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ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos have agreed to a settlement with Donald Trump after the President-elect filed a lawsuit for defamation earlier this year.

As part of the settlement, Stephanopoulos and ABC News will pay $15 million to a foundation and museum which will be established by Trump, The Guardian reported.

A new law set to take effect in 2025 will raise the minimum age requirement needed to receive social security benefits. Although the age requirement has been 65 until now, Congress is now preparing to implement the more complex law that first passed in 1983.

According to the 1983 law, social security benefits are calculated by the expected lifespan which varies from year-to-year.

What are the social security age changes in 2025? 

For people born in 1958 for example, the full retirement age is 66 years and 8 months, KTLA 5 reported. Those born in the following year, however, can retire at 66 years and 10 months old to get full benefits. All people born between May 2, 1958 and Feb. 28, 1959 will qualify for full retirement benefits in 2025. As for people born in 1960, they can retire at age 67 for full benefits.

People who don’t want to wait for their full retirement age can receive benefits at age 62, but that means they will get a reduced amount. Retirees who wait until age 70 will get higher benefits.

The amount is based on cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment 

As Blavity previously reported, the amount rewarded to retirees is based on the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, which is calculated according to the inflation rate.

Shannon Benton, executive director of The Senior Citizens League, said her group is working to make sure senior citizens receive what they deserve.

“Ensuring that seniors have enough to feed and house themselves with dignity is a major reason why we advocate for a minimum COLA of 3%,” Benton said in a statement, per CBS News. “Approximately two-thirds of seniors rely on Social Security for more than half of their monthly income and 28% depend on it entirely.”

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has hired a high-profile New York attorney to fight his case.

According to TMZ, Mangione is now being represented by Karen Friedman Agnifilo, who is the wife of the attorney representing Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The former Minnesota Vikings receiver, who now works as an ESPN analyst, said he first became alarmed when he realized his urine was discolored. Doctors then revealed to Moss that he has cancer. Randy Moss revealed details of his cancer […]

Christmas is celebrated in over 160 countries worldwide, bringing people together to exchange gifts and enjoy time with loved ones. While there are countless reasons to celebrate this holiday, having a baby on Dec. 25 is less likely to be one of them.

Lil Durk has been accused of having a role in another murder, which occurred in Chicago two years ago. Per ABC7, court records that were unsealed Thursday allege that he is behind the fatal 2022 shooting of Stephon Mack.

The rapper is already facing murder charges in Los Angeles for a murder-for-hire scheme. Per ABC7, he is alleged to have planned to kill Tyquian Bowman, the Georgia rapper known as Quando Rondo, in Los Angeles. Lil Durk pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Currently, no charges have been filed against the rapper in relation to Mack’s death.

Per the Los Angeles Times, a 2023 redacted warrant alleges that Banks, whose birth name is Devontay Durk Banks,  “offer[ed] money for people to kill those responsible for his brother’s murder, and more specifically, offering to pay money for any Gangster Disciple that is killed.”

The search warrant states that Lil Durk’s brother, Dontay Banks, Jr., was shot and killed outside an Illinois nightclub in June 2021.

“Evidence collected in this case also shows defendant has allegedly placed monetary bounties to solicit other murders, including a family member of a witness,” California prosecutors stated in a brief, according to the LA Times. “Defendant’s modus operandi is clear: he will use his power, his money, his influence, and any pretrial release to endanger anyone who he perceives as a threat, including witnesses in this case.”

Anthony Montgomery-Wilson and Preston Powell have been charged with Mack’s slaying, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. The spokesperson declined to comment on whether Lil Durk will be charged.

Jonathan Brayman, one of Lil Durk’s attorneys, said “we do not anticipate that he will be charged” after the hearing, the LA Times reported.