How much are Americans spending every weekend on summer activities?

How much are Americans spending every weekend on summer activities?

Nearly $400 a weekend — That’s what the average American spends on summer activities, according to new data. Per a recent survey of 2,000 Americans commissioned by DailyPay and conducted by Talker Research, that price tag reflects the balancing act many are facing in order to enjoy summer and have “IRL” moments with family and … Read more

Your current and former states of residence may have free money waiting for you — here’s how to find out

Your current and former states of residence may have free money waiting for you — here’s how to find out

Show me the money. Billions of dollars are waiting to be claimed, and states around the US can’t get rid of it. All throughout the 50 states, unclaimed cash or financial assets sit inactive after being turned over to the state unclaimed property programs. The outstanding funds include things like uncashed checks from corporations, financial … Read more

Couple shocked to discover stacks of money buried inside home: ‘None of us were expecting it’

Couple shocked to discover stacks of money buried inside home: ‘None of us were expecting it’

They hit the hidden jackpot. A couple in the UK couldn’t believe their eyes when they uncovered what appeared to be stacks of money buried inside their old home. In a viral TikTok video with almost 200,000 views, what looks like a gross, rotted, bug-filled paint can turned out to be a stash of money … Read more

Anxious remote worker wins lawsuit after company forced her to turn camera on during video call

Anxious remote worker wins lawsuit after company forced her to turn camera on during video call

She’s refused to be on screen. Now, she’s raking in the green.   Money will soon be zooming to Laura Tait’s front door as the “anxious” work-from-home travel consultant has successfully sued her ex-employer for forcing her to be on camera during a business video call, infringing on her disability rights.  An employment tribunal, held in … Read more

NYC foodie allegedly exposes local bakery for $12 Costco hoax: ‘Literal robbery’

NYC foodie allegedly exposes local bakery for  Costco hoax: ‘Literal robbery’

It’s an unsavory truth that’s hard to swallow, but Big Apple bakery patrons may be getting conned out of their bread.  Gourmands of Gotham are virtually sharpening their pitchforks and knives in outrage as a local baked goods lover has virally accused a midtown French café of hawking store-bought croissants for $12 per order, passing … Read more

Gen Z is going broke on group tabs and trips because they’re too afraid to ask friends to pay back: report

Gen Z is going broke on group tabs and trips because they’re too afraid to ask friends to pay back: report

Money talks. Even if it is Z most touchy subject to broach between buds.  Still, the pushover Gen Zers who constantly pick up the check at group dinners, cover the tab after a round of happy hour drinks and loan loot to pals for concert tix and exotic trips are expending their generosity at a major cost.  … Read more

Final round of July Social Security checks hit this week — find out if you qualify for the maximum payout

Final round of July Social Security checks hit this week — find out if you qualify for the maximum payout

Social Security checks are set to hit bank accounts this week. MargJohnsonVA – stock.adobe.com The third and final round of July’s Social Security checks will arrive this week. The standard monthly Social Security Administration (SSA) payments are scheduled for Wednesday, July 22, reaching millions of recipients whose birthdays fall between the 21st and the end … Read more

Convicted cat burglar reveals No. 1 tip to avoid getting robbed or kidnapped in broad daylight

Convicted cat burglar reveals No. 1 tip to avoid getting robbed or kidnapped in broad daylight

This cat burglar’s not kitten around about keeping you safe.  Car jackings, muggings and surprise attacks during walks through a public parking lot or deck can all be avoided with hyper-vigilance, advises ex-con Jennifer Gomez.  “I spent 10 years in prison for being a cat burglar with really, really bad people,” Gomez, an inmate-turned-influencer, admitted to nearly 50,000 … Read more

Woman falls victim to romance scam after sending money to a fake boyfriend: ‘I want to vomit’

Woman falls victim to romance scam after sending money to a fake boyfriend: ‘I want to vomit’

One rainy afternoon in August, Jean Booth scurried up the stairs of a nondescript Thai restaurant tucked into a strip mall off the highway, shook out her blue, shoulder-length hair and took out her phone. She bit her lip; no messages. Her boyfriend, Donnie, was due to arrive at the airport in a matter of … Read more

Empty Super Mario 64 video game box sells for over $10K at auction

Empty Super Mario 64 video game box sells for over K at auction

An empty box has sold for more than £8,000 (roughly $10,706.40), and a collection of five trading cards for over £12,000 (roughly $16,059.60) as part of an auction of retro video games and memorabilia. A box which originally contained the 1996 Nintendo 64 game Super Mario 64, signed by Mario creator and “father of modern … Read more

Staggering cost of raising a child in California revealed, as state tops ‘most expensive’ charts

Staggering cost of raising a child in California revealed, as state tops ‘most expensive’ charts

It costs to raise kiddos on the coast.  Sunshine, surf and seriously steep expenses are on deck for new mommies and daddies in California, which has just been named one of the most pricey places to parent in America  — the land of the free where it takes over $300,000 to raise offspring from infancy to age 18.  The … Read more

NFL WAG rages over $20K hospital bill for childbirth — after doc shows up for just ‘3 f–king minutes’

NFL WAG rages over K hospital bill for childbirth — after doc shows up for just ‘3 f–king minutes’

The pregnancy pangs of labor and delivery don’t compare to the pain-in-the-pockets new parents feel once that hospital bill gets delivered.  Giving birth to a little baby costs moms like Allison Kuch big bucks. But the 30-year-old influencer, married to former NFL defensive end Isaac Rochell, 31, didn’t bank on being hit with a $20,000 … Read more

Report: Staying fit in New York costs $400 a month.

Report: Staying fit in New York costs 0 a month.

Getting a Big Apple dream body takes a bite out of your budget. That’s according to new data about the most expensive American cities to stay active. New City is ranked as number three.  It’s no surprise given New York’s exorbitant costs of living, much less living well. Be it a $15,000 membership to NYC’s … Read more

Netflix’s ‘Owning Manhattan’ star blasted for ‘horrifying’ remarks about NYC homeless: ‘So dystopian’

Netflix’s ‘Owning Manhattan’ star blasted for ‘horrifying’ remarks about NYC homeless: ‘So dystopian’

Cringing critics want this Netflix star to address her “tone deaf” mess.  Jade Shenker, 30, a real estate agent with buzzy Big Apple brokerage Serhant — and a featured wheeler-and-dealer on streaming series “Owning Manhattan” — is being digitally dragged down the concrete for perceived slights against NYC’s unhoused.   “I feel like the homeless people on the street are … Read more

Exclusive | Divorced, destitute and left for dead — the dark side of tradwife life after 35

Exclusive | Divorced, destitute and left for dead — the dark side of tradwife life after 35

“Divorce” was analogous to a curse word in Enitza Templeton’s hyper-traditional, faith-centered home.  With her husband hailed king of the castle — almost rivaling the Holy Trinity between God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit — Templeton, who married at age 26, eagerly abandoned her dreams of pursuing a career in art to, instead, … Read more

Exclusive | I’m spending $62K on my bridal glow up — just don’t tell my hubby-to-be

Exclusive | I’m spending K on my bridal glow up — just don’t tell my hubby-to-be

The first thought that popped into Jade Voight’s head after getting proposed to by her longtime beau wasn’t where her wedding would be or the color of her bridesmaids’ dresses. It was where on her calendar the 30-year-old could book her first of many beauty appointments to get head to toe “bridal ready” for her … Read more

Thrift store buyer who paid $3 for Laker legend’s warm-up jacket to fetch staggering amount at auction

Thrift store buyer who paid  for Laker legend’s warm-up jacket to fetch staggering amount at auction

A 19-year-old thrift shopper could be in line for a massive payday after buying what turned out to be a warm-up jacket worn by late basketball icon Wilt Chamberlain for just $3.07 at a Goodwill store. The rare piece is now up for auction through Sotheby’s, where it is expected to fetch between $150,000 and … Read more

Exclusive | ‘Dirty Jobs’ host Mike Rowe sues for millions in alleged unpaid ‘Deadliest Catch’ voiceover money

Exclusive | ‘Dirty Jobs’ host Mike Rowe sues for millions in alleged unpaid ‘Deadliest Catch’ voiceover money

“Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe claims Discovery cheated him out of millions by launching “Deadliest Catch” spinoffs without using him as the narrator, according to a new lawsuit. Rowe, who started to narrate “Deadliest Catch” episodes back in 2005, filed a lawsuit against Discovery Talent Services (DTS) Tuesday claiming the network failed to pay him … Read more

NYC roommate ‘horror story’ divides city-dwellers online — is it ‘horribly traumatizing’ or an ‘entitled’ rant?

NYC roommate ‘horror story’ divides city-dwellers online — is it ‘horribly traumatizing’ or an ‘entitled’ rant?

There’s a roommate rumble in the concrete jungle.  Hostilities between housemates Emily Dukes and Marlyn Rodriguez are seeping out from the door sill of their New York City dwelling and onto the savage streets of social media, where virtual spectators are eagerly taking sides in this chaotic subleasing divide.  Warfare between the two erupted after … Read more

Bonus payments from $725M Facebook settlement could be coming to some users — here’s when you may receive more money

Bonus payments from 5M Facebook settlement could be coming to some users — here’s when you may receive more money

Facebook’s $725 million privacy class-action lawsuit settlement keeps on giving — as users of the social media platform are expected to rake in more settlement money soon. Facebook users who were active on the platform between May 24, 2007 and December 22, 2022 and signed up for the class action started to receive emails about … Read more