1 Heart failure costs are projected to more than double in the next 20 years as the U.S. population ages and the incidence of the condition climbs. 2  By 2030, every U.S. taxpayer could be paying $244 each year for heart failure expenses. Heart failure costs are projected to more than double in the next 20 years as the U.S. population ages and the incidence of the condition climbs. 2  By 2030, every U.S. taxpayer could be paying $244 each year for heart failure expenses.
Chain gang. A chain gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. Such punishment might include repairing buildings, building roads, or clearing land. This system existed primarily in the Southern United States, and by 1955 had been phased out nationwide, with Georgia the last state to abandon the practice. Chain gangs were reintroduced by a few states during the get tough on crime 1990s, with Alabama being the first state to revive them in 1995. The experiment ended after about one year in all states except Arizona, where in Maricopa County inmates can still volunteer for a chain gang to earn credit toward a high school diploma or avoid disciplinary lockdowns for rule infractions.
The Crips are a primarily African-American gang. They were founded in Los Angeles, California in 1969 mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams. What was once a single alliance between two autonomous gangs is now a loosely connected network of individual sets, often engaged in open warfare with one another. The Crips are one of the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United States, with an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 members.