(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong began 2020 with a familiar sight: Tear gas, fires, vandalism and roadblocks in busy downtown areas as protesters vowed to maintain their fight for more democracy and less Chinese control. Riot police battled demonstrators into the night after large crowds of mostly peaceful demonstrators flooded streets from Causeway Bay to Central. […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he would seek immunity from corruption charges, likely delaying any trial until after March elections, when he hopes to have a majority coalition that will shield him from prosecution. Netanyahu was indicted in November on charges of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust. After […]
Dear Moneyist, Several years after my mother’s death, my father remarried. My stepmother is an insecure, manipulative woman. Because my father seems happy to be with her, I keep those feelings to myself, other than confiding in my partner. My stepmother is eight years younger than my father, and we expect that she will outlive […]
Planning to sell a home in Raleigh, N.C.? There’s a decent chance that an “iBuyer” will purchase it. Raleigh had the largest share of homes bought by companies that use technology to make instant offers on homes. Nearly 7% of homes sold in Raleigh in the third quarter of 2019 were bought by iBuyers, according […]
Dear Moneyist, My husband was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2001. Doctors told us not to bother acquiring long-term health care since he wouldn’t live five years. Hey, we were happy. He could have been hit by a bus. He passed in 2016. I turned out to be his long-term health-care aide. He was diagnosed […]
Dear Moneyist, I am married to the love of my life and we are currently planning our forever home. It sounds great, and it was — until my new in-laws made their grand entrance. They are currently dangling the one gift that they know will change our lives — land — over our heads. They […]
Military sexual trauma victim Ethan Hanson. (Photo: Mary F. Calvert) Award-winning photojournalist Mary F. Calvert has spent six years documenting the prevalence of rape in the military and the effects on victims. She began with a focus on female victims but more recently has examined the underreported incidence of sexual assaults on men and the lifelong trauma it can inflict. […]
carlos ghosn AP Photo/Francois Mori Carlos Ghosn, 64, amassed a $120 million net worth while he was the head ranking official at the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi Motors automotive alliance over the past two decades. The former CEO was accused of misreporting his salary and compensation in November 2018. Nissan and Ghosn settled the case with the SEC […]
Dear Moneyist, I recently found out through a DNA test through 23andMe that my “daughter” isn’t mine. I was forced to marry, thinking the baby was mine. My wife passed away in 1990. Can I claim back child support from the biological father? I reside in Pennsylvania. Thank you. Al K. Also see: Can I […]
The end of the decade is the end of an era for one North Carolina community. Ever since the early 1990s, residents of Andrews, N.C. have lowered a live possum on New Year’s Eve as the “redneck response” to the Times Square ball drop in New York City. And hundreds of revelers have cheered and […]