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Amid policy updates, legislation proposals and the upcoming resumption of involuntary collections, student loan borrowers have quite a lot on their plate.But while they navigate those circumstances, they should also be aware of potential scams.”Whenever there’s uncertainty, which is what we have right now because of the changing policy situation, scammers see opportunities to pounce,” Ian Bednowitz, general manager of identity and privacy at LifeLock says. “There’s confusion and there’s stress, and that means that there’s opportunity, unfortunately, for the scammers.”Malicious actors routinely prey on vulnerable people, and that includes individuals who are struggling to make their loan payments or…

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal have taken a step back in the Premier League this season based on their points total and confirms his side will give Liverpool a guard on honour.The Gunners will be looking to bounce back from their Champions League defeat to PSG in midweek, facing the already-crowned league champions. And for the third season in a row, Arsenal are set to finish as Premier League runners-up, although they hold just a three-point cushion over Man City, who face relegated Southampton this weekend.Speaking ahead of the Super Sunday clash, Arteta admitted his team have improved in Europe -…

Locked on points and goal difference in fourth and fifth, the visit of Chelsea on Sunday is Newcastle’s biggest game of the season. Or is it?Less than two months ago they beat champions Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final to win their first domestic trophy in 70 years. The truth is Newcastle’s season has been littered with huge games – it’s a barometer of how far they have come in recent times. This crucial contest in the Champions League race is just the latest.Eddie Howe was as composed as ever on Friday; telling a packed press room about his experience…

Celtic goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo has called for action after being struck by a missile at Ibrox, claiming “30 or 40 objects” were thrown onto the pitch.Sinisalo was struck on the leg and left wondering what would have happened if a glass bottle had hit him. Photographs showed a half bottle of wine lying in his penalty box during Celtic’s 1-1 draw with Rangers last Sunday. Image: A glass bottle was thrown onto the pitch “I see some mention that there was a bottle thrown at me,” the Finland international said. “But it wasn’t just a bottle. “First of all, I…

Premier League clubs have started to announce their pre-season fixtures ahead of the 2025/26 season.Keep track below of all the friendly fixtures and results, and see the latest pre-season news and goals. Premier League pre-season friendlies – results and fixturesAll kick-off times UK timeArsenalJuly 23: AC Milan – Singapore National Stadium, kick-off 12.30pmJuly 27: Newcastle – Singapore National Stadium, kick-off 12.30pmJuly 31: Spurs – Kai Tak Stadium, Hong Kong, kick-off 12.30pmAston VillaJuly 16: Walsall – The Poundland Bescot Stadium, kick-off 7.30pmJuly 19: Hansa Rostock – Ostseestadion, Rostock, kick-off 3pmJuly 30: St. Louis City SC – Energizer Park, Saint-Louis, kick-off 1.30amAugust…

Lyft CEO David Risher spent more than a decade working under two of the world’s most successful businessmen, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.Perhaps predictably, Risher learned a lot, he says. When he joined Lyft as CEO in 2023, Risher pointed to specific lessons he picked up from Gates at Microsoft, where Risher was the general manager in charge of the Access database, and under Bezos at Amazon, where he was the tech giant’s senior vice president of retail.”From Microsoft, I learned how to compete … From Amazon, I learned how to obsess over customers,” Risher wrote in a 2023 letter…

US President Donald Trump (R) and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 20, 2017.Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty ImagesDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump will touch down in the Persian Gulf region – or as he may soon be calling it, the Arabian Gulf – on May 13, for an official trip with stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The stakes are high, as the visits take place amid turbulent geopolitical tensions. On the agenda will be Israel-Gaza…

CNN  —  Britain’s King Charles and heir to the throne Prince William laid wreaths in Westminster Abbey on Thursday at the culmination of the country’s four days of commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. The thanksgiving service in the Abbey began with a two-minute silence, which was also observed across the country, to remember Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender, which took effect on May 8, 1945. Charles and William, military medals pinned on their chest and standing beside elderly veterans in wheelchairs, laid wreaths at the the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, in a show of…

One minute to midnight. This is the phrase that kept coming back to me after returning from the occupied Palestinian territories, as I tried to process the overwhelming persecution I had seen there.  What midnight itself looks like – the moment the clock finally strikes – is too bleak to picture fully, though with the haunting horrors of Gaza now etched into the global conscience, many can likely imagine it all too vividly. A week has passed since that visit. As expected, it stirred little interest in mainstream media circles. So it was something of a relief to see Louis…

Since taking office on Feb. 20, Patel appears to have made three flights on FBI planes to Nashville, Tennessee, where his girlfriend, a country singer, lives; two flights to Las Vegas, where he has a home; and one flight to New York, where he attended a professional hockey game. FBI policy in recent years has mandated that directors fly on government aircraft for security reasons.Ben Williamson, an FBI spokesman, confirmed the reduction in 8:30 a.m. director’s briefings but denied that Patel had arrived late at morning meetings. He said Patel still attends five morning meetings each week — including three that are smaller than the director’s brief.“This change was based on…