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The Department of Education (DoEd) is gearing up to restart involuntary debt collection for its defaulted federal student loan portfolio after pausing collection during the COVID-19 pandemic, the department announced Monday. The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will officially resume collections of its defaulted federal student loan portfolio on May 5 — until then, borrowers in default will receive emails from FSA making them aware of the change and offering information and assistance. By summer, FSA will send notices before beginning administrative wage garnishment, according to DoE. DoEd noted that it has not collected on defaulted loans since March…

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people greeted on Tuesday a group of Serbian university students who had cycled more than 1,300 kilometers (780 miles) this month to draw European Union attention to their struggle against corruption in the Balkan country.Fireworks, drums and whistles echoed through the northern city of Novi Sad as some 80 students symbolically received medals and walked a red carpet in a joyous recognition of their effort in early April.The 13-day cycling trip from Novi Sad to Strasbourg, France, aimed to garner support in the EU for monthslong student-led protests seeking justice for the 16…

WASHINGTON ― Fresh off a trip to El Salvador, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said Tuesday he can confirm firsthand that President Donald Trump isn’t doing anything to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and his administration should be held in contempt for disobeying a Supreme Court order.Frost was one of a handful of House Democrats who visited El Salvador to demand the release of Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland untilthe Trump administration wrongly deported him to an El Salvador prison last month due to an “administrative error.” The Supreme Court unanimously ruled this month that…

On Tuesday afternoon, a Los Angeles jury convicted an Orange County, California, judge of second-degree murder for shooting his wife. As previously reported, a judge who sat on Orange County Superior Court in Southern California was drunk when shot his wife dead in August 2023, prosecutors said. Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, 74, was accused of fatally shooting his wife Sheryl during an argument in their Anaheim Hills home on August 3, 2023. Ferguson previously pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. The judge’s lawyer says it was an “accidental shooting.” Orange County Judge Jeffrey Ferguson wife Sheryl Ferguson and his wife…

Why Distress Tolerance And Resonance Matters In Successful Leadership getty Dan Goldin, former Administrator of NASA and one of the agency’s longest-serving leaders, recently shared something on LinkedIn that made me stop and think. He wrote, “Most people cannot do hard things because most people have not built distress tolerance.” That insight struck me because it captures something many people experience but struggle to explain. Every workplace expects performance under pressure, yet few people have developed the capacity to stay steady when things get difficult. I’ve had the opportunity to work with Dan on several boards of advisors, and he…

Former The View co-host, actor, and the celebrity face of self-deportation Rosie O’Donnell told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer the election of Donald Trump forced her and her “non-winery child to leave” America for Ireland. “I have no regrets, not a day has gone by that I thought it was the wrong decision. I was welcomed with open arms. I knew after reading Project 2025 that if Trump got in, it was time for me and my non-binary child to leave the country,” the A League of Their Own star said Tuesday. “It’s been heartbreaking, I have to tell you,” O’Donnell continued before launching into a diatribe.…

Maine Democrats want to amend the state constitution to permanently allow transgender-identifying males to compete in female sports. Maine’s Democrat House Majority voted on Thursday to pass a bill that would codify the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA) in the state’s constitution. The proposed bill, LD 260, passed with a slim majority and will ultimately need two-thirds majority in both chambers before it can go before voters, Fox News reported.  State officials have cited the MHRA in their ongoing dispute with the Trump administration over its allowance of males in female sports and spaces. MHRA is the state’s anti-discrimination law,…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government Tuesday published the contents of a proposed referendum on reform of the nation’s labor laws, that seeks to give employees greater access to health benefits and overtime pay. If approved, however, it could make it harder to create jobs in Latin America’s fourth largest economy.The Ministry of the Interior published 12 questions that it plans to include in a national referendum, known in Colombia as a popular consultation. A date hasn’t been set for the referendum, which still requires approval from Colombia’s Senate.The questions ask voters if they agree or disagree with reforms to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The H-1B visa has long been a highly coveted employment visa for foreign citizens with specialized skills to live and work in the U.S., and recent requests from the Trump administration have put greater attention on the program.The requests for more information from people applying for or renewing H-1B visas come amid heightened tensions over immigration as President Donald Trump seeks to make good on his vow of mass deportations of people in the country illegally.Much of Trump’s agenda has been focused on arresting people in the country illegally or reversing Biden-era temporary deportation protections. There has…

SPRINGFIELD — A Longmeadow man pleaded guilty in federal court to a scheme to defraud commercial lenders by providing false and fraudulent rent rolls and forged lease agreements for properties located in Springfield, East Longmeadow and Enfield.Federal prosecutors described it as a $19 million scheme in a news release Tuesday.Louis R. Masaschi, 59, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to committed wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.South Main Street Development gave an update announcement by Springfield city officials at 113 State Street in Springfield on Monday , March 3, 2025. Here…