Month: February 2024
Kyrsten Sinema Gets a Look From GOP as Kari Lake Stirs Drama
Lake has feuded with fellow Arizona Republicans, while Sinema is still weighing whether to seek re-election to the Senate as an independent.
Read MoreAre Ultra-Processed Foods Fattening? They Are for Company Profits
A different way of classifying food could turn into a problem for makers of lucrative snacks and ready meals.
Read MoreFEMA Can’t Pay Undocumented Disaster Victims. California Is Stepping In
The state is giving out cash under a program to help undocumented residents after widespread flooding ravaged farm communities.
Read MoreU.S. Strikes Won’t Achieve What a Gaza Cease-Fire Could in the Middle East
Airstrikes intended to deter Iran-backed militias from attacking U.S. forces could be less effective at calming regional tensions than a deal to stop the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Read MoreThe 8 Days That Roiled the U.N.’s Top Agency in Gaza
The crisis that threatens the future of the main United Nations agency in Gaza, amid a humanitarian disaster, began at a routine meeting between diplomats in Tel Aviv.
Read MoreEgypt orders review of pyramid restoration after video sparks public outrage
Egypt’s antiquities ministry said Saturday it was setting up a committee to review the restoration of Giza’s Menkaure Pyramid after a public outcry over the project. A week ago, the head of Egypt‘s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, posted
Read MoreTarget Pulls Item Highlighting Civil Rights Icons After TikTok Video Points Out Errors
Target has stopped selling a children’s educational product celebrating Civil Rights history after a TikTok video, which has so far been viewed over 960,000 times, pointed out that some historical leaders were mislabeled. In the TikTok posted earlier this week,
Read MoreRetiring Before 65? Make Sure to Know Your Healthcare Options
Leaving work four years before starting Medicare can drain $100,000 or more from retirement savings. It pays to consider all the possibilities.
Read MoreThe College Professor Who Got a Weird Year for the Economy Right
The Wall Street Journal’s most accurate economic forecaster for 2023 is an associate professor at a small, Catholic liberal-arts university in Texas—and she is bullish on 2024.
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