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Two more people were diagnosed with bird flu this week, even as scientists in Missouri continued to investigate a possible cluster of infections in that state, federal health officials said at a news briefing on Friday. In California, two farmworkers who were exposed to infected dairy cattle at different farms …

A federal judge in Missouri temporarily blocked a Biden administration plan to cancel student debt less than a day after another judge had allowed it to proceed, throwing into uncertainty the fate of a program that could affect more than 27 million borrowers. The decision, which came down late Thursday, …

As higher education becomes ever more expensive, some states are giving employers incentives to contribute to 529 college savings accounts for their workers. Fifteen percent of employers with 500 or more employees now help workers fund 529 plans, either by letting them deposit their own money through paycheck deductions or …