NEWS A Brooklyn day care owner admitted bribing Medicaid patients to enroll, then billing for services that were never actually provided to them. A New Jersey woman and her boyfriend in Colombia were convicted after a fake transit company tried to collect thirteen million dollars meant for elderly and disabled riders. A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for 43 million privacy violations, and the state is now asking a judge to fine the company up to $40 billion. View All News Topics FAMILY Can Relationship Tools Really Make Your Marriage Better? What Experts Say About the Self-Help Advice My Father’s Cruel Words Stayed With Me for 45 Years—Here’s How I Finally Understood Their Impact Two Bronx Police Officers Reunited With the 10-Month-Old Boy They Helped Save After He Was Found Limp and Not Breathing—Why One Officer Says the Emergency Hit Differently Because He’s a Dad Too Spectrum News NY1 — Officers Reunite With Baby They Helped Save View All Family Topics FRIENDS The Outdoor Hosting Trick That Makes Any Backyard Feel More Inviting—Without Buying All New Furniture The Backyard Makeover That Doesn’t Require a Huge Budget: Small Changes That Can Transform Your Outdoor Space A new Pew survey finds rural Americans are far more likely than city dwellers to see their social groups meet in person instead of online View All Friends Topics FAITH A California diocese expected a dozen couples to renew their vows in the church and ended up with more than a hundred asking to come. The 74th annual Red Mass was celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle this week, marking the Supreme Court’s new term. The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a new religious liberty case over a Kentucky Catholic church’s fight to build an outdoor shrine to the Virgin Mary. View All Faith Topics FASHION A familiar kids’ clothing chain has now borrowed from its own controlling shareholder four times this year just to keep operating. Nike told employees the turnaround it promised for this year still has no finish line, and more layoffs are coming. Victoria’s Secret’s profit jumped sixfold last quarter, and the chain added ten net new stores while other mall retailers keep shrinking View All Fashion Topics FOOD Stewart’s pulled two half-gallon ice cream flavors from stores in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire after a customer found metal inside. Testing turned up salmonella inside broccoli-sprouting seeds sold nationwide on Amazon, and the entire eight-ounce lot is being recalled. 15 Easy Weeknight Comfort Meals That Feel Like a Warm Hug After a Long Day View All Food Topics FINANCE See More Hospitals just got a federal warning that following the price-transparency rule will not protect them if patients are billed in a misleading way. An app that matches people with financial advisers is being fined after regulators said the matches were not as independent as they looked. October Prime Day Starts October 6, but Shopping Experts Say Some Categories Are Better Buys Than Others—What May Be Worth Buying Now and What Could Be Better Left Until Black Friday NBC Select — What to Buy and Skip During October Prime Day View All Finance Topics FITNESS A new ten-million-dollar federal challenge is offering schools cash prizes and equipment credits just for getting students moving again. A survey of more than six hundred gym and studio owners found most are growing even as costs and competition rise around them. You Don’t Need to Become an Athlete to Protect Athletic Ability With Age—Why Power, Coordination, Mobility and Reaction Time Deserve a Place Beside Strength View All Fitness Topics
