A global wealth boom is fueling a rise in family office imposters

A global wealth boom is fueling a rise in family office imposters

A global wealth boom is fueling the creation of a record number of family offices. And that has come with a peculiar problem: imposters. Fundraisers and fraudsters are presenting themselves as family office representatives, seeking to dupe gullible investors — and then there are also imposters who are in it just for an “ego boost,” … Read more

How I Learned to Care Without Carrying | Sixty and Me

How I Learned to Care Without Carrying | Sixty and Me

For a long time, I believed that caring deeply meant absorbing other people’s pain. I thought being a compassionate person required emotional sacrifice. Staying up late worrying, saying yes when I needed to say no, and feeling responsible for everyone else’s healing. Eventually, I realized the way things were going was not sustainable. I was … Read more

Senate leader eyes potential shutdown deal but there’s no guarantee of success

Senate leader eyes potential shutdown deal but there’s no guarantee of success

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters during the Weekly Senate Policy Luncheon news conference on November 4, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tom Brenner | Getty Images As the Senate held a rare Sunday session, the Republican leader said a potential deal was “coming together” on the government shutdown. But … Read more

Grief, Loss, and Loneliness After 60: How to Finally Heal | Sixty and Me

Grief, Loss, and Loneliness After 60: How to Finally Heal | Sixty and Me

By the time you reach 60, you’ve buried people you love. Maybe your best friend from college. Maybe siblings, parents, the person you thought you’d grow old with. And with those losses often comes something harder to name: a deep loneliness, even when you’re surrounded by family. A heaviness that won’t lift. A sense that … Read more

BBC boss and head of news quit after Trump documentary edit criticism

BBC boss and head of news quit after Trump documentary edit criticism

The BBC’s Broadcasting House in London, England, on July 10, 2023. Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The BBC’s boss and its head of news quit on Sunday following criticism over bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The BBC had been … Read more

Cleveland Guardians pitchers indicted for scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown

Cleveland Guardians pitchers indicted for scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown

Cleveland Guardians’ Luis Ortiz pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, in Cleveland, April 30, 2025. Sue Ogrocki | AP Photo Two pitchers from the Cleveland Guardians were indicted on charges related to a sports betting and money laundering conspiracy, federal prosecutors announced Sunday, the latest scandal tied to … Read more

Animal Origami: The Physics of Nature’s Folds – and How Technology is Adapting Them

Animal Origami: The Physics of Nature’s Folds – and How Technology is Adapting Them

The earwig’s delicate, paper-thin wings can open 10x their folded size due to its origami-like creases – Credit: ETH Zurich / Purdue University (Article by Rohini Subrahmanyam originally published by Knowable Magazine) As the microscopic, tear-shaped Lacrymaria olor  swims around hunting for food, it does something remarkable: In a blink, the tiny protist extends its … Read more

Trump administration demands that states ‘undo’ full SNAP benefit payments

Trump administration demands that states ‘undo’ full SNAP benefit payments

A volunteer displays information on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Mel Musto | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a memo late Saturday evening, threatened to enact financial penalties on states that issued full monthly SNAP benefits … Read more