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Most hospitals offer financial assistance to patients who struggle to afford their bills, often referred to as charity care. But many people are stymied by cumbersome aid applications. Others don’t even know help exists....Read more

The River Spey in northeastern Scotland is one of the world’s most pristine bodies of water. Stretching across 107 miles, it teems with salmon and trout, supporting communities built on tourism along its shores. Earlier ...Read more

Aimee Carlock needed surgery in August 2025 to treat severe pain and bleeding from her uterus. But first, she needed to come up with $5,500.

Texas Health Resources, one of the state’s largest nonprofit hospital systems,...Read more

President Donald Trump defended his decision to wield tariffs during a campaign rally in Georgia, saying they’ve made the U.S. richer as he announced that Volkswagen AG agreed to build a new $4.2 billion Audi plant in ...Read more

Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were statistically tied in a poll released on the eve of Brazil’s runoff election.

Bolsonaro had 50.5% support to Lula’s 49.5%, according to the BTG Pactual/...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — At times on Saturday, the Mall of America bumped with Hmong rap songs. During others, it rang with the jangle of hlab nyiaj, the traditional sash adorned with silver coins. For more than four hours, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After the National Weather Service warned of strong Friday evening thunderstorms and heavy rain in the Inland Empire, Santa Ana Mountains, and Orange County, a brief, powerful storm hit Orange County, ...Read more

The United Nations-authorized gang-fighting force in Haiti is grappling with the possibility that badly burned corpses it received from a humanitarian organization on Saturday afternoon could be that of four Salvadoran ...Read more

Saudi Arabia’s main airport was gearing up to reopen as early as Sunday after operations had been disrupted by a spate of attacks by Houthi rebels.

King Khalid International Airport said in a post on X that Terminal 1 ...Read more

The police officer who was critically wounded by a gunman in West Philadelphia was released from the hospital on Saturday, two weeks after the shooting that killed his partner.

Officer Hector Rodriguez III, who was shot ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Gary Heffern, who died last weekend at the age of 72 in his native Finland, had an outsized international impact as the lead singer and lyricist of the pioneering San Diego punk-rock band the Penetrators from...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani cast his ballot for the midterm elections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art early Saturday — the first day of early voting in the city.

With several boxes of Dunkin' in hand, the mayor ...Read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Top Democratic and Republican leaders are sweeping through California as the Nov. 3 election approaches, evidence of the state’s pivotal role in deciding which party will control the U.S. House ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Buying a home in California requires a colossal amount of money — and coming up with a 20% cash down payment of $180,000 for a median price home is a staggering hurdle for many would-be buyers.

That down...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s effect on the nation’s capital will last far longer than the results of any election — or his presidency — if he has his way.

Lawsuits over a growing number of projects are reaching ...Read more

HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Early in-person voting opened Saturday morning across the state amid intense campaigning for Michigan’s Nov. 3 midterm elections.

Michigan law requires municipalities to begin offering early...Read more

CHICAGO — A Trump administration proposal to eliminate questions about race, ethnicity and sexual orientation from the U.S. census could hurt efforts to address inequities in Chicago and across the nation, health and ...Read more

SEATTLE — When you think about the mansion- and yacht-owning millionaire crowd, retired schoolteachers don't typically leap to mind.

Nevertheless, foes of Washington's new high-earner income tax are making a pitch to ...Read more

Bill Murray has admitted that constantly being asked for selfies while he's out and about can be "hard".

The 76-year-old actor has long been a favourite in Hollywood thanks to roles in movies such as Ghostbusters and ...Read more

Kristen Bell's kids "just eat fast food" whenever she leaves them in the care of their dad Dax Shepard.

Being a Hollywood star, Kristen is often called away from home to promote her projects, such as the third season of ...Read more