For most Americans, Social Security doesn't just provide "some check" they'll receive after they retire. According to national pollster Gallup, Social Security supplies a source of income retirees deem necessary to make ends meet. Although Social Security is the U.S.'s most successful retirement program, having provided retired workers with benefits for 82 years (and counting), it's on shaky ground.
The Man of Steel star has shared a happy announcement with his girlfriend of three years - but what do we know about their relationship?
The Jewish advocacy group Anti-Defamation League (ADL) tallied 8,873 antisemitic incidents in 2023, a 140% increase over 2022 and a record high since the group began keeping track in 1979, the report said. Over 5,200 incidents were reported after Oct. 7, 2023, the day the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostage. Israel responded by launching a counterattack in the Gaza Strip that has killed some 32,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities, and reduced much of the Hamas-run enclave to rubble.
Gary Miller/ Getty ImagesInstagram has gone gaga for Meghan Markle’s jam after top tastemakers received one of a limited edition of fifty pots of her new American Riviera Orchard conserve.Like many who ditch big city life in favor of country living, Meghan has thrown herself into traditional rural pursuits such as hiking, keeping chickens and taking up jam-making as a hobby. But while regular homesteaders content themselves with an honesty box at the end of the drive to sell their sweet and stic
Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is likely to raise taxes and re-apportion money in her budget speech on Tuesday to fund billions of dollars of new schemes to maintain her fiscal guardrail, according to a source and analysis of government finances. A source aware of the contents of the budget speech told Reuters on Monday the Freeland budget document will reveal a way to tax the wealthiest people. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government have been on a spending spree but he earlier told reporters he will not increase taxes on the middle class.
A 30-year-old off-duty West Palm Beach police officer died Sunday after his car went into a canal along North Congress Avenue, a police spokesman said Monday. The victim was identified as Joshua Tyree Ballesteros by spokesman Mike Jachles.
Donald Trump's historic hush-money trial enters a second day on Tuesday, as lawyers try to select 12 New York City jurors to consider the guilt or innocence of the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. Roughly half of 100 potential jurors questioned were dismissed after saying they could not impartially judge the polarizing businessman-turned-politician, who is mounting a comeback White House bid while battling four separate criminal cases. A New York native who now lives in Florida, Trump was a fixture in the city's tabloid press for decades before he won the presidency as a Republican in 2016.
Ensemble Capital Management, an investment management company, released its first quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. During the quarter, the strategy gained 10.48% compared to the S&P 500’s 10.56% return. The stock market rallied by 10.56% in Q1 2024, adding to the 11.69% rally in Q4 2023. The strategy […]
Palmer’s second home triple in a row came against Everton.
With Middle East anxiety still brewing in the background, the red hot U.S. retail readout for March has underlined the sheer strength of the economic expansion there and is super-charging the dollar around the world. Against Tuesday's news of a spluttering March for China's economy, and a surprising rise in British jobless during the month, the exceptional U.S. performance stands out yet again and has catapulted the dollar to new highs for the year. China's first-quarter GDP annual growth of 5.3% did surpass expectations but March industry and retail growth missed forecasts, new home prices fell at their fastest pace in eight years and property investment fell almost 17% year-on-year.
Troubled star would be ‘fuming’ at how she’s depicted in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s new film, says Tyler James
The race for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference is tight. How the NHL's tiebreaker procedure could determine who gets in.
Euro zone bond yields inched upwards on Tuesday after rising at the start of the week on the back of strong U.S. data and a fall in demand for safe assets. Bond markets have become more volatile in recent days as a clear divergence has opened up between the U.S. and European economies, while the rise in tensions between Israel and Iran has caused investors to switch in and out of government debt, which is seen as a safe haven during uncertainty. Germany's 10-year bond yield, the benchmark for the euro zone, was up 2 basis points (bps) at 2.453%, within the 2.2% to 2.5% range it has traded in since early February.
Curators protesting against Gaza conflict say ‘art can wait but women, children and people living though hell cannot’
A U.N.-mandated commission of inquiry that probes violations of international human rights law on Tuesday accused Israel of obstructing its efforts to collect evidence from the victims of the attack by Hamas in southern Israel on Oct. 7. "So far as the government of Israel is concerned, we have not only seen a lack of cooperation, but active obstruction of our efforts to receive evidence from Israeli witnesses and victims to the events that occurred in southern Israel," said Chris Sidoti, one of three members of a commission of inquiry into abuses committed in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Sidoti appealed to the government of Israel, as well as victims and witnesses of the attack, to aid the commission in conducting its probe.
The NFL draft madness begins early in the final edition of the AP’s 2024 mock draft. Eight trades in the first round. Two swaps in the top five. One team moves down and back up. Another makes three trades, going down twice before a move up to snatch a quarterback. A division champion trades out of the first round. It’s no secret the Chicago Bears are taking Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner at USC has been ticketed for the top selection for months. The Wa
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A series of gun safety bills introduced after the deadliest shooting in Maine history appears to be headed toward final passage as the state Legislature races to wrap up its session this week. The House followed the Senate on Monday in approving the governor's omnibus gun safety bill that strengthens the state's yellow flag law, boosts background checks for private sales of guns and makes it a crime to recklessly sell a gun to a prohibited person. The bill also funds violen
Last week, the ECB held interest rates at a record high on Thursday but signaled it could start cutting as soon as June. However, hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data spooked global markets and raised worries the Fed's rate cuts might be delayed further.
Veterinary care in cities has risen by 11% in the last two years and 60% since 2014. A recent poll shows vet bills have stressed 91% of pet owners.
Here one man reveals how his secret gambling addiction led him to lose £4 million, steal £600k from work and ended his marriage.
The Oversight Board, Meta's semi-independent policy council, it turning its attention to how the company's social platforms are handling explicit, AI-generated images. Tuesday, it announced investigations into two separate cases over how Instagram in India and Facebook in the U.S. handled AI-generated images of public figures after Meta's systems fell short on detecting and responding to the explicit content. In both cases, the sites have now taken down the media.
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