NEWS A woman says she wanted to hold onto her maiden name after marriage, so she had her dad’s handwriting engraved onto a ring. A Virginia mental-health company co-owner has been indicted, accused of billing Medicaid more than 49 million dollars for crisis care prosecutors say was never properly provided. A Florida medical-equipment company owner has been convicted of billing Medicare 8.6 million dollars for back and knee braces patients never requested and no doctor had examined. View All News Topics FAMILY Watching a Parent Cry Can Be Confusing for Young Children—How to Explain Adult Emotions Without Making Them Feel Responsible for Fixing Them The Child Who Says “Sorry” for Everything May Be Trying to Keep Everyone Happy—Why Parents Should Notice Apologies That Have Nothing to Do With Misbehavior Parents Can Accidentally Turn Youth Sports Into a Second Classroom—Why Some Children Need the Car Ride Home to Be About Something Other Than Their Performance View All Family Topics FRIENDS Nearly half of adults over 50 now play video games, and 75 percent say it helps them relax and decompress, a new AARP survey found. Gallup’s newest survey finds that Americans who feel connected to their community are nearly twice as likely to feel like they’re part of something bigger than themselves. I’m the Mom Friend Who Organizes Everything—and You Might Like Having Me Around More Than You Think View All Friends Topics FAITH More than half of Protestant pastors say the economy is hurting their congregation this year, even as average church giving crept up just over one percent, a new survey found. Latter-day Saint leaders dedicated a new temple in a small Idaho pioneer town this month, the faith’s 225th worldwide and the eighth in the state. A New Jersey township will pay a rabbi and his wife three million dollars and clear the way for the synagogue they fought ten years to build. View All Faith Topics FASHION RootStim is recalling about 11,000 bottles of its minoxidil hair-regrowth treatment because the caps aren’t child-resistant, risking poisoning if a child swallows the contents. Cue and Veronika Maine are closing 26 stores across Australia as the womenswear chain’s prospective buyers push for a smaller footprint. The FTC forced T-shirt giant Gildan to drop a pricing clause that was blocking smaller wholesale competitors from getting the same discounts View All Fashion Topics FOOD Texas shoppers who bought H-E-B’s Backyard BBQ Chop Salad Kit are being told to check the date, after Taylor Farms found soy and tree nuts missing from the label. After an FDA inspection found no safety controls in place, a Queens company has recalled all its cold-smoked sprats sold in three states over a botulism risk. Miyoko’s Creamery is recalling a vegan butter sold at Sprouts and other grocers nationwide, with a use-by date of November 5, after testing found possible E. coli. View All Food Topics FINANCE See More Two companies raised more than 130 million dollars from retail investors using a fake SEC filing to make their crypto-trading program look government-approved, regulators say. Federal regulators and twenty states have sued Dollar General, saying the chain routinely charged shoppers more at the register than the price on the shelf. A debt relief company that posed as a bank and the government has been permanently banned from the industry and now owes more than 106 million dollars. View All Finance Topics FITNESS A Persistent Scalp Tenderness That Makes Brushing Your Hair Painful Can Have Several Explanations—Why Certain Accompanying Symptoms Require Urgent Attention The Bowel-Preparation Instructions Before a Colonoscopy Can Be More Important Than People Realize—Why Timing, Diet and Finishing the Prep Affect the Examination Girls’ team sports participation drops more than twice as fast as boys’ by adulthood, a new nationwide survey found, even as youth participation overall hits a record high this year. View All Fitness Topics
