AARP finds that family caregivers spend an average of $11,508 a year out of pocket, up about 60% in five years. Many also face reduced earnings as caregiving affects their work.
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Flávio Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami after his election loss to Lula and a Brazilian court order to surrender his passports. He denies wrongdoing in investigations pending before Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court.
Chancellor John Healey’s first Budget pairs a £100 household energy payment with a temporary increase in tax on big banks’ profits. He also announced wage and business-rate changes while deferring major defence and welfare decisions.
HHS is allowing compounding pharmacies to make six unapproved peptides while it pursues a formal rule change. FDA scientific staff raised safety concerns, while Kennedy argues pharmacy access could reduce reliance on gray-market products.
James O’Keefe and Cam Higby face felony charges after filming themselves using other voters’ names at Minnesota polling places. Prosecutors say they stopped short of signing the oath required to receive ballots.
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the organization that became the United Farm Workers and coined “Sí se puede,” has died at 96. She remained an advocate for labor and civil rights into her 90s.
Russell Brand denied all seven charges as he testified at his London rape and sexual assault trial. Prosecutors questioned his account of encounters alleged by women between 1999 and 2009.
Partial results Wednesday morning left both Netanyahu’s bloc and Eisenkot’s opposition short of the 61 seats needed to govern. Election officials told NPR they expected to finish counting by Thursday afternoon.






