A new survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation finds Gen Zers optimistic about their futures — but also feeling unprepared and disengaged at school. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Don’t know about your household, but my kids are getting ready to return to school. And a new survey finds that many teenagers do not feel…
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The Olympics are an event that can fuel growth in interest and popularity, not just for a given sport or individual athlete, but for an array of collectibles, as well. The global nature of the Olympics, the way they cross-pollinate fans of different sports and draw in very casual or even non-sports fans — it’s…
Tiny plastic shards found in human testicles, study says. —CNN. (For Leonard) Who am I? I’m nobody. I was cut from every team in high school. I didn’t go to an Ivy League college. I don’t make six figures. My wife constantly cheats and recounts it to me. My teen-age children do not speak to…
Grace Cary | Moment | Getty Images Travelers, be warned: The federal government may revoke your passport if you ignore a big tax bill. Such punishments have become more frequent in recent years, experts said. Federal law requires the IRS and Treasury Department to notify the State Department if an American has a “seriously delinquent…
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We have tested several other outdoor security cameras. These are the ones we like that just missed out on a place above. Safemo Set P1 (2-Pack) for $350: I love the idea of a simple kit like this, where you just plug the hub in, connect it to your router, and install the pre-paired cameras….
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William McMichael, the coach at Detroit’s Mumford High School, insisted he wasn’t looking for publicity when he offered a position to Connor Stalions, the staffer at the center of Michigan’s sign-stealing scandal and the central character in an upcoming Netflix documentary. Publicity found him anyway. Mumford, a program that has gone 2-16 the past two…
People browse Halloween displays at Lowe’s Home Improvement hardware store in East Rutherford, N.J., on Aug. 30, 2023. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP Summer is weeks from being over, but ghosts, goblins and pumpkin spice lattes are here once again. “Summerween” is that time of the year when big-box retailers start to…
(Bloomberg) — US inflation figures in the coming week will reinforce that long-awaited interest-rate cuts are coming soon, while a reading on consumer spending is seen indicating that the central bank has been successful at keeping the expansion intact. Most Read from Bloomberg Economists see the personal consumption expenditures price index excluding food and energy…
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Ever since he was a kid, Tyre’k Swanigan dreamed of going to Indiana University. But after he graduated from high school, he decided to start at community college. He figured he could keep his full-time job and transfer to IU later to earn his bachelor’s degree. At first, Swanigan, now 23, did well. Then, he…
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Paint.net is a kind of a budget version of Photoshop, but we don’t want to talk down this sophisticated and free image editing program. The developer dotPDN provides versatile and flexible software that makes semi-professional image editing child’s play. The program has been continuously developed over the past few years and is now available with…
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