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My partner and I split our lives between the US and Canada — and have no plans to pick just one place
For a week every month, I take a two-and-a-half-hour flight from Chicago to Winnipeg, Canada. That might sound surprising: It’s a lot of time to spend in the air, and Chicago has so much to offer. However, I’ve been in a long-distance relationship with my Canadian partner, Andrew, for over two…
Anthropic has chosen the Nasdaq for its IPO listing
Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO, according to a person familiar with their plans. The company, which has been targeting an October listing, has given Nasdaq another big win, according to a person familiar with the matter. Nasdaq secured the coveted SpaceX listing earlier…
A 43-year-old with colon cancer used AI in 3 ways to help make treatment a little easier
Russ Read-Barrow has been living with incurable stage four colon cancer for five years. The 43-year-old former PR director and father of two from the UK was diagnosed with the disease in 2021. After seeing blood in his poop around six times over the course of a few weeks, he got a colonoscopy. With…
My 19-year-old moved across the country with 4 days’ notice. What he packed made it easier to let him go.
My oldest son was my only child for three years. I think that built a bond that doesn’t exist with any of his four siblings who had to share me from day one with an expanding brood of children. I can honestly say, I do not have a favorite child, but it was this oldest
I’ve spent 20 years caring for 5 loved ones. At 54, I feel like I’m still waiting for my own life to begin.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Laura Lee Ehrlich, 54, who lives on Long Island. Ehrlich has cared for five older loved ones over the last two decades and gave up her job to be a more present caregiver. It’s come at a cost to her savings and emotional well-being. This interview
My husband and I were college athletes. We’re not pushing competitive sports on our kids.
My husband and I were both college athletes. When we had two boys, I think people naturally assumed we’d push the sports route hard. After all, I was a four-year starter on my college soccer team, while my husband played football for an Ivy League college. But we’ve actually taken the opposite…
I started a real estate brokerage at 26 and am nearing $1 billion in deals. I have no work-life balance and still knock on doors.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jordan Karp, 30, founder and CEO of Jordan Karp LLC, a real estate brokerage in South Florida. Karp started his own brokerage at 26 years old and has nearly reached $1 billion in transaction volume. The following has been edited for length and…
The 19 actors with the most Emmy wins of all time
An Emmy is the biggest award an actor can win for their work on the small screen — and when there’s a show or a performance Emmy voters love, it often gets multiple nominations and wins. We’ve pored over the stats and compiled a list of the most Emmy-awarded actors of all time. It includes
Grandma’s 72 and still working to support her children — and theirs
Joann Ernst, 72, shook her head as her older grandson decapitated an action figure. The other laid out puzzle pieces in a line, surrounded by a sea of toys. “You have to put all the Play-Doh back in the container so it doesn’t dry out,” Ernst called out to the 5- and 7-year olds. Ernst
The US military is preparing for mass casualties in a major war. Its dentists say it’s overlooking toothaches.
A painful toothache or an oral infection might not sound like an injury that could sideline a soldier in combat, but US Army dental leaders warn that in a future conflict, such easily overlooked conditions could take troops out of the fight, consume scarce evacuation capacity, and further stress a…