Household financial stress accelerates nationwide – 4.8% of all US household debt is now delinquent, the highest rate in nearly a decade. consumer bankruptcies surge 11%.

Nearly half of Americans in a new WalletHub survey said their household can’t manage more debt, while more than one-third said they expect to have higher balances by the end of 2026. Fifty-three percent of households said the struggle the …

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WEEKEND: Storm could bring heaviest snow in decades to NC. Worries deepen in South after days of grappling with widespread outages. LIVE: CHILL MAP. U.S. heating bills set to surge nationwide

US East Coast bomb cyclone could bring heaviest snow in decades to North Carolina A storm will rapidly strengthen along the East Coast this weekend, delivering heavy snow from the Carolinas to New England, with blizzard conditions likely in the …

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France faces nationwide farmer revolt

🚨🇫🇷BREAKING: Major FARMER PROTEST erupt across France! French farmers head to Paris, while another group of farmers blocked the border with Spain. Macron pushed through an overnight law banning gatherings and tractor convoys! 🚜NO FARMERS NO FOOD! pic.twitter.com/rAKVzpZdwP — Mario …

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HHS freezes all federal child care payments to Minnesota. The agency typically sends about $185 million a year in child care funding to the state. New rules now apply to all ACF payments nationwide.

Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill @HHS_Jim We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota. You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota …

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