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Student-loan borrowers won’t have to resume payments on their federal direct student loans until October, the incoming Biden administration announced Wednesday.  After he’s sworn in as President, Joe Biden plans to ask the Department of Education to “consider immediately” extending the coronavirus-era pause on student-loan payments and collections until at …

In an effort to combat fraudulent unemployment insurance claims, which have been rampant in some states during the pandemic, gig workers and self-employed workers will be required to provide documentation of their earnings to get unemployment benefits under the new stimulus package.  Gig workers and self-employed people aren’t traditionally eligible …

Getty Images After eight long months, many of us read the gloomy coronavirus headlines these days through a certain numbness. For better or worse, we seem to be getting used to the dramatic death tolls, the suffocating restrictions, the mounting job losses and the ugly politics. But how about when …

Health-care workers and nursing-home residents should be the first in line for the fast-approaching COVID-19 vaccine shots, a federal government advisory panel voted Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices supported the recommendations in a 13-1 vote. The recommendations aren’t binding but they can …

Everyone loves to decorate their homes by using great design tips. If you’re about to buy your new home, you may already know how to decorate it. However, interior design for your first home may be a lot more challenging than you think. You want to get everything in place …

[unable to retrieve full-text content] If you are planning to build your first ever house, then this blog is just the thing that you need to read. In this blog, I will narrow down some of the most overlooked things that are very important, and you only realize once you …

Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted his first tacit acknowledgment of former Vice President Joe Biden’s election victory, but continued to claim the democratic election was “rigged” and fraudulent without providing any evidence and after other agencies have deemed the voting process one of the most secure in U.S. history. On …

The percentage of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in New York City has surged above 3% for the first time since early June, driven by a cluster of cases in a handful of Brooklyn and Queens ZIP Codes, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday. “We’re dealing with specific …

Many young Americans say they don’t expect to get Social Security when they retire, but it’s the older workers of today who may see the first cuts to their benefits. The Congressional Budget Office released an updated budget outlook on Wednesday, originally published in July, to reflect the impact the …