BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military presence in the Middle East was thrown into jeopardy Sunday, as Iraq’s parliament voted to expel U.S. troops from their country while the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said the U.S. military across the region “will pay the price” for killing a top Iranian general. Hassan Nasrallah said that […]
Dear Moneyist, My father died suddenly in 2002. I am his only child. His third wife and he had been married for less than four years. She brought nothing of substance into the marriage other than debts that he declined to pay off, which meant she had to continue working. He told me there was […]
Gravitas Ventures /courtesy Everett Collection Divorces can be tough, but sometimes for the best, says one researcher. After surviving the holidays, many people are preparing to serve their spouse with divorce papers — and, as one expert notes, that can be a good thing for some households. January typically has a surge in divorce filings […]
Qassem Soleimani was responsible for the deaths of more Americans than any terrorist leader since Osama Bin Laden. No one should mourn his death. In Iran, however, and certainly without moral equivalence, he was a revered figure like former U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, a man who advocated for the troops and was not afraid […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Consider it a wake-up call. Stock-market investors shouldn’t panic, but intensifying U.S.-Iran tensions bring home the potential for geopolitical turmoil to make for bumpier price action. See full story. Who was Qassem Soleimani, and why is his death a major development in U.S.-Middle East relations? Qassem Soleimani, leader of the foreign wing […]
Dear Moneyist, I recently married a man that I have been friends with for 41 years. My husband’s children hate me and refused to come to our wedding, yet he is leaving them all of his property. He is wealthier than me and before we got married he required me to sign a prenuptial agreement. […]
The experts have spoken — and eaten. U.S. News and World Report this week released its annual ranking from 1 to 35 of the world’s best (and, yes, worst) diets for 2020. A team of 25 panelists of “nationally recognized” professionals in diet, nutrition, obesity, food psychology, diabetes and heart disease named the Mediterranean diet […]
Dear Moneyist, My mother passed away last year. I share the title of my mother’s home with my stepfather, but he wants to get married again and wants his new wife to move into the house. What happens when he dies? Does she have any right to the house or can I kick her out […]
Launching a political coalition called Evangelicals for Trump at a Florida megachurch on Friday, President Trump declared his belief that God supports his agenda. “I really do believe we have God on our side. I believe that. I believe that,” Trump said at King Jesus International Ministry in Kendall, Fla., adding, “or there would have […]