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More people crowdfunded for essential needs like food and housing in 2025, according to GoFundMe
NEW YORK (AP) — More and more people are turning to GoFundMe for help covering the cost of housing, food and other basic needs.The for-profit crowdfunding platform's annual “Year in Help” report, released Tuesday, underscored ongoing concerns around affordability. The number of fundraisers started to help cover essential expenses such as rent, utilities and groceries jumped 20%, according to the company's 2025 review, after already quadrupling last year. “Monthly bills” were the second fastest-growing category behind individual support for nonprofits.
The... Read More
Wall Street drifts near its record high as Exxon Mobil climbs
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting on Tuesday as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say on Wednesday about where interest rates are heading.The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, coming off just its second loss in the last 11 days, and pulled closer to its all-time high set in October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 139 points, or 0.3%, as of 11:45 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher.
Exxon Mobil was one of the strongest forces lifting the market. It climbed 3.4% after increasing its forecast for profit over the next five... Read More
Long Island's Bruce Blakeman is running for governor, will challenge Stefanik in Republican primary
Bruce Blakeman, a Republican county official in New York's City's suburbs, announced Tuesday that he's running for governor, setting up a primary clash with fellow Trump ally U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik.Blakeman, who has cast himself as a bulwark against the liberal policies of urban Democrats, criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul as a “failure" in an appearance on the Fox News “Fox and Friends” show.
“I’m running for office to make people more prosperous, to make them safer and to make New Yorkers happy again," said Blakeman, the Nassau County executive.
Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she deals with the consequences of having her visa revoked by the Trump administration, leading to six weeks of detention.The arrest of Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student studying children's relationship to social media, was among the first as the Trump administration began targeting foreign-born students and activists involved in pro-Palestinian advocacy. She had co-authored an op-ed criticizing her university’s response to Israel and the war in Gaza. Caught... Read More
In 'The Chronology of Water,' Imogen Poots found a great role, and a best friend in Kristen Stewart
Imogen Poots has been thinking about a Sam Shepard quote: “People here have become the people they’re pretending to be.”Those 10 words, from a poem in his “Motel Chronicles” collection, are kind of about her character in “Hedda,” the quietly courageous Thea. But they’re also kind of about everything. After 20 years of acting in movies, television and on the stage, Poots is having a clarifying moment. And Shepard’s words somehow get to the heart of it all: the disorienting paradox of attempting to work as an artist in a big industry like Hollywood and preserving... Read More
Top Stories
- Long Island's Bruce Blakeman is running for governor, will challenge Stefanik in Republican primary
- Justice Department can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records, judge says
- Opponents of Trump-backed redistricting in Missouri submit a petition to force a public vote
- Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of The Mavericks, has died at age 60
- Zelenskyy reaffirms his refusal to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
- Takeover bid of parent company means limbo for CNN and some fellow cable networks
- How a rare drug made from scientists' blood saves babies from botulism
- Hamas wants more pressure on Israel before ceasefire's next phase
- Japan assesses damage from 7.5 magnitude quake that injured 34
- Shohei Ohtani is the AP's Male Athlete of the Year for record-tying 4th time
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- In 'The Chronology of Water,' Imogen Poots found a great role, and a best friend in Kristen Stewart
- Wrexham's owners add US-based private equity firm Apollo Sports Capital to boost rising soccer club
- Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of The Mavericks, has died at age 60
- Takeover bid of parent company means limbo for CNN and some fellow cable networks
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- It's Messi. Repeat, Messi. The Inter Miami star is MLS' first back-to-back MVP winner
- No words this time, just a photo from Mohamed Salah as his Liverpool future hangs in doubt
- Dominican court orders new trial for Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco in sexual abuse case
- Shohei Ohtani is the AP's Male Athlete of the Year for record-tying 4th time