Concealed for 100 Years by Empress Who Defied Hitler, Royal Jewels Thought Lost are Set for Public Exhibit

Concealed for 100 Years by Empress Who Defied Hitler, Royal Jewels Thought Lost are Set for Public Exhibit

The Habsburg private jewels – credit, Habsburg Heritage Familienschmuck Nasuna Stuart-Ulin © A collection of jewels belonging to arguably Europe’s greatest ever royal dynasty is now set to go on display to the public for the first time in over 100 years. The jewels, including one of the largest cut diamonds in the world when … Read more

Recyclers Switch from Smelting to Solvents, Recovering Precious Metals from E-waste with Fewer Emissions

Recyclers Switch from Smelting to Solvents, Recovering Precious Metals from E-waste with Fewer Emissions

– credit Unsplash Vlad A startup in the UK is recovering important manufacturing metals without energy-hungry smelting methods. Using an intense solvent at room temperature, shredded circuit boards can have plastic retaining components left behind, while metals like gold, cobalt, and copper are selectively dissolved and made available for recovery with simple magnets. It’s one … Read more

Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says

Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says

Former Donald Trump lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani arrives at U.S. Federal court in his case to surrender valuables to Georgia election workers he was found to have defamed, in New York City, U.S., November 26, 2024.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy … Read more

FAA prohibits most private jets at 12 major airports amid shutdown’s air traffic staffing problems

FAA prohibits most private jets at 12 major airports amid shutdown’s air traffic staffing problems

A Gulfstream G-IV private jet flies past clouds at sunset on approach to Washington’s Reagan National Airport on June 12, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia. J. David Ake | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday will “effectively prohibit business aviation” at a dozen major U.S. airports, adding to flight restrictions for commercial airlines as … Read more

SNAP benefits: Appeals court again rejects Trump admin bid to halt full payment order

SNAP benefits: Appeals court again rejects Trump admin bid to halt full payment order

U.S. Supreme Court Police stand behind security barriers in front of the Court building, which is obscured in construction scaffolding, on the first day of the Court’s new term on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images A federal appeals court in Boston, for a second time, late Sunday flatly rejected … Read more

Senate passes first stage of deal that could end government shutdown

Senate passes first stage of deal that could end government shutdown

The U.S. Capitol is shown up North Capitol Street on Nov. 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Eric Lee | Getty Images The Senate late Sunday night passed the first stage of a deal that would end the U.S. government shutdown, which began on Oct. 1. The procedural measure that allows other votes essential to the … Read more

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