Comedian Megan Sass has been struggling to get their health insurer to cover intravenous immunoglobulin for more than a year. The treatment, which addresses a genetic antibody deficiency, requires antibodies from blood donors. Without insurance, it’s unaffordable. And with the looming expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies, Sass’ insurance will soon cost $1,300 a month. […]

Cropper’s very name was immortalized in the 1967 smash “Soul Man.”

Instead of focusing on governing, Trump spends his days chasing entertainment, attention and renovation projects that reflect a presidency stuck in adolescence.

The mayoral election was not a wave of enthusiasm for democratic socialism. It was actually a cry from Black New York about the crushing cost of living that threatens to push families out of the city that our communities built. That pressure shaped the outcome far more than ideology ever could.

Fanny Howe responded to Twenty Questions in June 2025. She died the following month. Divided Publishing published this tribute to her. How much of your writing surprises you? 98 per cent. What is the first thing you remember reading or being read to? The most basic nursery rhymes: “Hey diddle diddle”. And Dick and Jane, those […]

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Investigators out of Navajo County, Arizona, served multiple search warrants at a Southern Californian farming magnate’s home and Imperial Valley properties in connection with the deadly shooting of his wife late last month. Kerri Ann Abatti, 59, was found dead from a fatal gunshot wound on Nov. 20 at around 9 p.m. in the […]

A former Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputy was killed in a shootout with police earlier this week after allegedly stabbing his 11-year-old son to death. The tragic violence unfolded on Dec. 2, according to a news release from the Elk Grove Police Department. Officers responded to a home in Elk Grove, a city some […]

A former Santa Monica physician who operated a Calabasas urgent-care clinic was sentenced on Wednesday to 2.5 years in federal prison for repeatedly selling ketamine to actor Matthew Perry, despite knowing Perry’s long-documented struggles with addiction, federal prosecutors announced. The Department of Justice said that Salvador Plasencia, 44, also known as “Dr. P,” was immediately […]

The United States Department of Agriculture is threatening to withhold federal funding for food stamps for more than 20 Democratic-led states that have refused to hand over sensitive personal data about millions of participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.  The agriculture department is seeking personal information like Social Security numbers, birth dates, […]