Steepest Home-Price Declines in Fourth Quarter Were in the West: WSJ
U.S. home prices rose in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, but once-booming West Coast markets were among a growing number of metro areas to post price declines. Source link
Gabbard, Kucinich aim to disrupt two-party voting system at Independent confab
Two former Democratic presidential candidates, Tulsi Gabbard of the 2020 race — and former longtime Ohio politician Dennis Kucinich, a 2004 and 2008 early contender for the White House — will headline the second-ever Independent National Convention (INC) this spring in Austin, Texas. It’s an event intentionally set during a non-election year because organizers argue […]
‘The Last of Us’ boosts Spotify streams of Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Long Long Time’
Love will abide — and so does a ballad about unrequited love and longing when it’s given the perfect needle drop on one of the hottest shows of the season. A recent episode of HBO’s “The Last of Us,” an adaption of the hit Sony SONY, -0.71% PlayStation game following the survivors of a fungus-fueled […]
Grammys win gives Viola Davis EGOT status at last: ‘I just EGOT!’
“‘It has just been such a journey. I just EGOT!’ ” That was acting legend Viola Davis accepting her first Grammy Award on Sunday — in the audio book, narration and storytelling recording category — for narrating the audio versions of her 2022 memoir “Finding Me.” This Grammy was the final award that Davis, 57, needed to […]
What’s in the $60,000 Grammy gift bags that Beyonce, Taylor Swift can take home
Talk about swagger. It’s been a long-standing tradition for the nominated artists of awards shows like the Grammys to be treated to gifting suites with luxury goods and services. But the gift bag for the 65th Grammy Awards on Sunday night is so rich, that it’s literally a suitcase stuffed with more than $60,000 worth […]
New rules would limit sugar in U.S. school meals for first time, but plan draws mixed reactions from nutritionists
U.S. Agriculture Department officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries.The plan announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack also seeks to significantly decrease sodium in the meals served to the nation’s […]
Can virtual reality help older adults battle loneliness?
Carl Hortsmann found a way to take his 87-year-old father scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef, go skiing for the first time and bring him on a tour of his old neighborhood in Union, N.J., where he grew up – all with the help of virtual reality. As part of a first phase of […]
Want an ‘average’ retirement lifestyle? You’ll need more than $1 million — sometimes a lot more — in these cities.
It now takes retirees more than a cool million to fund an average lifestyle in nearly 40% of the 384 U.S. metropolitan areas. Nationally, retirees would need an average nest egg of $1.07 million. Meanwhile, a retiree in San Francisco needs nearly $1.37 million, a study by LendingTree found. That’s the highest figure in the […]
Addiction among older people is rising. How to spot the signs and get help.
In the 2021 movie “The Good House,” Sigourney Weaver plays an alcoholic in her early 70s. While there are dozens of movies about young people battling substance abuse, it’s startling to see an older person struggle with addiction.It’s easy to forget that older people can suffer from what doctors call “substance abuse disorder” just like […]
How would a gas stove ban affect wok cooking and the Asian American community?
When Charlene Luo was looking for a condo to buy in 2021, she had two nonnegotiable requirements: one, enough space to host friends for dinner; and two, a gas stove with the capacity to install a powerful range hood.Luo, a data scientist, cooks every day and hosts a supper club from time to time in […]