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Millions of Americans are at risk of losing healthcare as House Republicans look to implement the Trump administration’s plan to cut at least $715 billion in healthcare funding, including Medicaid.

Republicans, who continue to face criticism from the public as they aim to dismantle healthcare, insist that the latest move is part of their effort to eliminate “fraud, waste and abuse.”

What are Democrats and Republicans saying about the fight for healthcare?

According to Rep. Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, the GOP chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees spending for healthcare, the president is keeping his promise to his supporters.

“Savings like these allow us to use this bill to renew the Trump tax cuts and keep Republicans’ promise to hardworking middle-class families,” Guthrie said, per ABC News.

However, Democrats such as Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey continue to fight to preserve healthcare access.

“In no uncertain terms, millions of Americans will lose their health care coverage,” said Pallone, the top Democrat on the panel. He added, “Hospitals will close, seniors will not be able to access the care they need, and premiums will rise for millions of people if this bill passes.”

What are the changes Republicans are proposing for Medicaid?

The Energy and Commerce Committee is proposing a new guideline that would require people to have at least 80 hours of work, education or service per month to be eligible for Medicaid. The new guideline would also require eligible people to verify their qualifications twice a year, as opposed to once as it has been.

Tory Lanez, who’s serving a 10-year prison sentence over the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, has been stabbed at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, California.

TMZ reported that the 32-year-old rapper was rushed to a hospital in Bakersfield.

Are Tory Lanez’s injuries life-threatening?

As TMZ reported, multiple sources, including law enforcement, confirmed that Lanez was stabbed by another inmate on Monday morning. His injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening.

Megan Thee Stallion recently accused Tory Lanez of cyberstalking behind bars

Megan also accused him of paying blogger Milagro Gramz to publicly smear her name. Megan ended up filing a lawsuit against Gramz, who allegedly shared deepfake pornography images of her.

According to Billboard, Judge Cecilia Altonaga denied Gramz’s request dismiss the case in February 2025, stating the following: “Plaintiff’s claims extend far beyond mere negligence — they paint a picture of an intentional campaign to destroy her reputation. That is more than enough to [deny the motion to dismiss].”

The judge’s ruling means that Megan’s can move forward with her case.

In August 2023, Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison

In the summer of 2023, Lanez was found guilty of all three felony counts: assault with a semiautomatic firearm, carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.

“The jury got it right,” Alex Spiro, Megan’s attorney, told CBS News after the verdict. “I am thankful there is justice for Meg.”

During the high-profile trial, Megan testified that Lanez fired the gun toward her feet and yelled for her to dance while she was exiting an SUV they rode in after leaving a party thrown by Kylie Jenner on July 12, 2020.

In her April 2024 cover story for Women’s Health, Megan reflected on the traumatic experience and how she handled it all in private.

“Before I went onstage, I would be crying half the time because I didn’t want to [perform], but I also didn’t want to upset my fans,” Megan said at the time. “I didn’t want to get [out] from under the covers. I stayed in my room. I would not turn the lights on. I had blackout curtains. I didn’t want to see the sun. I knew I wasn’t myself. It took me a while to acknowledge that I was depressed. But once I started talking to a therapist, I was able to be truthful with myself.”

Patricia Sias Ellis made her dream come true after decades of postponing her studies.

At 79 years old, she graduated from Clayton State University. Ellis, who crossed the stage over the weekend, earning a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. 

After she graduated high school, Ellis put her plans to pursue a higher education on hold. She focused on work and raising a family instead. 

CONGRATS, GRAD! 🎓 🎊 Patricia Sias Ellis, 79, is graduating from Clayton State University, fulfilling a nearly six-decade dream of earning her criminal justice degree. https://t.co/SA5YVappyN— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) May 11, 2025

At 79, Patricia Sias Ellis made her college dream come true

“I always knew I wasn’t finished,” Ellis told 11Alive.

As her son and husband graduated from Morehouse College, her lifelong goal was reignited. Her son suggested Ellis pursued her dream. She enrolled at Atlanta Metropolitan State College before transferring to Clayton State. She started off by taking one or two classes at a time.

“I just kept trudging along,” Ellis said. “Semester after semester, just doing the work.”

At 79, Patricia Sas Ellis proves it’s never too late to finish what you started. 🎓 After raising a family & battling health challenges, she earned her degree in Criminal Justice from Clayton State. A true light & inspiration. 💙🧡 #Graduation2025🎥 https://t.co/UxjvGPMYl9— Clayton State (@ClaytonState) May 10, 2025

“She lights up the room,” Dr. Georj Lewis, the president of Clayton State University, told the news outlet. “When she crosses that stage, everyone is probably going to stand up. Because she’s hard not to know.”

Last year, Ellis underwent surgery after doctors found a 10-pound tumor on her kidney. She kept pursuing her studies. Overall, the graduate keeps a fond memory of her time at the university.

“These experiences I should have had at 19 or 20 years old, they are the same at 79 years old,” she said. “I’ve had the best time.”

“I feel like the Lord is blessing me with the best years of my life,” Ellis added.

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Family Dollar has announced that it is teaming up with Uber Eats to provide delivery service from about 5,000 locations across the country. With the new partnership, the company said customers will be able to stay home and order various products from their nearby Family Dollar location. The two partners are celebrating the news by providing a 40% discount on Uber Eats orders of $30 or more from Family Dollar.

According to Men’s Journal, the offer is available for a limited time with promo code FAMILY40. Customers can open the Uber Eats app and find the “retail” or “convenience” section to search for Family Dollar items.

“By partnering with Uber Eats, it’s now even easier to access essentials from the comfort of home,” Family Dollar CMO Bonita Price said in a statement, per Men’s Journal. “Expanded access at an incredible value goes a long way in helping our customers save time and do more, especially in underserved communities.”

What is Uber Eats saying about its partnership with Family Dollar?

Uber Eats said in a statement that its partnership with Family Dollar will provide “a convenient and affordable shopping solution.”

“Family Dollar has long been known for providing low-cost, essential items to communities across the country, including many traditionally underserved neighborhoods. Now, through Uber Eats, customers can access Family Dollar’s trusted assortment of value-driven products without leaving home,” the company stated.

What is the latest development on Family Dollar’s economic struggles?

Dollar Tree, which bought Family Dollar for $9 billion in 2015, is now selling the store for $1 billion. Per Men’s Journal, the company is struggling with operational issues and finding it difficult to keep pace with its rivals. Family Dollar plans to close about 1,000 locations in the coming years.

New details have emerged in the deaths of Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin, four University of Idaho students who were fatally stabbed in 2022.

The latest findings, obtained by Dateline for their recent episode “The Terrible Night on King Road,” reveal the events leading up to the day when 27-year-old Bryan Kohberger allegedly committed the killings.

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What happened in the days leading up to the murder of four University of Idaho students in 2022?

Kohberger, who was a 27-year-old doctoral student in criminology at Washington State University in 2022, was living in Pennsylvania with his family before moving to Pullman, Washington, for school in the summer before the murders. However, Kohberger’s phone data showed that he frequently visited Moscow, Idaho, in the summer of 2022 after being invited to a pool party on July 9. During that summer, the data also showed that Kohberger often spent time near the address of the students who were murdered in Moscow.

Additionally, investigators obtained records from September 2022 showing that Kohberger’s internet history included searches for “Sociopathic Traits in College Student.” He also searched keywords such as “drugged” and “sleeping,” the records showed.

On Oct. 14, 2022, police pulled over Kohberger for a traffic violation. Five days after the stop, Kohberger’s internet history showed that he searched “Can Psychopaths behave prosocially?” In November 2022, the criminology student’s activity showed that he frequently continued to visit the area of the murdered students.

What happened on the day when four University of Idaho students were murdered?

On the night of Nov. 12, 2022, students from the University of Idaho were celebrating Senior Day after the school’s football team played a game earlier that day. One of the students, Kaylee Goncalves, posted an Instagram photo from the party around 9 p.m. that night and said, “One lucky girl to be surrounded by these ppl everyday.”

Goncalves was still with Mogen around 2 a.m. after the party ended. Meanwhile, Kernodle stayed with her boyfriend, Chapin, and two of their friends, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke.

At 3:30 a.m., security cameras showed a white Elantra approaching the King Road home and circling the area multiple times over the next 30 minutes. The white car drove by again shortly after 4 a.m. Then, at 4:20 a.m., the car came back into view and sped off. Investigators believe that’s when the four students were murdered.

What did Kohberger’s phone data show on the night when the Idaho students were murdered?

Phone data showed that Kohberger’s device had been turned off around 3 a.m. on Nov. 13, but it connected to a cell tower in Moscow at 4:48 a.m. The phone user also appeared to make a call to an account registered to Kohberger’s father later that morning. Prosecutors said the phone briefly returned to Moscow around 9 a.m., before it was seen at Kohberger’s apartment in Pullman. That’s when Kohberger took a selfie, showing a thumbs-up sign in a bathroom mirror, prosecutors said.

Kohberger, who faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary, awaits his trial in August.

Millions of Apple users can now submit their claims to get a settlement payment after the company was sued for a privacy violation.

After Apple agreed to the terms in December, the settlement administrator has now opened the claims portal that will enable millions to get paid, SFGATE reported.

Why did Apple get sued for privacy violations?

The allegations against Apple started in 2019 when a whistleblower reported that the iPhone is activating Siri without users’ knowledge and allowing people’s private conversations to be recorded. Shortly after the whistleblower reported the issue to The Guardian, a California resident named Fumiko Lopez filed a lawsuit against Apple and requested his case be granted class-action status.

“Apple intentionally, willfully, and knowingly violated consumers’ privacy rights, including within the sanctity of consumers’ own homes where they have the greatest expectation of privacy,” the complaint stated.

Apple continued to defend itself after facing the lawsuit.

“Apple has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles, never made it available for advertising, and never sold it to anyone for any purpose,” the company stated, per SFGATE.

Still, the company has agreed to a $95 million settlement.

How can Apple users get compensation from the settlement?

People who are eligible for the payment are getting notice from Apple. Apple users are directed to a portal where they will submit their contact information, along with the device’s serial numbers or proof of purchase. The plaintiffs will be asked to swear “under penalty of perjury” that Siri was activated unintentionally on their device at least once, during a conversation that was supposed “to be confidential or private.”

How can you file a claim via Lopez Voice Assistant Settlement

Apple will pay about $20 per device. The deadline for filing a claim is July 2. Visit the claims portal at lopezvoiceassistantsettlement.com.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on Friday while protesting the opening of New Jersey‘s Delaney Hall ICE detention center. According to Fox 5 New York, several Democratic members of Congress were also protesting at the detention center when chaos broke out as ICE arrested the mayor.

Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, accused the mayor of trespassing. Habba said on X that Baraka “ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center.”

“He has willingly chosen to disregard the law,” Habba wrote. “That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.”

The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this…— US Attorney Habba (@USAttyHabba) May 9, 2025

What happened when ICE arrested Ras Baraka at the detention center?

While the Trump administration opened Delaney Hall on May 1, Baraka has been continually protesting the opening of the detention center for months.

“Delaney Hall cannot lawfully open in Newark at this time,” Baraka’s office said in a statement in February.

Among the concerns, the mayor said there are permit issues with the 1,000-bed facility. He also stated that “an immigrant detention center is not welcomed here” because it is a violation of human rights.

On Friday, Baraka tried to join New Jersey Reps. Robert Menendez, LaMonica McIver and Bonnie Watson Coleman on a scheduled tour of the center. As officials tried to block the mayor from entering the facility, Baraka attempted to go through a side gate. Witnesses told Fox 5 that federal agents threw organizers to the ground, handcuffed Baraka and took him into custody. The mayor is now being held at an ICE office in Newark.

What are Ras Baraka’s supporters saying about the mayor’s arrest?

 Rep. LaMonica McIver said she was assaulted by ICE at the facility, along with Rep. Bonnie Watson-Coleman.

“They not only arrested the mayor of Newark, but put their hands on two members of Congress,” McIver said, per Fox 5.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy also released a statement, saying he’s “outraged by the unjust arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.”

 “Over the past few months, Mayor Baraka, as well as advocates, faith leaders, and members of our Congressional delegation, have protested the opening of a private immigration detention center in the city of Newark,” the governor stated.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker expressed his disappointment in a statement on X, saying “law enforcement officers should have deescalated this situation.” 

As mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka has a responsibility to ensure that facilities operating in the city are adhering to laws that protect the safety and wellbeing of occupants and residents.⁰This incident is disturbing, unnecessary and indicative of tactics that are undermining the…— Sen. Cory Booker (@SenBooker) May 9, 2025

Iman Shumpert wants his ex-wife, Teyana Taylor, behind bars for infringing their court order. They were married from October 2016 until their divorce was finalized in July 2024.

According to Essence, the former athlete petitioned the court on May 5 because he claims that Taylor discussed their divorce, which breached the terms of their divorce settlement. He says her actions damaged his image and caused him to miss out on potential jobs.

“The precise amount to be more particularly stated and proven at the trial of this matter,” the motion stated.

Iman Shumpert accuses Teyana Taylor of violating their divorce terms and harming their co-parenting dynamic

Court documents also revealed that Shumpert alleges that Taylor “willfully and contemptuously exposed and broadcast specific provisions of the final judgment decree of divorce and related provisions, recklessly disregarding the financial circumstances, privacy, safety and security of the parties and their minor children.” 

Due to this, Shumpert wants Taylor to spend 20 days in jail. They share custody of their two daughters, Iman “Junie” Tayla Shumpert Jr. and Rue Rose Shumpert. Shumpert called out Taylor for pulling their daughters out of school without justification and deliberately blocking his attempt to pick them up on April 17. He also claims she has spoken negatively about him in front of the children. 

“For example, in the presence of the children, [Teyana] has shouted crude and inflammatory racial insults at [Iman]. Such insults and criticism of [Iman] have caused the children to unjustly suffer stress and worry, unfairly placing the children in the self-imposed position of peacemaker between their parents,” his court filing stated.

Teyana Taylor says she’s prioritizing her peace

Taylor recently addressed public speculation, denying rumors that she’s trying to have Shumpert jailed or is seeking financial gain from their legal battle. She emphasized that her priority is simply to move forward with peace and privacy. Her response comes on the heels of a petition filed by Shumpert, following a separate request made weeks earlier by her attorney. That filing accused Shumpert of willfully violating the terms of their divorce decree and requested he serve 20 days in jail and pay associated fines. She also alleged that her ex-husband leaked private details of their case to the press.

“I don’t want no parts of this. Iman is my family. He is the father of my children, and that’s never going to change,” she explained, as Essence reported. “I just want to move on with my life in peace.”

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