I live in the Hamptons year-round, and my children are growing up in a place often associated with wealth, status, and luxury. They see beautiful homes, boats in the harbor, expensive cars, and designer shops lining the streets. My children have many luxuries surrounding them, but our family is not rich. As a parent, I’m
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. On a busy election day, the Alabama Public Service Commission requested that Alabama Power voluntarily stop billing customers, effective immediately, for television commercials and other ads it buys to
President Donald Trump says he’s offered UFC CEO Dana White the job of White House press secretary. The offer to the world-famous fight wrangler comes days after a bruising midterm election for Trump’s party, during which the Democrats took control of both houses of Congress and a handful of key governorships. “I am pleased to
The blue tsunami that swept across the country on election day petered out in Florida, where voters continued to elected Republicans to statewide offices and approved a massive cut to their property tax bills. Amendment 3 expands the so-called homestead exemption, shielding more of a home’s assessed value from taxation. It will nearly triple from
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mariah Smith. It has been edited for length and clarity. After my youngest child was born, we were all in survival mode, and it felt like the TV was always on to keep my older two kids entertained. I knew I needed to do something about
Investors are seeking shelter from the AI storm in Berkshire Hathaway after shares of the conglomerate had lagged the broader market since Warren Buffett announced his departure as CEO last year. Berkshire’s class B stock is up 13.6% so far this year, beating the S&P 500’s 7.8% gain. The outperformance has come as Wall Street
