Student-loan borrowers have more time to receive a lower interest rate on their payments. The Department of Education announced on Tuesday that it is extending the deadline for borrowers to enroll in autopay, and thus receive a 1-percentage-point interest rate reduction, to December 31, 2026. The enrollment deadline was previously set for September 30. The
Millionaire Timothy (or Tim) Armoo made his first fortune at 17, before he could even legally vote. He blew through every penny of it before he turned 19. “I made my first bit of money at 17—that was the first business that I meaningfully sold,” Armoo told Fortune. “And then I lost all that money
An OpenAI agent infiltrated an Australian government website in June, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said when speaking to reporters at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. OpenAI did not notify the Australian government until Sept. 10, Albanese said. The agent gained unauthorized access to the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service, enabling
Ananya Joshi loved her life in Chicago. After moving from India for a master’s degree in biotechnology at Northwestern University, she landed a $75,000-a-year job as a scientist at a lab-grown meat startup in 2024. She was doing research, living in an affordable apartment in a suburb, and road-tripping with friends on weekends. But her
Saudi Arabia warned of a “hostile aerial threat” and issued a string of emergency alerts across the kingdom overnight, including the first alert in its capital since an escalation in fighting with Iran-backed rebels in neighboring Yemen. Meanwhile, Iran’s state TV said a man was executed after being convicted on charges of spying for Israel. Israeli strikes killed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is set to execute a man Thursday night via lethal injection, three months after a judge’s ruling blocked the state from putting him to death with nitrogen gas. Jeffery Lee, 49, is scheduled to receive an injection beginning at 6 p.m. at south Alabama’s William C. Holman Correctional Facility for killing
