5 Ways to Help the Los Angeles Wildfire Victims and First Responders Right Now
Five dead. 2,000 buildings burned. 130,000 residents under evacuation. The numbers coming from Los Angeles are devastating as wildfires continue to spread throughout the county, and the high winds are expected to pick back up Thursday night into Friday morning. The fires are divided into four main areas, LA Times shares: Palisades fire: “Burned 17,234 […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett blasts critics trying to blame LA wildfire struggles on ‘DEI’ firefighters
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, had choice words for anyone trying to use DEI as a reason for Los Angeles’ wildfire disaster. In an appearance Wednesday night on CNN, Crockett got into a debate with CNN’s Republican contributor, Scott Jennings, who alleged that LA’s struggles to contain the wildfires had to do with the exclusion of […]
Meta rolls back hate speech rules as Zuckerberg cites ‘recent elections’ as a catalyst
It wasn’t just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration. The social media giant has also loosened its rules around hate speech and abuse — again following the lead of Elon Musk’s X — specifically when it comes to sexual orientation and gender identity as well as immigration status. […]
How removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers
NEW YORK (AP) — Lenders will no longer be able to consider unpaid medical bills as a credit history factor when they evaluate potential borrowers in the U.S. for mortgages, car loans or business loans, according to a rule the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized Tuesday. Removing medical debts from consumer credit reports is expected to increase the […]
11 Ways to Change Your Life: Signs You’re On Autopilot & How to Break Free
Do you ever feel like you’re just making it through the day rather than thriving in life? Realized you’ve had a conversation or driven home and it’s been a blur? We’ve all been there. Having our minds wander and falling into autopilot mode is part of human nature. Learn how to recognize the signs you’re […]
How to Weigh Risk and Reap the Rewards
If anyone knows a thing or two about managing risk, it’s Dante Disparte. Before his current role as chief strategy officer and head of global policy at Circle, creator of the USDC stablecoin, he was something of a “corporate Robin Hood” in the collections department of Bally Total Fitness, where he worked during college. He […]
