Flight to nowhere for 214 passengers on a British Airways Boeing 787 bound for India
A British Airways Boeing 787. A British Airways flight to India dumped fuel and returned to London on Sunday after the pilots reported a suspected technical issue. Flight BA35 had departed from London’s Heathrow Airport at 1:15 p.m., more than 30 minutes behind schedule, en route to Chennai, India, with 214 passengers on board. However,…
I struggled after the birth of my kids. I started a Korean-style postpartum retreat so women don’t have to go through what I did.
Boram Nam struggled after the birth of both her children. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Boram Nam, founder of Boram Care. It has been edited for length and clarity. My postpartum experiences with both my kids were very hard. It took me years to recognize how challenging they really were and…
I applied to over 600 jobs before pulling off my career switch. Here’s how I did it.
Royal Siu is happy that after nearly 18 months, he successfully switched careers, but the journey wasn’t easy. Royal Siu, who lives near Los Angeles, quit his job as a pharmacist in 2023 with hopes of moving to a different part of the healthcare industry. The 29-year-old eventually landed a new role, which he started…
The stock market’s secret weapon: Insatiable demand from American retirement accounts
For US households, there’s still no alternative to the stock market. The TINA trade in stocks — which stands for There Is No Alternative — was thought to be waning in recent years as rising interest rates since 2022 boosted bond yields for the first time in years, giving investors another option to lock in…
I’m a mom of 4 who loves shopping at Costco. Here are my favorite ways to use the $5 rotisserie chicken.
Costco’s rotisserie chicken can be used to make quick and tasty meals. I’ve been a Costco executive member for 10 years, and as a mom of four, the store’s rotisserie chicken is my secret weapon. From delicious salads to savory soups, here are my five favorite ways to feed my family using the $5 rotisserie…
3 ways the Israel-Iran conflict could spark a 20% S&P 500 sell-off, RBC says
US stocks appear to be digesting the initial shock of Israel’s attack on Iran and the subsequent retaliation by Tehran, but there are three ways the conflict could drag the stock market down, RBC says. Altogether, headwinds from the conflict could drag the S&P 500 down to 4,800-5,200 range, the bank wrote in a note…
Diddy juror who loves 90s hip-hop and reggaeton is replaced by a dad from Westchester
The prosecution’s case in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking trial is winding down. A juror who had been seated in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal sex-trafficking trial was dismissed by the judge on Monday. Juror no. 6, a 41-year-old Black man who said during the jury selection process known as voir dire that he was a fan…
Trump Organization announces mobile plan, which will offer a gold-colored phone that costs $499
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. unveiled the next Trump-branded service: a wireless phone plan with an accompanying smartphone. On the 10th anniversary of President Donald Trump’s formal unveiling of his 2016 presidential campaign, his eldest sons made another announcement in Trump Tower: a Trump-branded mobile phone service, including a gold-colored smartphone that is set…
We moved from Los Angeles to rural Oregon to save money. It’s been great, but small-town life has its downsides.
We’ve saved money on a lot of things when we moved from Los Angeles to a small town in Oregon. Back in 2022, we were a childless, broke-but-not-poor filmmaker couple in Los Angeles. We adored our Koreatown apartment, but between soaring rent, gas, utility, and grocery bills, we were truly scraping by. With our dreams…
