Older Americans make up a large share of hospital visits, and yet the medical industry — and society — still don’t know how to treat them. People are living longer and more active lives in old age, but ageism is rampant, said Louise Aronson, author of “Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life,” a book […]
French workers took to the streets when the prime minister announced the age to claim pension benefits was increasing — but they’re not the only ones who could see that type of change. American legislators have proposed upping the age for retirees to claim full Social Security benefits. This proposal is just one of a […]
In five years, Grant Sabatier went from having just a few bucks in his bank account to more than $1 million — and he did it through side hustles, sacrifice and investing. But if he had to do it all over again, he said he probably wouldn’t have done it quite the same way. He […]
Dear MarketWatch, I am 66, single, and hoping to retire soon. I currently live in Connecticut, where taxes are quite high, and am looking for a less expensive place that is also warmer. I have cash assets of about $900,000 and another maybe $200,000 in equity in my house (but I might want to keep […]
Few words in travel are as maddening as “Your flight’s been canceled.” In the winter, it’s a phrase airlines utter with regularity, thwarting plans and stressing out passengers and airline employees. During the busy Thanksgiving travel rush, airlines canceled hundreds of flights in the Northeast and Midwest. Here’s a guide to making weather delays and cancellations […]
TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court sentenced a former senior government official to six years in prison on Monday for fatally stabbing his socially reclusive son with a kitchen knife. The Tokyo District Court found Hideaki Kumazawa, 76, a former vice minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, guilty of repeatedly stabbing his son Eiichiro, then […]
Joe Biden speaking at a campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire: EPA Joe Biden remains a clear frontrunner in the Democratic presidential primaries, after the former vice president received a welcome boost ahead of the party’s sixth primary debate. But Mr Biden appeared to be losing ground to Elizabeth Warren in New Hampshire when the […]
A new Fox News poll on voter support for impeachment contradicted President Trump, who recently boasted major support in favor of “No Impeachment.” Amid last week’s historic House Judiciary Committee vote to advance two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, the president tweeted, “Poll numbers have gone through the roof in favor of […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The final two months of Cachin Anderson’s life in New York’s prison system were filled with warnings he was a man in crisis. He climbed on a sink and dove headfirst at the floor, saying he “wanted to end it and go home.” He urinated on guards. He hurled a can […]
Dear Moneyist, My father married a woman this summer and they were together for a year and a half before that. She made him happy and I really appreciate that. My father had a heart attack two weeks after the wedding and ultimately passed away. Also see: Can I leave my stepchildren nothing if my […]