Bill Gates Isn’t Like Those Other Tech Billionaires The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist is taking a break from the future to examine his past — and mulling where the billionaires now fit in.

Book Review: ‘Source Code,’ by Bill Gates A new memoir by the tech mogul recounts a boyhood steeped in old-fashioned, analog pastimes as well as precocious feats of coding.

DeSantis Says He Will Veto Immigration Bill in Clash With Lawmakers The veto pledge capped a dramatic few days in which Republican legislators publicly criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis and portrayed themselves as truer allies of President Trump.

LPT: Never pay a bill that isn’t yours. Companies, especially billing departments, often try to get you to pay charges you’re not responsible for. If you didn’t sign for it, use it, or authorize it, don’t pay it. For disputed charges (like credit card fraud), don’t make a payment—instead, dispute it, file a police report, and freeze your credit. Paying even a small amount can be seen …

Got slapped with a $1500 medical bill. Need help with my next steps. So I obviously didn’t do my full due diligence. I went in for a head MRI which I assumed would be covered by my insurance. According to the plan document preventative care was supposed to have the deductible waived but I guess it didn’t count even with the referral from the doctor. Could use some advice on what my next steps should be since I de…

Never got a bill for my surgery. Kind of worried. I had surgery done a year and a half ago now and they never billed me a cent. I ran a credit check, no signs of an unpaid debt. Im a little worried about that, what do i do? submitted by /u/gonegonethanku

House Passes Bill to Penalize Some Abortion Providers The measure, which would require that medical providers resuscitate infants born alive during abortions, has no path to enactment after Democrats blocked it this week.

Bill Gates’ nuclear energy startup inks new data center deal A screenshot from a video of TerraPower’s groundbreaking ceremony for its demonstration project in Wyoming.TerraPower, a nuclear energy startup founded by Bill Gates, struck a deal this week with one of the largest data center developers in the US to deploy advanced nuclear reactors. TerraPower and Sabey Data Centers (SDC) are working together o…

New Capital One Bill Pay What’s coming in the new Capital One Bill Pay? The email didn’t seem to promise a better experience or new features. It almost seemed like they were trying to lower expectations in the FAQs saying some payees might not be able to be paid electronically. submitted by /u/Typical-Trainer4533

Crackdown Bill Exposes Democratic Rift on Immigration as Trump Takes Power A G.O.P. measure to deport immigrants accused of minor crimes has spotlighted a divide among Democrats over how to position themselves on immigration, with some already shifting to the right.

Senate Pushes Bill to Deport Migrants Charged With Crimes Past a Key Hurdle Ten Democrats joined Republicans in voting to advance the measure in a critical test vote that put it on track for quick enactment under President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Hospital bill more than 3x higher than good faith estimate. I plan to dispute. What happens? What do I need to do? Long story short, my surgery was originally supposed to be $14k and $2.5k would come from my pocket. Now they have turned around and said that the surgery was $54k and $6k has to come from my pocket. Comparable costs for said surgery were $11k in my area. I called the billing office and told them it was BS and I can’t afford that. Then they said…

House Passes Bill to Deport Immigrants Convicted of Violence Against Women Scores of Democrats joined Republicans in approving the measure, even though existing law already allows immigrants with contested legal status who are convicted of sex crimes to be deported.

Speaker Johnson cites Genesis after House passes bill banning trans people from women’s sports WASHINGTON (RNS) — Johnson said the Bible was ‘pretty clear’ on the issue and also made appeals to common sense and biology. The post Speaker Johnson cites Genesis after House passes bill banning trans people from women’s sports appeared first on RNS.

Bill McCartney, legendary football coach who founded Promise Keepers, dead at 84 (RNS) — A religious conversion in his 30s helped inspire McCartney to found Promise Keepers, which drew millions of men to events in the early 1990s. The post Bill McCartney, legendary football coach who founded Promise Keepers, dead at 84 appeared first on RNS.

SCE bill has quadrupled since last year I live in a 1 bed 1 bath 850 sq ft apartment alone. I work 40 hours a week. I am usually home the rest of the time. I have been living here for a year +. Last year, I paid $42 for electricity. This year, $238. I have checked my hourly electricity and it is now on average 0.8 kWh when it was previously around 0.4 kWh. This trend started in July a…

I’m being ignored by the hospital for a bill I owe. What do I do? I’m posting here because I’m hoping somebody will have some experience with hospital bills. We had a baby over a year ago and have been battling insurance during the entire period, and now the hospital is simply not responding to us. It’s been almost 2 months until they last responded, and every time I reach out to them with questions on whether…

House Passes Bill to Impose Sanctions on I.C.C. Officials for Israeli Prosecutions The action put the measure on track for likely enactment given strong support for it among Republicans, who now control the Senate, and President-elect Donald J. Trump.

$1k+ urgent care bill. What do I do? In March I went to an urgent care at a big hospital. They’re considered an urgent care and emergency room in one so my bill was over $1k for them to say it wasn’t anything more than a virus. I got a price breakdown and it’s still the same price. It’s gone to collections and I got a letter from a law firm but with me being unemployed I can’t affo…

Er and regular hospital bill My mom recently beginning of December went to the ER and was placed in a semi private room. They charged her 11.5k for the 2 er visits she had and almost 31k bill for her room for 5 days. I was wondering what we could do to pay these bills, I know about the charity help. My mom also isn’t a citizen and doesn’t have credit and nothings in her nam…