Keeping Up With America | Making peoples' lives hell': When he couldn't pay for cancer treatment, the hospital sued: In North Carolina, a state hard hit by the national crisis of medical debt, Terry Belk has spent 20 years struggling to get free of "this ... anvil I'm dragging around. | Paramedic convicted in Elijah McClain's death set to be released from prison after judge modifies sentence: Peter Cichuniec was sentenced to five years after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault. | Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, orphan from Sierra Leone who danced on the world's biggest stages, dies at 29: Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world's biggest stages, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 29. | Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in Hamptons case: Justin Timberlake accepted on Friday a reduced level of traffic offense, resolving his drunk-driving criminal case in the Hamptons, the upscale coastal area east of New York City. | Bomb threats force second consecutive day of school closures in Springfield, Ohio: Ohio — Bomb threats on Friday forced the evacuation and closure of public schools and municipal buildings for a second consecutive day, as the city continues to deal with sudden national attention due to false claims involving its Haitian population. |
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| | | | | | Richer, Wiser, Happier | Social Security benefits are projected to rise 2.5% in 2025: The nation's more than 70 million Social Security recipients may want to temper their expectations of how much more they'll be getting in 2025. Retirees are looking at an average monthly bump of $48, or an increase of 2.5%, according to projections released on Wednesday. |
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