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 […]
‘It will be our children and grandchildren who have to live with the consequences of what we do or refrain from doing today. That is why I use all my strength to ensure that Germany makes its contribution — ecologically, economically, socially — to getting climate change under control.’ That’s German Chancellor Angela Merkel in […]
As the final trading session of the year gets under way, the three major U.S. benchmark indexes look set for a subdued end to a bumper 2019. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.11% has gained 35% year-to-date, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.21% is on track for its biggest yearly gain since 2013, gaining nearly 29% […]
U.S. stocks edged lower Tuesday amid profit-taking on low volumes ahead of the New Year holiday on Wednesday. Investors were also parsing an announcement by President Trump that he will sign a limited U.S.-China trade deal on Jan. 15. What are major indexes doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.24% fell 80 points, or […]
Rexburg Police Idaho police “strongly believe” siblings missing since October are in danger—and blasted the children’s mother and stepfather for refusing to cooperate in the investigation. The blistering statement this week from Rexburg police is the latest twist in the bizarre mystery swirling around Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell—who married after their previous spouses’ suspicious […]