A growing number of Americans are falling behind on their monthly credit card payments as they continue to battle high inflation and interest rates, according to New York Federal Reserve data published Tuesday.  Credit card delinquencies, which have already surpassed their pre-pandemic levels, continued to rise in the three-month period from January to March. The flow of credit card debt moving into delinquency hit 8.9% in the first quarter at an annualized rate, compared with an 8.5% rate the previous quarter and 5.87% at the end of 2023. In fact, the percentage of credit card balances in serious delinquency climbed to…

   OpenAI’s chief scientist and cofounder, who played an instrumental role in CEO Sam Altman’s short-lived ouster from OpenAI in November, announced that he was leaving company on Tuesday. “After almost a decade, I have made the decision to leave OpenAI,” Ilya Sutskever said in a social media post. “I am excited for what comes next a project that is very personally meaningful to me about which I will share details in due time.” Sutskever played a central role in the dramatic firing – and return – of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman last year, a management crisis that ultimately appeared…

Last updated: May 15, 2024 05:27 EDT | 1 min read The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the country’s regulator, has approved the trading of the Worldcoin (WLD) token on digital asset exchanges recognized by the SC.Malaysia-based digital business solutions provider Cuscapi announced the move that its associate company MX Global received the approval on May 9, to facilitate trading of WLD token.In March 2022, MX Global had obtained an unspecified equity investment from cryptocurrency exchange Binance.The token joins as the 14th among the list of permitted digital assets to be traded in the country. Some of the permitted cryptos include…

FIRST ON FOX – Free Press, a media group financed by liberal billionaire George Soros, “is looking to incorporate global pressure to push Big Tech platforms to juice their censorship operations before the 2024 U.S. presidential election,” according to the Media Research Center.  Free Press bills itself as an organization that “closely watches as the decisions shaping the media landscape are made and sounds the alarm when people’s rights to connect and communicate are in danger.” However, in a new report, the conservative MRC found that Soros gave over $80 million to affiliated groups calling for “censorship” ahead of November’s…

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — The driver of a pickup truck involved in a Tuesday morning crash that killed eight farm workers and left at least 40 people injured in north-central Florida has been charged with eight counts of “Driving Under the Influence – manslaughter,” according to a news release from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.The 2010 International Bus carrying “approximately 53 farm workers” and a 2001 Ford Ranger sideswiped each other around 6:35 a.m., about 15 miles west of Ocala, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a statement.The Ford, “for unknown reasons, traveled toward the center…

HOUSTON — The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston and worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died. He was 95.Lawson’s longtime church, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in that Texas city, announced on its website that he had died on Tuesday.“He has completed his time of service here on earth and is now enjoying eternal rest,” the church said in its announcement.Lawson founded Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in 1962 and served as its pastor for 42 years before retiring in 2004. He was known…

Even a 20% slump in the price of Bitcoin cannot derail the train that is the pre-sale of BlastUP, the first launchpad on the billion-dollar rollup Blast. As the pre-sale is about to hit $6 million, and users have only 18 days left to buy $BLP. ETH could surge 30%, but rollup ecosystem tokens are a better opportunity – look at $BLPAfter rallying past the ATH pre-halving, BTC has finally provided crypto investors with a 20% dip – and some great discounted entries on altcoins. For those investors who believe that a Q3 rally is on the cards, now is the…

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High interest rates are pushing low- and moderate-income Americans who have fallen behind on credit card payments and auto loans to the brink, according to a new report. “It’s crazy,” 43-year-old Army veteran Ora Dorsey told The New York Times. “It does make it hard to get out of debt. It seems like you’re only paying the interest.””We don’t have the credit to be able to buy a house, and we have a bunch of debt, either student loans or credit card debt,” 31-year-old Chris Nunn, who drives for the DoorDash delivery app, told the Times. “So we’re trapped.” Dorsey…

The Povolos missed their high school graduation because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but four years later, the quintuplets from New Jersey are making up for it in college.Victoria, Vico, Ashley, Michael and Marcus Povolo were born on July 4, 2002, and have shared everything from birthdays to bedrooms.”We know everything about each other,” Victoria told CBS News   But they were never sure they would share a college graduation.”Some of us even thought of maybe not going to college or just community (college), you know, just to save some money,” Marcus said.   Paul Povolo, the quintuplet’s dad, said the…

A new season is on the way at New York City Center! The line-up is set to include a star-studded gala performance of Ragtime, in addition to three new Encores! productions, which will include Urinetown, Love Life, and The Wild Party. “We have been welcoming a growing number of artists, audiences, and students to New York City Center for more than 80 years,” said Michael S. Rosenberg, President & CEO. “For next season, we’ve crafted a series of dance, musical theater, and community events that will have everyone and their friends coming back to see it all. You’re not going to…

DENVER — The Black former police chief of a small Colorado town says he was the victim of racial discrimination and fired after officers and city leaders worked to force him out even though he was cleared of wrongdoing by an independent investigator, according to a federal lawsuit.Hal Edwards, who sued the city of Leadville, 75 miles southwest of Denver, in U.S. District Court in Denver on April 30, says in the lawsuit that City Administrator Laurie Simonson undermined his decision-making and leadership during his 18 months in the job because he is Black.“If you talk to any African American person…

A new law in Mississippi requires individuals to use restrooms and housing at public education institutions that correspond to their gender assigned at birth. Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced in an X post Monday that he has signed the legislation. People will only be allowed to use housing or bathrooms based on their “sex ‘determined solely by a birth,’ without regard to the fluidity of how someone acts or feels,” the bill states. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi said in a statement to CNN that the law targets “transgender people for discrimination.” The “Securing Areas for Females Effectively and Responsibly Act,” or SAFER Act, states that “females and males should be provided areas, including restrooms, changing facilities and single-sex educational housing spaces,…