Cheaper student-loan payments for millions of borrowers are on the line next year
Biden’s student-debt relief efforts are unlikely to continue under President-elect Donald Trump. During his term as president, Joe Biden has used various programs to cancel $175 billion in student debt for nearly 5 million borrowers. Those efforts will likely fizzle out over the next four years. Two of Biden’s key debt-relief initiatives are tied up…
Gen Zers and millennials are clamoring for their grandmas’ bathrooms
In August, Miami interior designer Dani Klaric shocked her boyfriend with the new centerpiece of her guest bathroom: a secondhand toilet. The preowned throne, in a baby blue hue reminiscent of the 1950s, was part of Klaric’s plan to “de-modernize” the three-bedroom Miami home she bought in May. @daniklaricwooden walls > white walls ♬ Crazy…
I drove the Xiaomi SU7 that Ford’s CEO raved about. An EV from a smartphone maker simply shouldn’t drive this well.
The SU7 is the first vehicle made by Xiaomi. Ford CEO Jim Farley made headlines recently after saying he’d been driving a Chinese EV for the past six months — and didn’t want to give it up because he thought the car was “fantastic.” The car in question is perhaps the year’s biggest sensation in…
I’m 41, and I thought I’d always be child-free. I decided to have kids so my parents could be grandparents.
Courtney Kocak and her husband recently decided they want to have kids. I’m 41, and until very recently, I thought I would remain child-free. I’m the oldest of four, but we’ve all held off on kids for various reasons. For my part, I’ve spent my adulthood chasing my dreams as a writer and performer in…
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would depend on seizing its ports. That won’t be easy.
The fate of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would turn on their effort to seize a port facility like Keelung harbor. There are two requirements for a major amphibious invasion. The first is storming the beach. The second is no less important — seizing a port. Without docks and cranes to unload reinforcements — especially…
Elon Musk asks court to stop OpenAI from dropping nonprofit status
A Friday court filing shows Elon Musk is seeking an injunction against OpenAI to stop its transition to a for-profit entity. Elon Musk is trying to get the court to stop OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit entity, a new filing shows. In a motion filed Friday, Musk’s lawyers asked Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the…
Cheap and almost hangover-free — why the teeny, tiny martini is trending
Trendy bars in New York City and London started offering miniature versions of cocktails like martinis over the past few years. The New York Happy Meal — a martini and french fries — is going on a diet. Younger generations are ditching their elders’ heavier drinking habits, fueling the growth of alcohol-free alternatives and, in…
At my heaviest, I weighed 360 pounds, which got in the way of my job as a firefighter. I lost weight by paying attention to what I ate.
Volunteer firefighter Clark Valery before and after his weight loss of 140 pounds. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Clark Valery, 38, an assistant manager at a pharmacy chain and volunteer firefighter from New York. It has been edited for length and clarity. Since I lost 140 pounds, people have not recognized…
I quit my job 5 years ago and got a one-way ticket to Bali. I’ve been to 24 countries, and I’m not returning to the US anytime soon.
Tasha Prados has traveled around the world and picked up a few traveling tips along the way. In 2019, I had a great life on paper: a stable job, boyfriend, and a basement apartment in DC. But I wanted more. At age 30, I quit, sold everything, and bought a one-way ticket to Bali. The…
