A Russian missile crashed into a market in the heart of a Ukrainian city Wednesday, killing at least 17 people in one of the deadliest attacks in months, officials said. The attack on the industrial eastern city of Kostiantynivka came hours after Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the capital, Kyiv, in a show…
Is it time for your household to rein in its spending? The Washington Post reported that American consumers are increasingly falling behind on car loan and credit card payments, a “troubling signal of consumer stress” that is “most acute for lower-income earners” who mostly spent down the stimulus money they socked away during the pandemic.…
Given the ubiquitous profile that Google — and its evolved corporate umbrella entity Alphabet — enjoys across multiple industries today, it can be easy to forget that the company whose very name has become synonymous with the act of looking things up online has only been around since 1998. In that time, Google has gone from…
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Russian former convict and restaurateur who founded the Wagner mercenary army, is presumed dead after a plane he was reportedly traveling in crashed Wednesday in a field between Moscow and St. Petersburg, his hometown. Russia’s civil aviation agency said Prigozhin’s name was on the flight manifest of the Embraer private jet, along…
The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations, promising billions of dollars in savings for the federal government and the nine million Medicare beneficiaries taking at least one of the popular medications. Medicare has been banned from directly negotiating lower drug prices since 2003, but the Inflation Reduction…
Welcome to The Check-In, our weekend feature focusing on all things travel. Travel advisor shares insights into planning an unforgettable honeymoon The wedding date is set, the venue is reserved, the dress has been bought, and now it’s time for the really fun part: planning the honeymoon. When couples approach Tracy Effron, a Miami-based travel…
Given the ubiquitous profile that Google — and its evolved corporate umbrella entity Alphabet — enjoys across multiple industries today, it can be easy to forget that the company whose very name has become synonymous with the act of looking things up online has only been around since 1998. In that time, Google has gone from…
