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My adult kids are thriving hundreds of miles away. I’m proud of them and heartbroken at the same time.
When my son moved to New York City after college graduation, I couldn’t have been prouder. He had landed a great job, found an apartment, made friends, and embraced everything the city had to offer. Two years after my daughter finished college, we packed up a U-Haul and drove her more than 700…
Red-carpet looks that have missed the mark in 2026 — sorry
Heidi Klum at the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscars party. Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic/Getty Images Celebrities have had their fair share of fashion mishaps on red carpets this year. Some have worn confusing designs at events like the Met Gala, while others were underdressed. Heidi Klum, for example, should have…
Reporters are being denied entry to White House after Trump’s ban
Reporters for CNN and MS NOW were denied entry to White House grounds on Saturday morning, the networks said, one day after President Donald Trump said he was banning them for their coverage of him. “Early today, CNN journalists were denied access to the White House grounds,” a CNN spokesperson…
I used to associate thrift stores with poverty. My daughters-in-law taught me to see abundance instead.
I did not go to thrift stores when I was raising four sons on my own. I like to pretend I simply wasn’t aware of the local thrift stores but this is a lie. The truth was, I was too ashamed of my poverty to shop at thrift stores. Too desperate to keep up pretenses,
I changed careers at 55 to become a flight attendant. I didn’t expect my age to be such an advantage.
This story is based on an interview with Craig Celek, 56, a flight attendant from Brooklyn. It has been edited for length and clarity. In February 2026, I embarked on what I call “act three” of my career. Right out of college, I worked for a publishing company in Hong Kong for 15 years before
The US Army is getting enough drones, official says. Now, it needs to train enough operators.
US Army officials say the service has amassed enough small drones to spread them across its formations. Now the challenge is training soldiers to use them. “We fielded 10,000 drones” after the first phase of the Drone Dominance program, Col. Gregory Merkl, the director of drone dominance for the…
The leader of PwC’s 2,200-person DC office says clients expect some consulting work twice as fast as a year ago
AI is resetting assumptions about how quickly professional services firms should move, and consulting clients are getting impatient. “I am seeing clients ask for our help in delivering outcomes at a more rapid pace” compared to this time last year, Jeanelle Johnson, PwC’s managing partner for the…
Warren Buffett has stepped down as Berkshire chairman. Here are 5 leadership lessons he leaves behind.
If you want to be a high-mileage leader like Warren Buffett, it pays to be humble. The Oracle of Omaha this week gave up the job as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, after more than half a century spent building and then running the conglomerate. Buffett said his son Howard would succeed him as…
I’m 65 and caring for my 87-year-old mom with dementia. Going to work is sometimes my only break.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Angela Davis, 65, who lives in New Orleans with her 87-year-old mom with dementia. She said her mom’s at-home care is upward of $7,000 a month. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. My mom and dad were never married. I grew up in
I moved from Los Angeles to Barcelona. Here are 11 things that surprised me most.
There’s no Valentine’s Day here, but in late April, they have Sant Jordi — a celebration of love during which women are supposed to give a man a book in exchange for a rose. Many people also celebrate La Mona on the Monday after Easter. Traditionally, godparents give their godchildren an egg-shaped…