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Taking care of an elderly parent or seriously ill spouse or family member can be physically and emotionally draining — and expensive for the caregiver in more ways than one. But being a caregiver while also holding down a job is a recipe for burnout. Of the estimated 48 million people in the United States who are taking care of adult relatives or friends, a majority (61%) have been employed while caregiving, most of them full time, according to a 2020 report from AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving. Unsurprisingly, a majority of working caregivers say they have some…
After all of these years, after all of the rather incredible rallies and gains in the stock market from so many groups, the typical morning still starts with a bevy of negativity. That gloom lasts until near the close, where the market seems to say, “Oh well, maybe things aren’t that bad, at least for now.” And the selling stops with an hour or two to go before the closing bell. It’s astonishing that incredibly important people fret every day about things the Federal Reserve has done wrong or that the presidential candidates are doing wrong, or that our allies…
Vice President Kamala Harris was all business in an interview on the sex-positive “Call Her Daddy” podcast that aired Sunday.Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, spent the bulk of the roughly 40-minute conversation litigating her case against Donald Trump, blasting the Republican nominee’s track record on abortion and women’s rights.”There are now 20 states with Trump abortion bans,” Harris told “Call her Daddy” host Alex Cooper. “This is the same guy that said women should be punished for having abortions.”In 2022, three Supreme Court justices whom Trump nominated during his presidency were part of a majority that overturned Roe v. Wade,…
By Lucy Lazarony, Next Avenue Kathi Balasek was still grieving for her late husband when she decided to buy a new car. She soon learned why people discourage recently bereaved family members and friends from making big financial decisions like buying a car while still grappling with their loss. “I bought a car I didn’t need — overpaid, had all the bells and whistles, extended warranties etc. — based solely on the color,” says Balasek a widow, advocate and university professor in Chico, California. “To be fair,” she adds, “the color was called cashmere.” Balasek now understands her rash action…
Hear Elon Musk’s remarks at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania Former President Donald Trump is joined by Tesla CEO Elon Musk at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the former president survived an assassination attempt in July 2024. Read the full article here
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Lebanese authorities said Israel’s bombardment had killed 50 health workers in the past three days as Israeli fighter jets continued to launch strikes across the Arab state. The Israeli military said on Saturday its forces had struck a mosque in southern Lebanon adjacent to a hospital, which it said was being used by Hizbollah fighters as a command centre, while its forces battled the militant group’s fighters in the border region.A Hizbollah-affiliated hospital in southern Lebanon, The Martyr Salah Ghandour, said it…
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False claims about the federal response to the historic devastation left by Hurricane Helene are spreading out of control on social media, hampering recovery efforts in hard-hit areas, according to local officials. The flood of misinformation targeting the Biden administration’s response to the destructive storm is an ominous sign for the coming election, with the presidential contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris sure to trigger further attacks on the truth. “If you think the lies and distortions and know-nothing takes about FEMA are bad, just wait until this time next month,” Tim Alberta, The Atlantic staff writer and author, wrote on X, one of the primary platforms where falsehoods have spread faster than facts. Elon Musk,…
Stacie Grissom and Sean Wilson lived in New York City for almost a decade, and then the covid-19 pandemic hit.In early 2020, Grissom was pregnant with their first child and working in marketing at BarkBox, while Wilson was working as an orthopedic surgeon in NYC hospitals.Seeing the state of the city during that time made Grissom realize she was ready to move back to Franklin, Indiana, their hometown, which is about 30 miles from downtown Indianapolis.”We had a reevaluation that it’s the people who matter the most, so we wanted to move back to our hometown to be by our…
U.S. broadband providers had their networks breached in a cyberattack tied to the Chinese government that targeted wiretap requests, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.The attack may have allowed China to gain information on the American federal government’s court-authorized network wiretapping requests, the newspaper found.It’s possible the hackers had access for months or longer to networks the U.S. uses to make lawful requests for communications data, the WSJ wrote, citing people familiar with the matter.China denies allegations from Western governments and technology companies that it uses hackers to access government information.Government officials have been concerned these cyberattacks could be…
