Paraguay’s president has been placed on house arrest on Friday after the collapse of a government-linked bank that locked nearly half the country’s population out of their accounts. Paraguay’s Senate voted to remove Santiago Peña for misconduct in office, making him the second president ousted by impeachment since the end of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner’s 35-year…
Washington — Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center are asking a judge to allow them to subpoena a former informant who has provided material to the Justice Department, saying that investigators are treating the witness like he is “part of the prosecutorial team itself.” Defense attorneys for the civil rights nonprofit accused the government…
Even Americans with health insurance are piling up medical debt, according to a new analysis. One in three Americans with health coverage through their employer, the Affordable Care Act marketplace or the private market say they have medical debt that they are paying off over time, the Commonwealth Fund, a nonpartisan health policy research group,…
Tornadoes, hail and powerful winds linked to climate change now pose a bigger threat to homeowners than floods, hurricanes and other forms of extreme weather, according to new research. In 2025, insurance payouts from “severe convective storms” (SCS) surpassed those resulting from cyclones, making them the costliest insured natural disasters in the world, climate risk…
