory on Saturday to become the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title. The 24-year-old left-hander, who a year ago needed wrist surgery, proved too steady for the error-strewn Jabeur who ended up as runner-up…


Israel’s Netanyahu Hospitalized but Okay, His Office Says

JERUSALEM—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undergoing medical assessments in an Israeli hospital on Saturday but was in good condition, his office said, with local media seeing no grounds for a handover of power. Mr. Netanyahu, 73, was fully conscious en route to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, and walked into the emergency room, Israel’s Channel…


MLB Roundup: Brewers’ Corbin Burnes Fans 13 Reds

Corbin Burnes overcame a dizzy spell to strike out 13 batters in six shutout innings as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers blanked the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 on Friday. Willy Adames doubled and scored the game’s only run in the seventh inning as the Brewers captured their second straight 1–0 win over the Reds to pull into…


Nearly 1 in 10 American Kids Have Developmental Disabilities, Says CDC

Almost one in ten children in the United States have a developmental disability, with their rates rising during the pandemic period when students were isolated and faced numerous restrictions. Developmental disability among children between the ages of three and 17 rose to 8.56 percent during 2019–2021, according to a report by the U.S. Centers for…


President Grant’s Last Battle: Writing His Autobiography Before Succumbing to Cancer

The summer of 1885 was a scorcher, but that wasn’t the hot topic in America that year. On June 16, a national hero battling terminal cancer retreated to a small cottage in the cooler mountains of upstate New York in a valiant effort to finish his long awaited memoirs. The famous Civil War general had…


Vegas Could Break Heat Record as Tens of Millions Across US Endure Scorching Temperatures

LAS VEGAS—Visitors to Las Vegas on Friday stepped out momentarily to snap photos and were hit by blast-furnace air. But most will spend their vacations in a vastly different climate—at casinos where the chilly air conditioning might require a light sweater. Meanwhile, emergency room doctors were witnessing another world, as dehydrated construction workers, passed-out elderly…


Meeting the China Challenge: We Must Be Bolder

Commentary I finished writing “China Coup: The Great Leap to Freedom” in December 2019, except for a COVID-19 chapter, added later. What major changes would I make if I were writing the book now? In the book, I recalled a warning given by President Richard Nixon in 1967, “the world cannot be safe until China…


ANALYSIS: The Key to ESG: Controlling the Shareholder Vote

During the discussion in which BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told his audience that his firm was “forcing behaviors” on companies whose shares it held, he also divulged a key lever of the progressive movement to control corporations: proxy voting. Fink told attendees at a 2017 New York Times conference that as an index fund manager,…


Donating Through a Donor-Advised Fund or Private Foundation: Which Is Better?

There are many places to make tax-deductible charitable donations, but getting one that aligns with your intentions is not as easy. When choosing charities to donate to, make sure that the donor-advised fund or private foundation can give to the charities of your choice. If you use a religious group or some community group, they…