Eye Opener: Massive winter storm hits middle America

Brian DiPippa was accused of dropping smoke bomb containers at a University of Pittsburgh campus transgender rights protest in 2023. His wife, Krystal DiPippa, was sentenced to probation.

In a video posted Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company is going to get rid of its third-party fact-checking system, which he acknowledged was riddled with bias, and replace it with X-style "community notes."

Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ family and friends are putting Allison Holker on blast for airing out his alleged drug use. Following the release of the widow’s exclusive People interview, the late dancer’s loved ones, as well as Candiace Dillard, called her out for “smearing” tWitch’s legacy. Watch the full video to learn more about what they...

A source told TMZ Tuesday that there is no bad blood between the two but that their relationship had simply run it's course.

A 31-year-old Thousand Oaks man was arrested Monday night at the Palm Garden Hotel after authorities say he killed his girlfriend.

It’s not up to a Trump judge to decide.

After accurately predicting two A-List proposals, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager guessed the next celebrity couple to get engaged. On today’s episode of “Today with Hoda and Jenna,” the co-hosts predicted that Travis Kelce will soon put a rock on Taylor Swift’s finger. Watch what they had to say in the clip! Subscribe to...

A high-tech, low-intelligence thief tried to escape in a self-driving Waymo car after robbing a Los Angeles grocery store Monday night -- only to be foiled when cops used its technology to nab him.

Sosa said he tried to "scare" the girl and family away from the very permanent decision by charging them $500 for what would have otherwise been an $80 tat.

Sean Higgins, the man charged with killing NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, pleaded not guilty in New Jersey court on Tuesday.

Los Raiders de Las Vegas despidieron el martes a Antonio Pierce, después de apenas una temporada como su entrenador en el jefe, el último en una serie de cambios de estrategas del equipo en los últimos años.

"I'm the Jerry of the Day, I guess," the driver said in the video.

Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Michelle Siemienowski shared the "kind" apology note she received from kicker Brandon Aubrey after she was hit in the head during kickoff on Sunday.

"She’s been trying to tarnish his legacy and refuses to let the Boss family see the children. Only to exploit and LIE on my cousin," said the late dancer's cousin.

Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said she hopes President-elect Donald Trump fixes the border crisis after vowing to obstruct his mass deportation plan.

Several California criminal suspects seemed shocked to learn they would not be cited and released but going to jail instead.

Jeanty is coming off an earth-shattering junior season, finishing with 2,601 yards on the ground and 29 touchdowns while helping Boise State reach the College Football Playoff. 

Molly Parker, Scott Wolf, Omar Metwally and Jon-Michael Ecker star in the medical drama.

Frank Gervasi said his 14-year-old daughter was drugged and sex trafficked by unsavory creeps after she went missing from the family's Long Island home.

Tom Holland caught Zendaya by surprise! A source exclusively told Page Six that Zendaya didn’t expect the actor to pop the question. Watch the full video to see Page Six’s Senior Reporter Sarah Jones break down what the insiders are saying. Subscribe to our YouTube for the latest on all your favorite stars.

Former US Senator Bob Menendez 'scrappy kid' who grew up fast, according to letters from family, friends seeking lenient sentencing

Shaquille O’Neal says he wasn't going to mention Dwight Howard's name again, only to trash him a day later. The ex-Laker centers who used the 'Superman' nickname are beefing again.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra arrives to testify before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on December 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. | Kent Nishimura/Getty Images In the final days of its tenure, the Biden administration has banned credit reporting agencies from including medical debts in their reports, aiming to make it easier for people to access credit, including loans and mortgages. “No one should be denied economic opportunity because they got sick or experienced a medical emergency,” Vice President Kamala Harris said in a White House statement announcing the new rule Tuesday. The administration first proposed the rule in June 2024, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued the final ruling today.  The new rule is part of a constellation of federal, state, and local strategies, stretching back to the Obama administration, to reduce the burden of medical debt on Americans. Advocates hail the change as an important step, but its effects may not be as significant as the administration hopes. And with Republicans already speaking out against it, it’s possible the rule might be reversed or not enforced at all. How the ban — and medical debt reporting — works It’s up to individual medical providers whether they report debt to credit agencies. The information in that report is then used to calculate a person’s credit score, which helps lenders like banks determine how likely a person is to pay off debt they accrue. The idea to remove medical debt from credit reports isn’t new. In 2023, major companies like TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax stopped including medical debt under $500 in their credit reports. The new rule “will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans,” according to the CFPB. The CFPB claims that medical debt isn’t actually a very good predictor of a person’s overall creditworthiness, and that “consumers frequently report receiving inaccurate bills or being asked to pay bills that should have been covered by insurance or financial assistance programs.” The new rule only addresses medical debt when it has already gone into collections, Stanford University economics professor Neale Mahoney explained. “You can basically either address medical debt at the source, like right after hospitalization, or you can sort of address things downstream,” like the new rule, he said. Other downstream interventions include retiring medical debt, as some municipalities have done.  The change can improve people’s financial situations, according to Francis Wong, an economist at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.  “Our research indicates that people are better off, in the sense that having medical debt removed from their credit reports leads to meaningful increases in credit scores, especially for those who do not show signs of financial distress outside of their medical debt,” Wong wrote in an email. As part of the broader landscape of medical debt interventions, the new rule is an important tool because it could encourage people to continue seeking medical care, according to Eva Marie Stahl, vice president of programs and policy at Undue Medical Debt, an organization that helps pay off medical debt and advises on policy solutions to medical debt. “In some cases, [reported medical debt] could prevent somebody from accessing work or a place to live,” Stahl said. “It’s top of mind for people when they access health care. So we’re hoping that people are just sort of breathing a sigh of relief today and thinking a little bit differently about how they engage with the health system, so that they’re putting their health care needs first.” Will the new policy make a difference? However, Wong and Mahoney, who worked together on a research paper about paying off medical debt, also cautioned how the new rule will impact people’s financial situations.The change will be most significant for people who don’t carry much other debt, according to Mahoney. “There are people who have otherwise good credit except for medical debt and collections, and so for those folks you see, I think, meaningful increases in credit scores,” Mahoney told Vox. This might look like an increase of 14 points on average and an increase of $900 in credit limits, which is not insignificant. Simply leaving medical debt off credit reports doesn’t address the broader problem of continued medical debt. “Those who owe medical debt may be grappling with ongoing issues associated with the original medical event, such as poor health and inability to work,” Wong wrote. For many people, it also probably won’t mean the difference between getting a home loan and being denied, he said. “Although removing medical debt from credit reports is likely to increase access to credit card borrowing, the same may not be true for access to mortgages, given that few people with medical debt may be in a position to afford a mortgage.” Ultimately, the debt still exists, whether or not it shows up on a credit report, and it impacts people’s finances and their ability to access medical care.  Then there’s the possibility that whatever relief the rule brings to people in debt will not last. Republicans in Congress have already spoken out against the rule, both from a policy perspective and as part of an effort to curtail the CFPB’s regulatory agenda. In an August memo to CFPB director Rohit Chopra, members of the House Committee on Financial Services wrote that “restricting inclusion of medical debt in credit reports and scores will undermine underwriting processes and increase risk in the financial system, to the detriment of consumers,” and argued that the rule would have “significant negative effects on access and affordability of credit for all consumers, and particularly for low-income borrowers.” Banking industry lobbying groups, like the Bank Policy Institute and the Consumer Bankers Association, urged Chopra to withdraw the rule, saying that it would actually make credit more expensive because it would be riskier and more scarce if access improved. The groups also pushed back against the common argument that medical debt, as a product of circumstances beyond people’s control, is different from other kinds of debt related to a lack of financial knowledge or adequate planning.  A Republican Congress might not have the votes to roll back the new rule. But the CFPB will change dramatically under the incoming Trump administration, and leadership may not enforce the medical debt credit reporting ban or the other protections the agency has put in place in the last months of the Biden administration. 

“Amnesty International is free to operate in Israel, but Amnesty Israel isn’t free to operate within Amnesty International,” snarks Commentary’s Seth Mandel.

Why is Trump muses about military action against our closest allies?

A plea hearing for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is currently scheduled to take place Friday at Guantanamo Bay.

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a eulogy for former President Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. She discussed his legacy as president and his extraordinary work redefining what it means to be a former president.

RFK Jr. begins meeting with Senate Democrats this week as his coalition for getting confirmed to HHS secretary remains uncertain.

Seed oils have many enemies, including, it seems, $15 salad chains.

The fresh image, taken by a high-resolution security camera and released by the FBI on Tuesday, affords a clear view of Jabbar riding the bicycle Oct. 31, just blocks away from where he slammed a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street last week.

House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a eulogy for former President Jimmy Carter at a funeral service at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. He reflected on Carter's roots in Georgia, his Naval service, his presidency and his life after.

"This is just the beginning," DA Ray Tierney said. "We're going to continue the work, and I’m going to continue to fulfill those promises.”

Former President Jimmy Carter's casket was carried into the U.S. Capitol and into the Rotunda where he will lie in state until his funeral service on Thursday. Carter died at 100 and lived longer than any other U.S. president.

His bust in the epicenter of the posh town’s designer valley — featuring stores ranging from Gucci to Ralph Lauren, Henry Lehr and Zimmerman — capped a two-year sticky-fingered spree, police said.

The Disney Channel alum and the "Home Alone" star also share a 3-year-old son named Dakota.

Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar is facing criticism over her claim that police officers were killed during the January 6 riot, earning her a "Community Note" from X.

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More people leaned on services such as Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay to buy gifts in November and December, according to new online sales data.

A días de la controvertida toma de posesión prevista en Venezuela, varios países de América Latina se han pronunciado para reconocer o respaldar al líder opositor Edmundo González como presidente electo frente a los resultados de las elecciones anunciados oficialmente el año pasado que dieron por ganador a Nicolás Maduro.

“The bridge is basically not free anymore,” Felicia Brown, a 40-year-old who works on First Avenue but lives in Queens, told The Post.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune delivers a eulogy for former President Jimmy Carter from the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.

Fleeing Pacific Palisades proved a terrifying challenge for residents as roads jammed with traffic and the fast-moving fire made evacuation routes risky.

"I see faces weathered by hard times and by good times, and I see a collective desire to serve,'' FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said in addressing the crowd Tuesday.

Un incendio de rápida propagación en Pacific Palisades alcanzó el martes 200 acres en medio de vientos "potencialmente destructivos y que ponen en peligro la vida". Se ordenó la evacuación de los residentes cercanos.

During an appearance on “Fox & Friends" on Tuesday, Madison Marsh — who was crowned Miss America in 2024 — detailed the moment she realized what an impact she has on her peers.

Former Washington State head football coach Nick Rolovich has lost his lawsuit against the university over his firing for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.

Vladimir Putin's Russia is embroiled in war and plagued by systemic decay — and Donald Trump can exploit its weakness to end its campaign of global instability.