A man who started running at 55 has completed 50 marathons. Here are 3 things that made getting fit easier.
Dennis Beggs started running when he was 55. Now 63, he has run marathons all over the world, including in Sydney and Milan. Dennis Beggs hated his first run. He was 55 years old and had been walking a lot to clear his mind while caring for his mom, who had Alzheimer’s disease. He wanted…
Federal employee unions are suing the Treasury and alleging Elon Musk’s DOGE gained illegal and ‘unprecedented’ access to data
The lawsuit accused Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, of giving Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive information. Three federal employee unions have accused the Treasury Department of giving Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency unlawful access to sensitive information. In a lawsuit filed Monday, lawyers acting for the Alliance for Retired Americans,…
Trump said Ukraine should give the US rare earth metals in exchange for support in its war with Russia
Donald Trump said he wanted “very valuable rare earth” materials from Ukraine in return for US aid. President Donald Trump said he wants Ukraine to give the US rare earth metals in exchange for aid in its war with Russia. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, the president said he wanted to…
Russia’s Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets deal isn’t a silver bullet for Iran’s battered air defenses
Iran is acquiring Russia’s Su-35 fighter jet, a top Iranian military official said. Iran may finally get the advanced Russian fighter jets it has sought for years, but analysts are skeptical that a few dozen Su-35 Flankers will make up for the damage Israel recently inflicted on Iran’s air defenses. Ali Shadmani, a senior commander…
The climate crisis is set to erase $1.47 trillion in US home values. Here are 5 areas predicted to get hit hard.
The Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge connects two Shore towns in Monmouth County. The impacts of the climate crisis will erase $1.47 trillion in home values across the US by 2055, a new study from research firm First Street found. The effects will not be spread equally across the country. In some areas, home price gains may…
Trump said the new sovereign wealth fund he signed an executive order to create could be used to buy TikTok
President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that the new sovereign wealth fund he wants to establish could be involved in TikTok’s sale. President Donald Trump floated the idea of buying TikTok with an American sovereign wealth fund, which he signed an executive order on Monday to create. “So other countries have sovereign wealth funds,…
I guest lecture college students on key money concepts every young person should understand. Every year, the simplest way to build wealth catches them by surprise.
Old Chapel on Middlebury College campus. Every January, Middlebury College invites me to its campus to talk to a group of students about money. The guest lecture ranges between 90 and 120 minutes in length and is titled “Good Financial Hygiene — Lessons in Personal Finance.” I’m not a financial advisor, nor do I pretend…
Trump got what he wanted with the Canada and Mexico tariff pauses — even if he didn’t get that much
Canada and Mexico have been given reprieves from tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump. US President Donald Trump has just shown the world how the Art of the Deal works. In a matter of days, Trump threatened three key partners — China, Canada, and Mexico — with tariffs over illegal immigration and fentanyl. The…
An Ohio data center plans to build a natural gas plant as the AI boom creates an electricity strain
New Albany, a rural suburb northeast of Columbus, Ohio, has become a fast-growing market for data centers and could soon be home to a natural gas-fired power plant. A developer is planning to power a data center in Ohio by building a natural gas-fired plant on the site, a public filing showed. Lawyers for Powerconnex…
