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In June 2016, television comedy host John Oliver bought nearly $15 million (£11.8 million) in unpaid medical debt for just $60,000 (£47,000) through a debt collection company created for the purpose. Instead of using debt collectors to demand payment from the roughly 9,000 patients linked to the accounts, the producers of HBO’s Last Week Tonight…

A property-line disagreement in St. Charles County, Missouri, turned into a criminal case after police said a neighbour fired a gun toward a man repairing a fence. Paula Kohensky, 60, has been charged with first-degree assault or attempted assault and armed criminal action following the Sunday-night incident. According to court documents cited by First Alert…

There are two things Oscar- and Grammy-winning artist John Legend has always held close to his heart: music and his hometown of Springfield, Ohio. In 2016, that connection took physical form when he donated $500,000 towards the renovation of an auditorium inside The Dome, the former Springfield South High School. The result was the John…

Dillard School Senior ApartmentsPhoto credit: https://www.taxcreditcoalition.org/ Cassandra Henderson graduated from Dillard Junior High in Yanceyville, North Carolina, in 1968. Nearly six decades later, she moved back into the same building, not as a student but as a resident of the newly restored Dillard School Senior Apartments. The former school, which had stood empty for about…

A former legal secretary in Indiana is facing 42 felony charges and three misdemeanour charges after a three-year police investigation into alleged forged court orders, missing legal fees and fake criminal record expungements. According to a probable cause affidavit reported by Region News Source, 37-year-old Heather Ann Textor of Lowell was arrested after clients who…

Swainson’s hawks (All about birds photo) A piece of abandoned farmland in California, once covered with weeds and unwanted grasses, has become home to a rare bird that had not been confirmed nesting in the area for about 30 years. In 2023, conservation workers began restoring 150 acres of land near the Sacramento River. They…

Stacia questioned whether her father had signed the will freely and knowingly. (AI image) An Indiana woman who challenged her father’s decision to leave his entire estate to his fiancee has lost her case and now faces a growing legal bill. According to the court document, Stacia Davis was ordered to pay $22,208.18 in attorney…

Eva Longoria’s foundation and Accessity launched a $55,000 loan fund in 2013 to help six Latina entrepreneurs start or grow their businesses. (Photo: Instagram) A small loan fund launched in 2013 by the Eva Longoria Foundation and California-based nonprofit lender Accessity has grown into a significant source of financial support for Latina entrepreneurs in Southern…

In 2017, Nate Taylor found a three-word offer on Craigslist for free Halloween decorations. It took three truck trips to bring everything home. Nearly a decade later, that secondhand collection has become a local attraction that drew an estimated 18,000 visitors last October and led to a legal dispute with city officials in Michigan. Taylor,…

US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Riley Barnes and US Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch, visit the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh near Ramallah, a day after Israeli militant settlers attacked a French mayor and European diplomats during olive harvest, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. US diplomats visited…