The Social Security Administration (SSA) outlines specific criteria for individuals intending to apply for Social Security survivor benefits. These benefits are monthly payments available to spouses, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A local family was able to get a veteran's widow, who has dementia, nearly $20,000 in spousal benefits from the Veterans Administration with help from the ABC7 I-Team. Many veterans ...

More than 40% of baby boomers say that Social Security will be their primary source of income in retirement, according to a 2024 report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. While ...

Spouses usually share pretty much everything -- including their home, friends, goals, and vacations. The list of things shared by spouses can also include Social Security benefits in some cases. With ...

I am going to share an email exchange I had with a reader that went on for the past couple of months. This woman’s Social Security saga could be a lesson for other readers. It started a few months ago ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico court has ruled that the widow of an off-duty tribal police officer who died more than a decade ago while rescuing a boy is entitled to workers’ compensation ...

The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a state agency’s denial of additional death benefits to the widow of a fire technician who died after entering a room filled with nitrogen gas at the Faircrest Steel ...

PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Some of the firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire were only seasonal Prescott city employees so their families don’t qualify for full survivors’ benefits, which has pushed ...

When her husband died after a grueling U.S. Border Patrol training program for new agents, Lisa Afolayan applied for the federal benefits promised to families of first responders whose lives are cut ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Every morning, Ken Cressman makes a cup of sweet tea for his 98-year-old mother, Joan—her favorite drink and a small gesture in a long journey that began when he moved her from ...