
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez’s real-life relationship was short-lived and tumultuous — but inspired some of their best music
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan perform during a civil rights rally on August 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C. James Mangold’s new biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” opens with 19-year-old Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) arriving in New York City, essentially homeless yet armed with his guitar. It’s not long before viewers are introduced to 20-year-old Joan Baez…

What you need to know about season 7 of ‘Virgin River,’ Netflix’s longest-running original series
Alexandra Breckenridge stars in Netflix’s “Virgin River.” Warning: Spoilers ahead for the season six finale of “Virgin River.” The latest season of Netflix’s romantic drama “Virgin River” saw nurse practitioner Melinda Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge) and restaurateur Jack Sheridan (Martin Henderson) finally walk down the aisle together. It was a long time coming for the couple,…

A doctor who says he’s reversed his age by 20 years shares the 6 bare-minimum things you can do to live longer
Dr. Michael Roizen shared some bare-minimum things you can do to live longer, including playing games for brain health and taking a multivitamin. It can be tough to find the time to take care of our health. But a doctor who says he’s reversed his age by 20 years believes focusing on six basics could…

Higher interest rates, oversupply, and rising costs have battered commercial real estate. Will 2025 be different?
The commercial property sector has had a bruising few years as rising interest rates have pushed down values, complicated refinancing deals for hundreds of billions of dollars of expiring mortgages, and stymied investment. In the office market, the situation has been even more severe as hundreds of millions of square feet of space across the…

Spain has some of the oldest moms, with more than 10% of babies born to women 40 or over
Spain’s mothers are among the oldest in Europe Monica Cruz-Lemini, a 46-year-old obstetrician living in Spain, had her first child at 44. While pregnancies after 35 are considered “advanced maternal age,” Cruz-Lemini’s experience is far from unusual in Spain, where more than 10% of all births involve mothers 40 or older. “I think there’s a…

A professor said her son’s death put her retirement plans in flux. Working at Costco got her life back on track.
After Tamara Ponzo Brattoli’s son Anthony died in 2018, she continued teaching but transitioned to working at Costco. Tamara Ponzo Brattoli, 57, was set on retiring comfortably in her 60s. She raised three children with her husband and worked as a professor at a community college in a Chicago suburb. However, when her son died…

Lending may have slowed ‘faster than necessary’ in Russia’s inflation fight, says central-bank official
Russian President Vladimir Putin had called on the country’s central bank to make a “balanced” decision about its key interest rate. Russia’s central bank has been hiking rates consistently in the second half of this year in an attempt to cool high inflation — but it may be running ahead of the curve. Bank lending…

I’m an entrepreneur who has lived in Washington, Texas, Ireland, and North Dakota. My favorite place has incredible community support for small businesses.
Jaymes O’Pheron is an entrepreneur who moved from Aberdeen, Washington, to Fargo, North Dakota, in 2021. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jaymes O’Pheron, a 34-year-old entrepreneur who moved from Aberdeen, Washington, to Fargo, North Dakota, in 2021. The Fargo-Moorhead area, home to about 261,000 people, has seen a significant population uptick…

6 factors that could make or break crypto in 2025: Citi
The Trump family has ventured into the crypto industry. Crypto just had a blockbuster year. A dozen bitcoin spot ETFs kicked off the industry’s rally in January, making it easier for investors to trade bitcoin. In September, a host of central bank rate cuts and other policies added to the rally by paving the way…