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The Biden Administration released details this week on its plan to overhaul the current income-driven repayment plan known as Revised Pay As You Earn plan (REPAYE) for federal student loan borrowers.Last August, President Joe Biden announced these changes would be coming along with student debt forgiveness of up to $20,000 for borrowers earning less than $125,000 annually, which is currently paused awaiting a Supreme Court decision. All student borrowers with direct federal loans (not parent PLUS loans) are eligible for REPAYE repayment plans. The updates to REPAYE will be open for public comment for 30 days and may start to take…

Chester Zoo hailed the arrival of a baby chimp as a “vital boost” to an endangered species. The new baby is settling in well at the zoo and will soon be named after a rockstarConservationists have hailed the arrival of the “world’s rarest chimpanzee” which has been born in a UK zoo and will be named after a rock star. Chester Zoo said they were “incredibly proud” to welcome the rare animal as it gives a “vital boost” to a critically endangered species. Born to mum ZeeZee, the baby male is reportedly doing well and has been bonding with his…

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Chrissy Teigen Courtesy of Chrissy Teigen/Instagram A candid question. Chrissy Teigen surprised fans with an unexpected inquiry while preparing to welcome another child with John Legend. “I know it’s definitely more painful pregnant,” the model, 37, tweeted on Wednesday, January 11. “But is waxing down there while pregnant a litttttle bit worse or a lot a lot worse? I can do a little bit worse.” In response, Teigen’s followers questioned her decision to get a bikini wax while pregnant. A social media user wrote back, “I can’t unsee this” to which the cookbook author replied, “Imagine what the poor [esthetician]…

The Mega Millions lottery prize has climbed to an estimated $1.35 billion. If there’s a winner after Friday night’s big drawing, that individual or group will receive the second-biggest jackpot in Mega Millions history.While playing the lottery can be fun and exciting, past lottery winners and mental health experts say it’s important to keep the activity just that — fun — and not as a potential windfall that people begin to plan a future around.HUGE TAX ON MEGA MILLIONS $1 BILLION JACKPOT CAUSES OUTCRY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ‘CONGRATS TO THE IRS’”Playing the lottery should be fun rather than stressful,” Tim Schultz,…

A rise in the circulation of highly potent fentanyl that is increasingly being mixed with other drugs is making Canada’s street drug supply so toxic and unpredictable, tools to prevent overdoses such as naloxone are not always fully effective, experts say. The situation has become so volatile, front-line doctors and workers say they are left to guess at what mixture of substances a person in crisis may have been exposed to, which is why they say Canada needs to move faster on measures like safe supply and drug regulation to stop the sharp rise in opioid-related deaths in Canada.Since 2021,…

Pilots are fed up with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) woke 2023 budget that invests millions in “inclusion” and “environmental justice” initiatives after the air travel industry experienced major system shutdowns on Wednesday that caused all domestic flights to be grounded for several hours.The FAA’s 2023 budget framework includes investments in “environmental justice” and “an additional $20 million above the 2021 enacted level for the office of the secretary to lead [Department of Transportation] DOT’s efforts to promote equity and inclusion.”After the FAA had serious system failures that caused all flights to be grounded on Wednesday for the first time…

A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization is calling on Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, to be stripped of its accreditation after an adjunct professor was dismissed after displaying an image of Muhammad during an art history class. “We were as outraged as everybody else when we heard what was going on at Hamline,” Alex Morey, director of campus rights advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), told Fox News Digital. “This is an exceptionally bad articulation of academic freedom. There’s absolutely no reason that an art history professor shouldn’t be able to show a historical masterpiece in class.”Erika López…

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Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. December CPI lifts stocks, optimism about the Fed Nelson Peltz’s track record speaks for itself Expectations for Wells Fargo’s upcoming earnings 1. December CPI is good news The Dow was up on Thursday after a report that December consumer prices fell 0.1% in December, in line with expectations. Overall, the data is positive for the market as it shows inflation is cooling. More analysts now expect a quarter percentage point interest rate hike from the…