Social Security retired-worker benefits are calculated differently than spousal benefits. The average Social Security benefit for retired workers was $1,918.28 in June 2024. The average Social Security benefit for spouses of retired workers was $910.95 in June 2024. Older adults should understand the difference between Social Security benefits for retired...

Here's the Average Social Security Benefit for Retired Workers and Spouses

The Motley Fool

Spousal benefits are an important part of Social Security. Here are some nuances all couples need to be aware of.

Spousal Social Security Benefits: 3 Things All Retired Couples Should Know

More than 50 million Americans receive Social Security retirement benefits. Most of these recipients are retirees who worked and paid Social Security taxes. But millions of dependents and survivors of retired workers, including spouses and ex-spouses, also receive a monthly benefit from Social Security. Spouses can collect Social Security benefits...

Divorce & Social Security Spousal Benefits

GOBankingRates

Millions of Americans rely on Social Security to support them through their retirement years. For some, Social Security is their primary source of income. For others, it's merely a supplement -- but...

Social Security Benefits: What You Need To Know for Retirement

The Social Security Administration has taken several actions that together ease the burdens for those claiming disability benefits. While the SSA process is separate from federal disability retirement, those applying for a disability benefit under FERS—which includes Social Security–must apply for a Social Security disability benefit at the same time. That’s because disability benefits for FERS employees are based on the expectation that they will be receiving both FERS and Social Security benefits and there is a formula for offsetting the two.

SSA Lowers Bar for Claiming Disability Benefits

Texas State

Atascosa County, TX

Jourdanton, TX

New York Post

A 12-year-old Texas cheerleader died Monday, four days after she suffered mysterious “life-threatening” injuries that her parents tried to treat with smoothies and vitamins, authorities announced Wednesday. 

Jourdanton Junior High School student Miranda Sipps died in the hospital Monday night after her mother finally called for help when the preteen went into respiratory distress, the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office said.

The girl’s mother, Denise Balbaneda, and stepfather, Gerald Gonzalez, 40, were arrested for failing to seek medical help sooner for the girl during the four days while she was “mentally and physically incapacitated and non-responsive,” the sheriff said. 



The pair didn’t...

Texas cheerleader, 12, dies after parents tried to treat ‘life-threatening’ injuries with smoothies and vitamins: sheriff

A food bank in Auckland, New Zealand, inadvertently distributed methamphetamine disguised as candy. The charity, Auckland City Mission, said a member of the public donated the pineapple-flavored candies, which were sealed in a retail-sized bag. The candies were donated about six weeks ago. However, the candies were actually bricks of...

Food Bank Handed Out Potentially Lethal Doses Of Meth Disguised As Candy

The Mirror US

US-Russian dual citizen Ksenia Karelina has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of high treason for donating $51.80 to a charity providing support to Ukraine

US-Russian ballerina Ksenia Karelina sentenced to 12 years in jail for donating $51 to Ukraine charity

Indiana State

Hamburg, IA

Deputies found the four-year-old in "a mixture of both human and animal feces," inside a residence in Hamburg after the child escaped from a makeshift cage

Boy, 4, escapes homemade cage covered in feces to find help as grandparents face child neglect charges

Harvey, IL

The movement to free a women that was arrested for stealing $1.5 million in chicken wings has started. Tap in with the case and the twist of events that could free her!. Check out this crazy story out of Illinois. Vera Liddell, the former food service director for Harvey School District 152, just pleaded guilty to pulling off a wild heist of $1.5 million worth of food—mainly chicken wings—from the school district she worked for. The story broke on Hip-Hop’s 51st Birthday.

Signs: Women Steals Millions In Chicken, Gets 9 Years—But There’s A Crazy Twist

Los Angeles, CA

Fox News

An investigation into Matthew Perry's death resulted in criminal charges 10 months after the beloved "Friends" actor died at his home of a ketamine overdose.

Arrest made in Matthew Perry death investigation

The “MisinfoNation” series returns with a new chapter in Donie O’Sullivan’s investigation into the pervasive surge of misinformation targeting American elections. Tune into “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” on Sunday, August 11 at 8pm ET/PT.

Listen to what Trump supporter says will happen if he loses in November

Entrepreneur

A hacking group allegedly leaked 2.7 billion pieces of data.

Everyone's Social Security Number Has Reportedly Been Compromised in a Massive Data Hack

A court hears Paul and Dean Mathews made £136,000 through their illegal refunds scheme.

Father and son jailed for steam iron returns scam

Las Vegas, NV

Black Enterprise

Wood described La'Rayah Davis as "chunky" and put her through a workout that caused her death. According to The Associated Press, Wood was given prison time for the April 2019 death of his girlfriend’s daughter. Along with the life sentence, Clark County District Court Judge Jacqueline Bluth said Wood, 33, has to serve between 28 months and six years for a charge of child abuse.

Former NFL Player Cierre Wood Gets Life Sentence For Forcing 5-Year-Old Girl To Exercise To Death

The New Republic

Donald Trump’s latest hire is proof that the former president is hoping to get the band that first got him to the White House back together. The Trump campaign has hired Corey Lewandowski, who served as Trump’s campaign manager ahead of the 2016 presidential election, to advise its senior leadership team. Lewandowski will reportedly serve above Trump’s co-campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, amid swirling rumors that the two have become the most vulnerable members of Trump’s team.Lewandowski was viewed as a fierce defender of Trump’s unorthodox approach to campaigning, according to The New York Times. When Trump was...

Trump’s Desperate New Hire Confirms His Campaign Is Struggling

Former Jersey Shore star Jenni Farley, who rose to fame when the hit MTV show first aired in 2012, has claimed that United Airlines booted her and her disabled son off a flight after her reservation was accidentally canceled. Taking to Instagram, the reality television alumni explained that she arrived...

Former Jersey Shore Star Jenni Farley Says United Kicked Her and Disabled Son Off Plane After Airline Accidentally Canceled Her Reservation

Mediaite

Former federal prosecutor and NBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said that if Donald Trump loses the 2024 election, he will “spend the rest of his miserable life in court” or in prison. During a conversation on SiriusXM’s The Dean Obeidallah Show, host Dean Obeidallah asked about how and...

Former Federal Prosecutor: If Trump Loses Election He Spends ‘Rest of His Miserable Life’ in Court or Prison

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

CNN anchor Kasie Hunt was stunned by an exchange in which former President Donald Trump claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris resembled his wife former First Lady Melania Trump in her TIME Magazine cover illustration. Trump participated in a glitch-plagued X/Twitter event with Elon Musk Monday night during whieh he...

‘What?! Like WHAT?!’ CNN Anchor Stunned By Trump Saying Kamala Harris Looks Like Melania

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No Death Benefit for Widow of Husband Who Was Having an Affair

Q: My husband of 49 years died a few months ago. I filed for widow’s benefits and started receiving them with no problem. But I got...

No Death Benefit for Widow of Husband Who Was Having an Affair

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