内容摘要：Jeff Hurd, left, Republican candidate for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District seat, greets supporters before election results came in at an election watch party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Grand Junction, Colo.

Jeff Hurd, left, Republican candidate for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District seat, greets supporters before election results came in at an election watch party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Grand Junction, Colo.

to make a monthly payment, enroll in an income-driven repayment plan or sign up for loan rehabilitation.Betsy Mayotte, president of The Institute for Student Loan Advisors, recommends loan rehabilitation.

Borrowers in default must ask their loan servicer to be placed into such a program. Typically, servicers ask for proof of income and expenses to calculate a payment amount. Once a borrower has paid on time for nine months in a row, they are taken out of default, Mayotte said. A loan rehabilitation can only be done once.The Fresh Start program was a one-time temporary program that helped borrowers get out of default. This program ended Aug. 31, 2024.The Associated Press receives support from Charles Schwab Foundation for educational and explanatory reporting to improve financial literacy. The independent foundation is separate from Charles Schwab and Co. Inc. The AP is solely responsible for its journalism.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans towith parades and partying, leaving behind an avalanche of waste.

At dawn Wednesday, a motley waste management crew embarked on the unenviable mission of cleaning up tens of thousands of pounds of detritus spread across the city’s historic French Quarter.

Leander Nunez, 54, steered a massive truck onto Bourbon Street just after 5 a.m., spraying water onto the piles of waste so they could be more easily swept up. He’s a supervisor for IV Waste, the company contracted by the city to help clean up many of its most popular streets over the 58-day Carnival season.STOCKHOLM (AP) — The seventh season of

ended Sunday night after 20 days of 24-hour live coverage.in Swedish, began in 2019 with nearly a million people watching. In 2024, the production hit 9 million viewers on SVT Play, the streaming platform for national broadcaster SVT.

This undated photo, issued by SVT, shows Moose in Junsele, Sweden during preparations for the livestream ‘The Great Moose Migration’ to document the annual Moose migration near Kullberg in northern Sweden. (SVT via AP)This undated photo, issued by SVT, shows Moose in Junsele, Sweden during preparations for the livestream ‘The Great Moose Migration’ to document the annual Moose migration near Kullberg in northern Sweden. (SVT via AP)