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When Heena Patel first moved to the Bay Area in California, she started selling her homemade Gujarati food at the local farmers market. She’d often come home without making a…
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s speech on Wednesday went far beyond the expected deep cuts to the number of generals and admirals, laying out a new blueprint for the military he envisions is needed for future wars.During a speech to…
Forget experimental peptides or expensive pills — the best longevity supplement is probably already in your pantry.Coffee is one of the most-studied performance enhancers on the planet. Extensive research supports a laundry list of perks, from a short-term boost in…
Factory AI and Cognition, two high-profile San Francisco-based AI startups building coding agents, are publicly feuding over the departure of a former Factory board observer and advisor who is joining Cognition as chief revenue officer.Factory CEO Matan Grinberg posted on X on Wednesday that the company had terminated Chris Degnan’s…
Africa Studio / Shutterstock.comAre you thinking about taking on a second job? Second jobs can be a great way to make extra money, pay off bills, grow savings and have some extra cash in your wallet. Also, these second jobs might lead to opportunities to develop new skills, find more…
Trader Joe’s is getting into the Halloween spirit with a new mini tote bag. The company’s Halloween totes, called the “Trick-or-Treat Mini Canvas Totes,” are available in stores beginning Wednesday,…
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For most Americans, their house is the most valuable asset they will ever own. Yet, of nearly 5,000 homeowners who filed claims after Colorado’s Marshall Fire, 74% lacked enough insurance to rebuild. More than a third fell short by at…
For nearly four and a half hours, Ben Shelton battled Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in a quarterfinals marathon.More than a million viewers tuned in to the late-night match, one of the most-watched at the 2026 US Open. Fans were on the…
Rebecca Yarros’ next “Fourth Wing” book is out, but it’s not the fourth novel in the “Empyrean” series.It’s been over a year since Yarros released “Onyx Storm,” which continues the story of Violet Sorrengail’s journey to become a dragon rider…
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“I’ve got news,” my 22-year-old son said as he sat across the dinner table from my husband and me on a warm summer night.”I accepted a new job in Indiana, and I’ll be moving there in a month.”I froze. I…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Grace Mullins, a rising senior and sociology major from Indiana at Berea College, a private liberal…
For more than 15 years, our 7,500-square-foot home in Arizona was the center of our family’s life. It’s where we raised four daughters, celebrated birthdays,…
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College tuition costs in the US are reaching new heights.Today, a bachelor’s degree at some of America’s top schools can cost upward of nearly half a million dollars over four years. And the trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down.In…
You might be waiting longer for your Uber ride to arrive — and paying more for it.The time between when Uber matched a driver with…
The Trump administration is moving forward with its transfer of federal student-loan accounts to the Treasury Department.The Treasury and Education Departments announced on Wednesday, first…
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As a teenager, I’d sit on my bed flipping through glossy magazines, fascinated and completely absorbed by the empowering stories about women. The news felt dominated by men, but magazines seemed to offer a different world — one where women’s…
The lobby, also known as the drawing room, looked as if it had been designed 100 years ago, with restored 19th-century trim, moldings, and replicated historic details.”Teams of craftsmen restored the 1893 grandeur of the Lobby Lounge by removing, refinishing,…
The first sign that our family camping trip was a bad idea was that my husband and I were fighting. Although he was a rugged outdoorsman who took frequent solo kayaking expeditions in the wilderness, he hated dragging our two…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kevin Schreck, a 33-year-old from North Carolina who moved to Spain in 2018. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I was pursuing a master’s in Spanish when I met…
This is a conversation with Justin Johnsen, the lead technical architect at KPMG. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.I joined KPMG six years ago, and I’ve been a forward-deployed engineer for about a year, working across different…
Nansi Lynch never went to college. But she’s approaching retirement with a $156,000 student-loan balance.”I don’t get rid of it until I turn 75 years old,” Lynch said. “I’ve never heard of something so disastrous in my life.”The 60-year-old took…
When you lose your job at 60, you might feel too old to get a new job, but too young to retire. USA TODAY spoke to 10 Americans who lost jobs around age 60, to learn how they had handled…
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation for our Cost of Living video series with Debbie Welsch, 57, an American who retired to Bali with her 82-year-old mother. It has been edited for length and clarity.My 10-year lease…
AI assistants are finally ready to help you run your life. All you need to do is trust them with your email login, your contacts, and your credit card — and hope they don’t go rogue.Meta, Google, and the buzzy…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Oleksandr “Alex” Matsiuk, cofounder and CEO of RiseGuide, an expert-powered microlearning app. The company has grown to 110 employees across 12 countries since its founding in 2024. The essay has been…
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