Sales at this store outnumber Walmart’s and McDonald’s’ combined, and it’s only just the beginning. Perhaps part of the deadliest health trend of the 21st century, research shows it can have a devastating effect on your waistline. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Dollar stores such as Dollar General and Dollar Tree (which also owns Family Dollar) feed more…

LOS ANGELES—Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles Mar. 2 announced the arrest of 15 people who allegedly used information from “skimmed” electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to make unauthorized withdrawals of funds that had been disbursed to the needy. More than 300 law enforcement officers early Wednesday began monitoring about 20 ATM locations across the Los…

As food prices continue to soar nationwide, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) states as of this month that pandemic-era food stamp benefits will end, while families receiving those benefits say they’re being put in a financial bind. “I didn’t even know this was happening until I saw it on the news last night,” Gale…

The number of federal food stamp applications in Orange County reached a five-year high of 14,261 in 2022, according to data from the County Department of Social Services. During the past five years, the county’s food stamp applications have been on an upward trend, with the pandemic year of 2020 having the largest single-year bump,…

The U.S. army is recommending soldiers apply for SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, to help cover their rising costs from inflation. The U.S. Army cites the higher prices on a range of goods because of inflation in its recently released official guidance. “With inflation affecting everything from gas prices to groceries to rent,…

The nation’s food stamp program to receive the biggest permanent increase in history. How much more will people get per month, and how much will it cost? T-Mobile, investigating claims that the personal data of its customers was hacked. A hacker is reportedly offering the data for sale in an online forum. Airlines avoiding Afghanistan and its airspace after the…

The Biden administration has approved the largest increase in food stamp assistance in the program’s history, the U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) confirmed on Sunday. The aid boost is on based on an update to the algorithm that governs the Thrifty Food Plan, which tracks and suggests the cost of budget-conscious nutritional goals for American families….

The Biden administration has approved the largest increase in food stamp assistance in the program’s history, the U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) confirmed on Sunday. The aid boost is on based on an update to the algorithm that governs the Thrifty Food Plan, which tracks and suggests the cost of budget-conscious nutritional goals for American families….