Global government borrowing set to hit record $12.3tn
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Angel Yin sets 72-hole LPGA scoring record in winning second tour event in Thailand
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Victor Wembanyama rookie card sets auction record price despite news of season-ending injury
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Alex Ovechkin sets another goal-scoring record on the march to breaking Wayne Gretzky's tally
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Vanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes eager to grow thanks to attention from her record-setting play
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NFL sets 2025 salary cap at a record-high $279.2 million per team
The $23.8 million increase from 2024 is the third-largest in league history. The NFL instituted its salary cap in 1994.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
MLB's unbreakable records: Will anyone touch Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak? Barry Bonds' home run total?
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Afghanistan's Ibrahim Zadran hits 177 for record individual score in a Champions Trophy cricket game
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Visa grants to live in UK drop while asylum applications hit record high
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Japan's birth rate fell for a ninth consecutive year in 2024 to hit a record low
The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low, according to health ministry dataABC News - 4d -
Armand Duplantis hits high notes before soaring to 11th pole vault world record
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SoftBank Considers Borrowing $16 Billion to Fund AI
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3 home equity borrowing moves to make before the March Fed meeting
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5 borrowers who should consider debt management now
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Student Loan Borrowers Blocked from Affordable Repayment Plans
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Temperatures set to plummet this weekend
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Global Counsel cleared of failing to disclose Qatari work
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Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program
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Cuts at USAID and Elsewhere Strain Global Journalism
Investigative journalists around the world relied on funding from the U.S. Now, those watchdogs are scrambling to survive a sudden cash crunch.The New York Times - 4d -
USAID cuts could send global health into chaos
The Trump administration's decision to end almost all foreign aid spending from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is poised to plunge global health into chaos. The ...The Hill - 1d -
Biden's SAVE repayment plan for student loan borrowers is dead. Here's what to know
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Federal judge blocks Musk's DOGE from access to student loan borrowers' personal data
Elon Musk's government-slashing effort, DOGE, is temporarily barred from accessing personal data on 42 million student loan borrowers, a federal judge ruled.CNBC - Feb. 24 -
Student loan borrowers face abrupt 180 as GOP budget plans threaten to raise payments
Student loan borrowers could see their payments increase under budget plans currently under discussion by House Republicans, a violent about-face after years of working with the Biden ...The Hill - 6d -
Amid risks to Education Dept., borrowers should 'immediately' take key actions, consumer advocates say
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Student-loan borrowers struggle to access repayment plans. Advocates worry about ‘chaos.’
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