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Members of the Grant Avenue Follies, a senior cabaret dance troupe based in San Francisco's Chinatown, collaborated with rapper Jason Chu on the Lunar New Year song "That Lunar Cheer."

San Francisco Chinatown seniors welcome in the Lunar New Year with rap

5:00am January 22, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The Grant Avenue Follies are steeped in tap dance and the songs of the 1950s and '60s. But they are no strangers to hip-hop, as the track "That Lunar Cheer" shows.

Health & Safety

NC A&T State University And Cone Health To Tackle Health Disparities In Local Communities

4:10pm October 23, 2020

by David Ford

North Carolina A&T State University and Cone Health are among 10 organizations receiving up to $50,000 for promoting health equity.

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Karen Bradley worked at St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., for 24 years. Along with hundreds of others who worked at the Catholic hospital, she has learned that the pension she was counting on for retirement is gone.

'Why Is There Nothing Left?' Pension Funds Failing At Catholic Hospitals

5:05am October 03, 2019

by Chris Arnold

The AARP has filed a lawsuit on behalf of workers at a defunct Catholic hospital in upstate New York, saying hundreds lost their pensions unfairly. And there are similar cases around the country.

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More than a quarter of the victims of financial fraud are over 60.

Services Offer A Means To Foil Widespread 'Elder Fraud'

5:50pm December 22, 2014

by Ina Jaffe

The holidays are a time for giving — and for scams that prey on altruism, particularly among older adults. But several products on the market are designed to help fight fraud that targets seniors.

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