There can be big consequences that come with unpaid credit card debt, and you’ll want to avoid them if at all possible. Getty Images Not paying your credit card debt can feel like a temporary solution when money gets tight. Maybe you’ve lost your job, faced unexpected medical bills or simply watched as your balance … Read more
Last Friday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins stated on X that a $600,000 grant to Southern University in Louisiana was being revoked for studying “menstrual cycles in transgender men,” in the latest mischaracterization of a grant that was then canceled by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency team, known as DOGE. DOGE highlighted the Rollins … Read more
An explosives-filled trailer that Australian politicians earlier described as an antisemitic terrorism plot and a foiled mass casualty event was staged by criminals in a complicated hoax and was never meant to be detonated, police said Monday. Law enforcement agencies investigating January’s discovery of the trailer on the outskirts of Sydney divulged in a news … Read more
Hampton Dellinger, the fired head of the Office of Special Counsel, warns that President Trump’s ouster of independent watchdog agencies and offices threatens government oversight. Dellinger was head of the Office of Special Counsel, which handled federal employee complaints and government whistleblowers, until he was fired in February. In addition to Dellinger, Trump also removed … Read more
When Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, declared bankruptcy in 2019, it had no debt and was worth more than a billion dollars. How is this possible? Well Purdue was facing trillions in claims over its role in the opioid crisis, which has killed more than 800,000 Americans. Purdue, and its wealthy owners, members of … Read more
The remains of an Indigenous woman murdered by a convicted serial killer three years ago have been found in landfill in central Canada, local authorities confirmed following a months-long search. Morgan Harris was one of the Indigenous women slain by Jeremy Skibicki, who is serving multiple life sentences after being convicted of four murders … Read more
Seven years ago, Erica Green learned through a Facebook post that her brother had been shot. She rushed to check on him at a hospital run by Denver Health, the city’s safety-net system, but she was unable to get information from emergency room workers, who complained that she was creating a disturbance. “I was distraught … Read more
Seoul, South Korea — North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea’s fifth missile … Read more
Activist Ryan Hampton sees a major flaw in the proposed $7.4 billion bankruptcy settlement reached by the OxyContin maker. While it’s potentially one of the largest opioid settlements ever, he says victims stand to see only a small portion of the funds. Facing thousands of lawsuits over its role in the deadly opioid crisis, Purdue … Read more
When the NCAA basketball tournament, better known as March Madness, starts in nine days, the University of Connecticut will try and do something that no men’s team has done since Richard Nixon was president: win a third straight national title. You might think this would infuse UConn’s man in charge with blazing optimism and swollen … Read more