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Inside Germany’s roughly $14 billion plan to deter Russia with a new arsenal of deep-strike missiles
BERLIN — The German government expects it will need almost €12 billion — roughly $14 billion — to build a new arsenal of long-range weapons aimed at deterring Russia, according to defense ministry documents seen by POLITICO. The weapons would give German forces the ability to hit military targets…
I made the easy sausage and tortellini soup I’ve been seeing online. It’s perfect for busy weeknights.
There’s nothing quite like a warm, hearty bowl of soup when the weather starts to cool down — especially one that’s easy enough to throw together on a busy weeknight. As fall approaches, I’ve been seeing recipes for sausage and tortellini soup all over social media. With savory Italian sausage…
Lettuce. Blueberries. Eggs. Jalapeños. Why are there so many food-safety scares this summer?
Bill Marler’s business is booming — and that’s not great for the rest of us. Marler is a food safety lawyer, defending people who’ve been sickened by foodborne illness. He has been doing this for 33 years, with such high-profile wins that he’s become a towering figure in the food safety world. This…
I dropped out of college and now earn $159,000 as a software engineer. Lifestyle creep left me $30,000 in debt.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation for our Cost of Living video series with Devonte Duncan, 27, a software engineer living in Brooklyn, New York City. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I started making six figures, I remember my friends and I would go out to eat, and the
I took a cruise with my mom and aunt. I loved it, but I made 3 mistakes.
Back in October, I embarked on a seven-night Royal Caribbean cruise across northern Spain with my mom and aunt. It had been a while since I’d vacationed with my family. Until recently, I’d prioritized traveling with my husband and friends in their late 20s, like me. But I’m extremely close with my…
I’m 53, and my partner is 29. My recent health crisis brought our age gap to the forefront.
I’m 53, and my partner is 29. When I moved to Mexico City and we started dating, I posted a photo of us to Instagram, and my American friends lost their minds. The daddy references started immediately. When one person asked if I was a sugar daddy, I pointed out that Uriel makes more money
OpenAI’s chief economist says this is what it takes to work on his team at the ChatGPT maker
At OpenAI, understanding AI’s impact on jobs is a job in itself. Employees on the company’s economic research team are tasked with studying how the technology is affecting workers, businesses, institutions, and the broader economy. The ChatGPT maker’s chief economist, Ronnie Chatterji, says…
Toyota’s most affordable EV is a great car with some bad helicopter parent-y quirks
Toyota’s refreshed, midsize EV — the 2026 bZ — looks nothing like other Toyotas. Its backside is sharply sloped and angular, giving it a profile that resembles a doorstop. It might win a Pontiac Aztek lookalike contest. Step inside, and even the dashboard has some funky angles, including a gauge…
How Koney King, seen in ‘The Bear,’ managed to stay open and do more in sales during the Gary, Indiana, power blackout
When much of the city of Gary, Indiana, lost power after a devastating storm last week, Jimmy Hendricks didn’t wait for the power to come back on at his iconic restaurant, Koney King. Instead, he went out and bought a $1,300 generator that same day. In the days that followed, he’d wake up in the
The author of ‘Sapiens’ says ‘now is the time’ to resist giving AI rights
AI could one day fight for its own “rights,” and Yuval Noah Harari says now is the time to make sure that doesn’t happen. The historian and author of “Sapiens” warned that, unlike animals in debates over their welfare, AI systems could make a highly persuasive case for their own rights. “It will…