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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding six others during a shooting last month at Florida State University was discharged from a Tallahassee hospital on Monday and charged with murder, authorities said.Phoenix Ikner, 20, was booked into the Leon County Detention Facility on two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted first-degree murder, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. He was then transferred to a jail in neighboring Wakulla County, which is standard procedure when an inmate is related to a Leon County deputy.Ikner, identified as the stepson…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, an unprecedented effort to use public money to pay for private education.The proposal, part of a budget reconciliation bill released Monday, would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda of establishing “universal school choice” by providing families nationwide the option to give their children an education different from the one offered in their local public school. Nearly all households would qualify except those making more than three times the local median income.Supporters of private…

NEW YORK (AP) — Designer Prabal Gurung has always been a storyteller. First, it was through the colorful, Nepal-inspired designs that helped him find early success in the cutthroat fashion world. Now, he’s sharing his life story in words with his bold new memoir, “Walk Like A Girl.”The book, out Tuesday from Penguin Random House, traces his South Asian roots — born in Singapore, he grew up in Nepal and spent time in India — and difficult childhood. He would eventually move to New York to study at the Parsons School of Design, interning for Donna Karan and later working…

On Monday, Google announced the launch of its AI Futures Fund, a new initiative that seeks to invest in startups that are building with the latest AI tools from Google DeepMind, the company’s AI R&D lab.  The fund will back startups from seed to late stage and will offer varying degrees of support, including allowing founders to have early access to Google AI models from DeepMind, the ability to work with Google experts from DeepMind and Google Labs, and Google Cloud credits. Some startups will also have the opportunity to receive direct investment from Google.  “The AI Futures Fund doesn’t…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is using his olive oil inefficiently in an “offense to horticulture,” the Financial Times humorously reports. For its “Lunch with the FT” series, the paper joined Altman in his kitchen. He prepared a garlicky pasta and salad, taking a rare break from his demanding job of advocating for the disruption of American copyright law. Altman uses Graza olive oil, which comes in beautifully-branded squeeze bottles that are popular on social media (he is a millennial, after all). But Altman’s preference for over-priced, “trendy” oil is not the crime — the crime is that he appears to…

Equifax has launched a new mobile application, myEquifax, designed to make it easier for consumers to monitor their financial health directly from their smartphones.Available for both Android and iOS users, the app allows individuals to access their Equifax credit report, manage credit freezes and fraud alerts, and monitor changes to their credit score with ease.The myEquifax mobile app is available to anyone who has an existing myEquifax account. New users can gain access by registering for Equifax Core Credit, a free service that provides access to the app’s key features. Once logged in, users are able to view their VantageScore…

Responsible lender Creditspring, an FCA-regulated platform offering subscription-based no-interest loans, has partnered with Doshi, a financial education platform specialising in engaging, gamified learning experiences, to address the growing financial literacy gap in the UK.The collaboration aims to improve borrowers’ understanding of credit and broader financial concepts by integrating Doshi’s educational modules into Creditspring’s Learning Academy. This initiative is designed to enhance financial confidence and help users make more informed decisions about borrowing and managing their money.Creditspring, often likened to a Netflix-style subscription service for finance, enables members to access two no-interest loans per year by paying a fixed monthly fee.…

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University responded Monday to recent threats from the Education Department to halt its grant funding, highlighting reforms it was undertaking but warning it won’t budge on “its core, legally-protected principles” over fears of retaliation.A letter from Harvard President Alan Garber detailed how the institution had made significant changes to its leadership and governance over the past year and a half. Among the reforms, Garber said, was a broad “strategy to combat antisemitism and other bigotry.”Last week, the Department of Education threatened a grant freeze in a major escalation of Trump’s battle with the Ivy League school.…

Paysafe, a leading payments platform with a global footprint in online and digital payment services, and Fiserv, a Fortune 500 payments and financial technology provider, have announced an expanded partnership aimed at supporting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with improved financial tools and digital solutions.The deepened collaboration between the two companies is centred around helping SMBs access capital more easily, strengthen fraud and risk protection, and offer a new digital wallet experience.Paysafe, which operates in over 12 countries and supports 260 payment types in 48 currencies, is known for its integrated platform offering payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash…

OpenAI’s ambitious Stargate data center project is facing delays thanks to tariff-related economic uncertainty, reports Bloomberg. Growing market volatility and cheaper AI services have made banks, private equity investors, and asset managers wary of investing in Stargate, an OpenAI-led project that aims to raise up to $500 million for AI infrastructure in the U.S. and overseas. SoftBank, which in January said it would contribute significant capital to Stargate, has yet to develop a financing template or begin detailed discussions with potential backers, according to Bloomberg. Tariffs could greatly increase the cost of data center buildouts. Per an analysis by TD…