THE BUZZ! Uber Eats to Accept Food Stamps As Payment Option for Grocery Delivery Next Year Lastly, Uber Eats will launch a new payment option next year that will allow SNAP recipients to use their benefits to purchase groceries off the Uber Eats app. According to a statement, the company is implementing this new payment […]
BUZZ! The ‘Barbie’ movie has people buying ‘emotional support’ dolls. Psychologists say that’s a good thing Next, The new Barbie movie is popular and is inspiring people to reconnect with their childhood selves and the power of play. On TikTok, people are sharing videos of themselves reconnecting with their inner child by buying “emotional support […]
THE BUZZ! Canadian family charged with fraud for allegedly pretending to be indigenous to receive benefits Culture appropriation. A Canadian family has been charged with fraud for allegedly pretending to be indigenous in order to receive benefits. The woman and her two adopted twin 25-year-old daughters were charged with two counts each of fraud of […]
THE BUZZ! America’s growing obesity epidemic: 3 charts explain obesity rates across the US Lastly, The United States is a country that packs on a little more than the average. Obesity rates in the United States are rising, with more than 40% of adults now meeting the medical definition for having obesity. This increases their […]
THE BUZZ! The IRS Will Tax People Who Resold Concert Tickets, per New Law Next, There is a new scalper’s tax coming. The IRS has a new law that affects those who re-sell concert tickets. A new law that will require ticket resellers who made more than $600 in 2023 to pay taxes on their […]
THE BUZZ! Deputies draw guns on boy 10, sister 11, who took mom’s car to flee to California A 10-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister drove from Florida to California after their mother took away their electronic devices for misbehaving. So the two decided to jump in their Mother’s car and hit the road to […]
THE BUZZ! Experts explain why Maryland has high prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease Next, Back in town. Why is Maryland the No. 1 state for this disease? Maryland has the highest prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in the United States, according to a recent study. This means that more people in Maryland have Alzheimer’s than in any […]
THE BUZZ! Fraudster lied about having terminal cancer to raise $30K for World Series of Poker Next, Fraud or just a bad decision Rob Mercer, a 37-year-old poker player from California, lied about having cancer in order to raise money to enter the World Series of Poker tournament. He was able to raise over $30,000 […]
THE BUZZ! At new mental health courts in California, judges will be able to mandate treatment First up A new kind of court is coming to California, not for criminals, but for people with severe mental illness. It’s called the CARE Courts program. Family members and first responders can ask a judge to order people […]
THE BUZZ! Kraft recalls 83K cases of American cheese slices over choking hazard Next, A cheesy situation. Kraft Heinz is recalling more than 83,000 cases of Kraft Singles American processed cheese slices due to a choking hazard. The company says a temporary issue developed on one of its wrapping machines, making it possible that a […]