Facing financial straits, the founder is betting on a skunkworks for A.I. experiments.“We’re building like a start-up again,” said Jonah Peretti, the founder of BuzzFeed.

Recently released data from the Education Department showed that by the end of last year, 7.7 million borrowers had defaulted on $181 billion in federal student loans.Roughly a quarter of the 43 million recipients of federal student loans are significantly behind in their payments.

Affordable Care Act enrollment has dropped across the United States since the enhanced federal subsidies expired. But New Mexico has record numbers of people signing up.State Representative Reena Szczepanski, a Democrat, helped spearhead New Mexico’s effort to replace the lost subsidies.

Japanese members of some K-pop bands have been absent from recent concerts in China. Experts say that’s linked to tension between Tokyo and Beijing.Shotaro, third left, at a Riize concert in Austin, Texas, last year.

The superstar boy band returns after a four-year hiatus on Friday. The genre it helped turn into a global juggernaut has endured some shifts, and minted new stars.BTS onstage at the Grammys in 2022. The group is returning with its first album since that year on Friday.