Elder Index shows millions of American seniors can’t afford basic living costs

The Canada Revenue Agency says it will be sending e-notifications about uncashed cheques to 25,000 Canadians this month.The federal agency says it has approximately $1.4 billion worth of uncashed cheques in its coffers that have accumulated over the years, with some dating back to 1998.Each year, the CRA issues millions of payments in the form of benefits and refunds, but some cheques remain uncashed for various reasons, including misplacing a cheque or changing addresses.

FILE - American Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft as seen flying, landing, touching down and taxiing at Athens International Airport ATH Eleftherios Venizelos in Athens, Greece in July 2022. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Get American Airlines has taken steps to reduce its overall September system capacity, including at Philadelphia International Airport. The airline told FOX Business in an email on Friday that changes – based on available resources – were made to build an additional buffer into the remainder of its summer schedule and with the goal of moving customers to different flights. It said that adjustments to its October schedule implemented last week were similar to others made in recent months.The airline said it would still offer customers the "largest network of any U.S.

I am nearing retirement and so far I was covered under my corporate insurance policy. I will retire in the next 1 year and my age is 58. Please suggest a good health Insurance plan for me and my wife (55) as we both are senior citizens. Should we go for senior citizens specific plans or the normal health Insurance plan? What cover should we look at buying? We do have PEDs- I am a heart patient & my wife is diabetic. - Manohar Kumar Life after the age of 60 is considered as a new innings with the least responsibilities and maximum time for self and family.

Close up of moutain bike chain and gears. France.

Three women shot in North Philadelphia, police say. PHILADELPHIA - Two overnight shooting in Philadelphia have left four women injured in the hospital, according to police.Police say several shots were fired on the 1300 block of North Newkirk Street around 2:14 a.m.

Whitesnake have removed themselves from a 24-date tour of North America, which they were scheduled to co-headline with Scorpions, due to frontman David Coverdale’s ongoing health issues.Coverdale broke the news in a statement shared to the band’s official Instagram yesterday (August 6). In it, he noted that he’s been forced to step away from the mic “due to my continued treatment for a persistent upper respiratory infection that affects my ability to perform”.A post shared by David Coverdale (@whitesnake)As a result of Coverdale’s continuing health issues, Whitesnake’s own headline shows in the US have also been cancelled.

FILE - A Great White Shark swims just off the Cape Cod National Sea Shore in Cape Cod, Massachusetts on July 15, 2022. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) BARNSTABLE, Mass. - More than 20 shark sightings have been confirmed off the coast of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod this week, resulting in several temporary beach closures in the area. Cape Cod has long been known as a hot spot for sharks on the East Coast, with July being a "prime time" for great white sharks, according to Boston.com.

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - The summer of travel woes will most certainly continue into the fall. American Airlines is the latest to announce hundreds of flight cancellations in the coming months.The security lines at the airport are the least of the concerns at Philadelphia International.

A view of Honolulu from Aloha Tower, Oahu Island, Hawaii, United States of America. (Getty Images) Finding affordable housing for the majority of Americans is becoming increasingly stressful and difficult given the scarcity of quality homes nationwide and hourly pay is stagnant. A new report sheds light on the hardships many endure to find a quality place to live while trying to earn a competitive wage. RELATED: This is how much money you need to make per hour to afford rent in NYCIn 2022, the national housing wage is $25.82 per hour for a modest two-bedroom rental home and $21.25 per hour for a modest one-bedroom rental, according to a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), a housing advocacy group. The NLIHC released its 2022 "Out of Reach" report, an in-depth study examining how many hours an individual must work to afford a one or two-bedroom rented apartment in their state — the "housing wage."RELATED: This is how much money you need to make per hour to afford rent in CaliforniaAccording to Out of Reach,in no state, metropolitan area, or county can a full-time minimum-wage worker afford a modest two-bedroom rental home, and these workers cannot afford modest one-bedroom apartments in 91% of U.S.

A staff member serves beer during the first day of the Oktoberfest 2019 in Munich, Germany, Sept. 21, 2019.

A Lanarkshire mum who suffered severe postnatal depression is now educating children on how to cope when their parent struggles from a mental health condition.

Instagram Wednesday to thank the crew and her fans for their support. "I am proud of the love, hard work and intention all of our incredible cast and tireless crew put into this film over 7 months in Scotland. I feel blessed to have worked among absolute greats and forged relationships for a lifetime in the process! To every Batgirl fan - THANK YOU for the love and belief, allowing me to take on the cape and become, as Babs said best, "my own damn hero!"According to Variety, the movie wrapped principal photography earlier this year and was in post-production.In January, Grace shared a look of herself in the Batgirl costume, captioned with a quote from the comic book "Batgirl: Year One.""I use their expectations against them.

FILE - Choco Taco. (Klondike)Klondike officials on Wednesday said they would look to bring back the apparently beloved Choco Taco "in the coming years" after facing uproar over its removal."We know this is disappointing - we’ve heard our fans, and we’re hoping to bring this favorite treat back to ice cream trucks in the coming years," the ice cream dessert maker said in a tweet. KLONDIKE DISCONTINUES CHOCO TACO AFTER NEARLY 4 DECADES ON THE MARKETThe message was a direct response to one heartbroken customer who said she had been looking all over in her "area and surrounding cities" for the last of the Choco Tacos but had come up short."Absolutely heartbreaking," she wrote.A 1966 blizzard in Rochester, NY led one fun-loving mother to invent a new holiday: Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.

Philadelphia police investigate a shooting in Germantown that left a 28-year-old man in extremely critical condition. GERMANTOWN - Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that left a 28-year-old man in extremely critical condition in Germantown.According to authorities, police were called to the 200 block of Zeralda Street Wednesday night, a little before 7 p.m., on the report of a shooting.Responding officers found a 28-year-old man with three gunshot wounds to the head and an additional gunshot wound to the back.The man was taken by medics to Temple University Hospital where he was placed in extremely critical condition.Police are actively investigating motives into the shooting.

FILE - A display of Oreo cookie variations is seen at The Museum of Failure in Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 2017.

PHILADELPHIA - July 2022 was a hot month with several days that saw temperatures above 90 degrees, according to data from the National Weather Service. Forecasters say those conditions set a record, making it the second-warmest July in the Philadelphia area. FOX 29's Drew Anderson analyzed data from the National Weather Service and found that the average temperature in July 2022 was 82.1 degrees. Data shows that four out of the five hottest Julys on record have been in the last decade. Additionally, July 2022 had the hottest nighttime temperatures on record, with the average being 73.7 degrees. RELATED HEADLINESIn total, July 2022 had 19 days with temperatures above 90 degrees, and 2022 has seen a total of 27 days with those conditions as of August 1, 2022. The trend of hot and humid weather is expected to continue into August, bringing what could possibly be another heat wave to the area, according to forecasters. The Philadelphia area sees 30 days with 90-degree temperatures on average and that average is set to be broken Thursday. For the past five years, the number of days with 90-degree weather has grown. Data shows that there were 26 days in 2017, 30 in 2018, 35 in 2019, 36 in 2020 and 37 in 2021. 

Roman Kemp is set to release a book on mental health and suicide following the death of his best friend, who devastatingly took his own life during the pandemic.The book, titled Are You Really OK?, will see the 29 year old Capital Breakfast host tell "hilarious and surprising" stories from his youth, as well as exploring the taboo of suicide, sharing his own advice and experiences in a bid to help others. Throughout his career, Roman has worked to break the stigma surrounding mental health, having battled depression since the age of 15 and once contemplating suicide himself. During the pandemic, Roman’s life changed when his best friend – the producer who’d nurtured his career every step of the way – tragically took his own life.

Police say a man is dead after he was shot multiple times in the chest on Tuesday night in West Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating two separate shootings that left a man dead in West Philadelphia and a woman dead in Frankford on Tuesday night.At around 7:31 p.m., police say they responded to the 5400 block of Pearl Street where they found a 30-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Authorities say the victim was transported to Presbyterian Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:44 p.m. Officials say they also responded to the 1800 block of Harrison Street at around 8:14 p.m.

BRAZIL - 2021/12/13: In this photo illustration a Instagram logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a Meta Platforms logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Social media platform Instagram decided to stall plans to update its app after celebrity users Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner criticized the platform for emulating TikTok. Several Instagram users, including the Kardashian sisters, were vocal about the test version of the app, arguing the platform was too similar to social media rival TikTok and saying Instagram does not focus enough on sharing photos anymore. Instagram, which is owned by Meta, announced it will reverse some updates to its photo-sharing app, including altering its algorithm for users to view more recommended videos on their home screens. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, took to social media Tuesday to address concerns users may have about the platform updates and what the company is working on to create a better experience. INSTAGRAM HEAD SAYS FEED WILL SHIFT MORE TOWARD VIDEO CONTENTHe captioned the video post with a waving hand emoji, saying, "There’s a lot happening on Instagram right now."NETFLIX EXPANDING PASSWORD-SHARING CRACKDOWN WITH NEW TEST"We’re experimenting with a number of different changes to the app.

A group of five sharks were recently spotted swimming and hunting together off Islip's Atlantique Beach, New York. (Image credit: Duncan Weird) ISLIP, N.Y. - A photographer recently spotted five sharks near New York's famous Fire Island beaches using teamwork to attack a school of bunker fish. Photographer Duncan Weir recorded the feeding frenzy on Monday from above, where clear waters offered a prime view of the lunchtime feeding frenzy.

COVID-19 vaccination rates among Ontario’s urban Indigenous population were lower compared with the general population despite priority rollout, according to a new study.The research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) on Tuesday found that between March 2020 and December 2021, the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine uptake for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people living in Toronto and London, Ont., was 20 per cent lower than the overall population.However, the study also showed that COVID-19 testing rates in the two cities were 10 per cent higher among the Indigenous community compared with local and provincial rates. Don’t wait for updated COVID-19 vaccines if you’re high risk, experts say Researchers looked at data including 1,087 Indigenous people above the age of 15 in Toronto and London.“Indigenous people were one of the three very first priority groups for access to vaccine in Ontario, along with health-care workers and people that were living in long-term care homes, but despite that prioritization, we’re actually still seeing significant gaps,” said co-author Janet Smylie, who is a family doctor at St.

$1 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Montgomery County.

Six people are injured after an overnight shooting at the back of an Ajax, Ont., restaurant, police say.

Three men critical after two shooting Sunday evening, police say. PHILADELPHIA - Three men are in critical condition after two separate shootings in Philadelphia Sunday evening.Police say a double shooting erupted on the 800 block of Brill Street around 5:15 p.m.

Kevin Miller (Credit: Massachusetts State Lottery) MONTAGUE, Mass. - A Massachusetts man knows exactly where to go to win the lottery after scoring his second win from the same location. Kevin Miller of Montague, Massachusetts, recently won the $25,000-a-year for life prize after matching the first five numbers on his Quick Pic ticket for the multi-state Lucky for Life game. The drawing took place in February, but lottery officials said Miller claimed his prize in July. Miller purchased the winning ticket at the Food City, 250 Avenue A in Turners Falls.In 2016, he bought a winning ticket from that same location and took home the $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s "Cadillac Riches" instant ticket game.RELATED: Des Plaines residents speculate about who won the $1.3 billion Mega Millions jackpotFor his latest win, lottery officials said Miller chose the cash option and received a one-time payment of $390,000 (before taxes).The Mega Millions lottery jackpot now sits at an astounding $1.1 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing — which would be the second-highest number in the lottery's history.As Miller collected his win, another person became a billionaire in the highly-publicized Mega Millions drawing, which had a $1.337 billion jackpot.According to megamillions.com, there was one jackpot-winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought at a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Des Plaines.The winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67, Mega Ball: 14."We are thrilled to have witnessed one of the biggest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history," Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, the current Lead Director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement on the lottery’s website.

SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. - A normal day at the beach quickly became a once-in-a-lifetime experience for a group of beach goers this weekend.Video from Prospect Park Police Chief Dave Madonna appears to show a shark caught on the beach near 82nd Street in Sea Isle City on Saturday.The video begins with a man posing with the shark, grabbing its snout to keep its mouth open.Moments later, he drags the shark back the water by its tail fine before letting it free.The crowd erupts into applause as the shark swims away - a moment they will never forget!

Fans of My Big Fat Gypsy Weddings star Paddy Doherty are sending "love and healing" messages after he revealed he is back in hospital amid ongoing health problems after his battle with Covid. The TV star posted a video on his Instagram page updating fans from his hospital bed.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - New bodycam video shows the immediate moments after a driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed through a toll booth at Daytona Beach, before driving across the beach and coming to a stop at the edge of the ocean. Five people were injured, including a child who was struck while playing in the water, officials said.Volusia County Beach Safety officials said that the driver possibly suffered a seizure before the crash, though still remains under investigation. The video shows paramedics and lifeguards tending to a five-year-old child –  later identified as David Alamos – as his father stands next to his side."I need a helicopter! I've got a pediatric trauma alert," a first responder says in the video.David – who was visiting from Tennessee with his family – was treated for injuries to his chest and arm and spent Sunday night at Halifax Health Medical Center.

Courtesy: Vero Beach Police Department VERO BEACH, Fla. - Two children are in the custody of the Department of Families and Children after a naked toddler found wandering outside alone led officers to a home littered with trash, urine, fecal matter and mold. According to the Vero Beach Police Department, a neighbor contacted authorities shortly after 1 p.m. on Wednesday because an unclothed four-year-old girl had wandered into her yard alone.Officers arriving on the scene were told by other neighbors that they saw the child leaving a nearby home about 45 minutes earlier by herself. Police say they went to the child's home and found the girl’s parents, Michael and Chrystal Slosson, and a nine-year-old inside.

DES PLAINES, Ill. - The Illinois Speedway location where the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket was sold stands to benefit from the sale. A ticket-holder in the state clinched the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot there Friday night. An employee at the Speedway gas station on East Touhy Avenue in Des Plaines, Illinois, confirmed to FOX Business Saturday the business had gotten the call about the winning ticket from the Illinois Lottery. "So, obviously it's a shock, but I'm happy that somebody from Illinois was able to win it," the employee said. MEGA MILLIONS WINNING TICKET SOLD IN ILLINOIS IN $1.28B JACKPOTAccording to the Illinois Lottery, businesses receive a 1% commission on jackpot and top prize drawings and scratch games up to $500,000.A person buys a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a store on July 29, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. - (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) In addition, they would receive a 1% commission for all winning ticket redemption, 5% commission on all Instant Ticket Sales and 5% commission on all Draw game sales.The Illinois Lottery noted in a 2021 video that a retailer in Crestwood had earned a commission check of $500,000 for selling a winning Mega Millions ticket.The winning numbers were listed as 13, 36, 45, 57, 67 and the gold Mega ball was 14.

Kentucky's governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia.More rainstorms are forecast in coming days as rescue crews continue the struggle to get into hard-hit areas, some of them among the poorest places in America.The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches (20-27 centimeters) over 48 hours. But some waterways were not expected to crest until Saturday and Gov. Andy Beshear warned the death toll could rise further."From everything we’ve seen, we may be updating the count of how many we lost for the next several weeks," Beshear said.

Mega Millions jackpot.According to megamillions.com, there was one winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought in Illinois.The winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67, Mega Ball: 14.The jackpot was the nation's third-largest lottery prize. It grew so large because no one had matched the game’s six selected numbers since April 15.

Earlier Friday, the lottery grand prize reached an estimated $1.28 billion with a $747.2 million cash option after continuing to climb from $1.02 billion on Wednesday. Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is the second-highest prize in the game’s history, as currently estimated. It also stands as the nation’s third-largest lottery prize ever. A $1.586 billion Powerball game in 2016 was split between the buyers of three winning tickets, and a $1.54 billion Mega Millions prize in 2018 went to the buyer of a single ticket.The latest jackpot has grown so large because no one has matched the game’s six selected numbers since April 15.

RELATED: Mega Millions lottery drawing: Winners can remain anonymous in these statesFive white balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 70, and one gold Mega Ball is drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 25. Players win if the numbers on one row of a ticket match the numbers of the balls drawn on that date.Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia street was renamed Friday to honor America's oldest living Olympic medalist, Herb Douglas. "If you had told me when I was born that a street would be named after me, I could never fathom that, but here it is," Douglas said. The intersection of Cranston and Ford roads in West Philadelphia now bears the name ‘Herb Douglas Way’ following a Friday commemoration ceremony. Douglas earned the bronze medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics, competing in the high jump. He missed silver to Australia's Theo Bruce by just .5 an inch. Douglas and fellow African-American Willie Steele shared the podium in the event. "I was born 59-years after slavery," Douglas said Friday.

no one claimed the $830 million draw on Tuesday. The jackpot has grown from a meager $20 million in April, going 29 consecutive draws without a winner. Robert Pagliarini, a financial adviser and author of "The Sudden Wealth Solution," told FOX Business that most winners would want to take the lump sum upfront even though they only get to keep 60% of the total jackpot thanks to taxes — but that would be a mistake. "Most people want to take the lump sum: They want their money upfront, even though they know they're going to, you know, get a 40% hit when they take the lump sum," Pagliarini explained.

The historic US$1.1 billion (around $1.4 billion) Mega Millions jackpot is just around the corner but Canadians can do much more than just watch from the sidelines.

has continued to climb this week and hit a staggering $1.28 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing — with a $747.2 million cash option.Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is the second-highest prize in the game’s history, as currently estimated. It also stands as the nation’s third-largest lottery prize ever. A $1.586 billion Powerball game in 2016 was split between the buyers of three winning tickets, and a $1.54 billion Mega Millions prize in 2018 went to the buyer of a single ticket.Mega Millions lottery drawing: Winners can remain anonymous in these statesThe lottery grand prize on Thursday reached an estimated $1.1 billion with a $648.2 million cash option after hitting $1.02 billion on Wednesday.

draw attention to any winner(s) whose identities are revealed — which arguably makes them a target for theft and other safety compromises.However, public disclosure laws actually vary by state, according to the Mega Millions.MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY DRAWING: IF YOU WIN, HERE'S HOW TO STAY SAFE AND SECURE"Some states require their lotteries to publicly identify winners, while others do not," the lottery game's website states. "Check with the lottery in your jurisdiction."Here are a number of U.S.

CHICAGO - The Mega Millions jackpot topped $1 billion this week — and continues to grow — ahead of Friday night’s drawing. It now stands as the second-highest prize in the game’s history, as currently estimated. The lottery grand prize on Thursday reached an estimated $1.1 billion with a $648.2 million cash option after hitting $1.02 billion on Wednesday. Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is also the nation’s third-largest lottery prize ever.

George Hofstetter, 22, a native of Oakland, was founder of social activism tech site George Hofstetter Technologies. (George Hofstetter Technologie)CAMBRIDGE, England - A tech prodigy and entrepreneur from Oakland, Calif., who faced a shocking and disturbing act of racism this month while studying abroad in England, has demonstrated how to combat hate and bigotry using the skills which he called his "social justice superpower." George Hofstetter, an innovation fellow at Stanford University’s d.school, has been taking summer courses at Worcester College, at the University of Oxford and at Hughes Hall, at the University of Cambridge through the Oxford Summer Courses program. On July 15, during a formal dinner marking the end of the program at Cambridge, he and fellow students received an appalling message sent anonymously through an iPhone AirDrop.