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• Borrowers can now apply for new, income-based student loan repayment

  More than 20 million borrowers are eligible under the new repayment plan, and many will see lower payments.

• Some of Canada's wildfires likely made worse by human-driven climate change

  Climate change intensified eastern Canada's hot, dry, windy weather this summer. That made Quebec's enormous burns about twice as likely, according to a new study.

• A key part of the White House's strategy for the U.S.-Mexico border goes on trial

  The U.S. has admitted hundreds of thousands of migrants under a legal authority known as parole. Critics say it stretches the law too far. Now a federal judge in Texas is set to hold a trial.

• Maine's offshore wind research array clears an initial regulatory hurdle

  As momentum builds for developing offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Maine, a proposed research array of wind turbines is one small-step closer to regulatory approval, after a July determination from...

• What we know — and don't know — about the FDA-approved postpartum depression pill

  Postpartum depression affects as many as 1 in 7 women in the U.S., though there are just two treatments approved for it. Experts say the newest could be a game-changer — depending on its price tag.