By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — Crowded, hot, noisy, hectic — subway systems can test the sanity of even the most hardened urbanite, but can you imagine the world’s biggest cities without them? And as millions more of us flock to live in cities every year, efficient mass transit is going to become ever...
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is being released from the hospital on Saturday, four days after lung cancer surgery, and will deliver the traditional noon blessing Sunday from a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. The 71-year-old Leo had the lower lobe...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Grab a jacket before heading out this Saturday morning! Cool October air is keeping temperatures well below normal across the Borderland, but a big warmup is on the way. Lowland highs tracking to reach only in the lower 60s Saturday afternoon, about 10 to...
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Americans over the age of 60 reported $7.7 billion in total fraud losses in 2025, up 59% from 2024 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center . The average loss was $38,500. “The most challenging calls that we get in my office involve elder fraud ,” ...
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Being a parent is an incredible and selfless gift. However, it also brings challenges that few people feel ready to carry, as family life becomes more scheduled and harder to shut off. Modern parenting now comes with pressures earlier generations did not face. In a 2024 advisory,...
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There’s a predictable cycle to the real estate market that happens every September: As the school year kicks off, family buyers pack up and head for the sidelines, leaving listed properties sitting quietly with the falling leaves. Peak summer real estate is noisy, expensive, and ...
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“The emotions involved are not for the faint of heart,” says just one of 1,144 family caregivers from the 2026 Caregivers in Crisis survey conducted by Aeroflow Urology . Today, nearly one in four adults in the U.S. is a family caregiver. For them, supporting a loved one means pr...
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Deciding where to teach is important. Along with finding the right school or district, there’s the matter of finding an apartment to call home. It may seem simple at first: Look for an apartment with a manageable commute, space to unwind after the final bell, and perhaps a balcon...
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Federal time-use data shows that putting things away and keeping a household organized takes real time every day, and women are nearly twice as likely as men to do it. Professional organizers say a set home for every item, a short daily reset and storage built around the routine ...
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When the rain started falling at around 3 p.m., Matt Bormann knew his work was finished for the afternoon. He ducked into the equipment shed on his corn and soybean farm in rural Iowa, mixed a Crown and Coke, and sat down to chew the fat with his friends. They proceeded to vent a...
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Halloween is a season for things that go bump in the night. However, in retirement planning, the scariest things are usually quieter: decisions that seem benign, but can haunt you for years. While you can change direction in some cases, other choices can’t be easily reversed. The...
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Your joints ache. Your knees creak when you climb stairs. Your hands feel stiff every morning. If you’re a woman in your 40s or 50s, these symptoms might not be random aging: they’re likely connected to menopause. The relationship between declining estrogen and joint pain is well...
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Love it or hate it, clothing has often been designed around an idea of how the body should look. At the North Carolina Museum of History , The Shape of Fashion exhibits how corsets squeezed waists smaller while padded undergarments added curves wherever fashion suggested they sho...
