A North Carolina man paid health insurance for 12 years, missed one payment and lost family coverage; he then canceled a $15,000-$20,000 transfusion

The experience underscores two practical lessons for people with individual health insurance: confirm that automatic payments are actually active, particularly after an insurer changes its payment systems, and understand exactly how long the policy’s grace period lasts. For 12 years, Cord Silverstein paid for health insurance without interruption. Then one missed monthly payment turned into…

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Meet Mateo Castillo-Bonde, the 11-year-old Minneapolis guitarist who went from playing in his bedroom to performing before thousands with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

Mateo Castillo-Bonde, an 11-year-old from Minneapolis, left thousands at the State Fair Grandstand speechless, doing something most pre-teens his age do not. He played a guitar solo with the kind of precision that only comes from years of intensive practice. He did it in front of legendary producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Just like…

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US resumes immigrant visa processing for Hungary, Poland while wider pause continues: What it means

US resumes immigrant visa processing for Hungary and Poland. The US has resumed immigrant visa processing for applicants in Hungary and Poland, even as immigrant visa processing remains disrupted at US embassies and consulates in much of the world.The selective restart comes after the Trump administration earlier halted immigrant visa processing on a much broader…

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New York investigator accused of tracking ex-girlfriend 3,000 times using Flock cameras; suspended after 4,000 searches

A New York cop has been arrested and charged over unauthorized searches of ex-girlfriend’s vehicle on Flock cameras. A senior investigator with a New York sheriff’s office has been accused of repeatedly using a law enforcement license plate camera system to track an ex-girlfriend, with authorities alleging she searched for the woman’s vehicle around 3,000…

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A Pennsylvania family bought a 12-acre farm in 1916; 110 years and four generations later it has grown to 30 acres and is the township’s last working farm

Narcissa Rd, Pennsylvania, USA When the McKeown family first bought a modest 12-acre plot of land along Narcissa Road in 1916, suburban development was still far away. Today, 110 years and four generations later, Maple Acres Farm covers 30 acres in Plymouth Meeting and has a unique place in the area: it is the last…

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Washington is spending $113 million to rebuild part of the I-395 Potomac River Bridge; its 175-foot double-leaf drawbridge span will be permanently converted into a fixed bridge

The change will replace the existing lifting mechanism and provide a more durable arrangement suited to long-term transport requirements. For decades, a major river crossing between Virginia and Washington, D.C. has moved commuters, commercial traffic and travelers into the heart of the nation’s capital. Now the I-395 bridge over the Potomac River is getting a…

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Golden Gate University: After operating in San Francisco for more than 170 years, Golden Gate University sold its 236,680-sq-ft downtown campus for $31.6 million; a 46-story, 700-foot tower is proposed in its place

Golden Gate University had almost faced bankruptcy in 2023 and ended its law programme in 2024 Golden Gate University has sold its longtime downtown San Francisco campus for $31.6 million as the university moves out of the seven-storey property amid years of financial difficulties. The site at 546 Mission St. is now owned by Lincoln…

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‘My grandpa’s name was Dan Singh’: Fox anchor Alec Nolan hits back at DHS post targeting ‘Mr Singh’

Alec Nolan (left) and Ranjeev Puri (right) speak out about their ‘Singh’ background, condemning the social media post of the DHS. When Fox 7 Austin anchor Alec Nolan saw a US Department of Homeland Security post featuring a South Asian-looking truck driver identified only as “Mr Singh”, he did not see just another immigration meme….

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A 15-year-old was missing after an 18-foot fishing skiff failed to return near Alaska; rescuers found him clinging to the capsized vessel about 4 miles offshore

The 15-year-old was experiencing symptoms of hypothermia when he was rescued from the overturned skiff. (AI image) A 15-year-old boy was rescued after he was found clinging to an overturned fishing boat about four miles east of St. Lawrence Island in Alaska. The Coast Guard located him on Monday afternoon after three boaters had been…

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A Newport mansion is being restored with a staircase technique dating to the 1500s; instead of modern exposed fasteners, craftsmen lock the wooden steps together with mortises and wedges

The project’s heart is a dramatic helical staircase with laminated curved stringers and mortised-and-wedged treads and risers. As per reports, the technique originated in the construction of European staircases in the late 1500s, when wealthy homes and castles had elaborate staircases. A stairway goes up to nowhere in a woodshop. No grand foyer at the…

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