NEWS Prosecutors say this New York woman ran an illegal check-cashing operation that handed out more than 1.1 million dollars in cash before she was indicted this week. Hiding more than 2.2 million dollars from the IRS in bank accounts under other people’s names cost this Florida accountant 18 months in prison. A New Executive Order Creates a Women’s Health Division at the NIH and a White House Task Force, Co-Chaired by Susie Wiles and RFK Jr. View All News Topics FAMILY Your Child Came Home With a Report Card and Immediately Hid It—Why the Reaction May Reveal More About Their Fear of Disappointing You Than Their Grades San Antonio Families Are Questioning Proposed School Closures as District Officials Hold Community Meetings—Why Losing a Neighborhood School Can Affect Much More Than the Daily Commute New York City Is Expanding Its Free 2-K Program to More Than 12,000 Children Beginning in Fall 2027—What the Announcement Means for Families With Two-Year-Olds 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 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. Psalm 131 Describes a Soul That Has Become Quiet and Content—Why That Image Is So Different From the Restless Way Many of Us Approach God View All Faith Topics FASHION 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 Primark is recalling about 2,100 kids’ coin purses because they tested over the legal limit for a toxic chemical View All Fashion Topics FOOD 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. Shoppers in 22 states are being told to check their pantries after Natural Grocers found sharp pieces of glass mixed into bags of its organic mung beans. View All Food Topics FINANCE See More 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. The FTC says investment scams are now the costliest type of fraud reported by older Americans, with losses jumping 42 percent to over a billion 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
