My son just got married, and I’m no longer the center of his world. I’m now lost and wish I didn’t make ‘mom’ my only identity.
The author, not pictured, is lost now that her son is married. My world has been turned upside down. That’s not a bad thing; there was no seismic event, and the tectonic plates did not slip out of alignment. This shift is the result of witnessing my youngest son get married. It was a joyous…
My kids cage-dived with sharks on vacation. People may judge my parenting, but I don’t want my children to live in fear.
The Hambrick family have been on many adventures together. When I was in high school, I got a scholarship for a program called The Experiment in International Living. For the summer, I lived in Botswana with a host family in a village who treated me like their own daughter. Learning about their culture, their food,…
NATO is planning for mass medical evacuations in case of a war with Russia: report
Paramedics checking on servicemen wounded in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. NATO is developing plans to manage the evacuation of large numbers of wounded troops in case of a war with Russia, a senior military officer told Reuters. Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, the commander of NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command, said that in the…
Who was Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader killed by Israel?
Israel says it killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on Beirut. Israel said on Saturday that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah had been killed in a targeted strike on the group’s central headquarters in Beirut. Hezbollah has since confirmed the news of his death in a statement, in which it warned that it would…
The shipbuilding empire fueling China’s naval rise is a juggernaut, but tough questions remain
Jiangnan Shipyard was recently expanded and is now being merged with another yard. China’s shipbuilding industry is at the core of its efforts to modernize its navy, producing new warships at astonishing speeds. But despite its shipbuilding strengths, which include a robust commercial sector and a variety of yards across the country, China’s vast shipbuilding…
A doctor shares how his patients are trying to afford weight-loss drugs — and what happens if they can’t
Patients who can’t afford weight loss injections might cycle on and off the medications, reducing effectiveness, or turn to cheaper online versions that can be riskier. Pharmaceutical companies are facing a new wave of criticism for the high price of groundbreaking weight-loss drugs. GLP-1 medications like semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) have skyrocketed…
Elon Musk wants to put people on Mars by 2030. Don’t count on it.
Elon Musk wants to send crewed missions to Mars using SpaceX’s Starship rocket. Elon Musk has set out his latest timeline for getting humans to Mars, and experts say it’s a classic SpaceX move. The SpaceX founder said in a recent post on X that the company plans to launch around five uncrewed Starship rockets…
I’ve had 4 jobs in 4 years. I mastered the pivot regardless of the circumstances, and now I’ve found success on my own.
Megan Lieu worked at four companies in the last four years. I remember telling a coworker on one of my first days at my finance job out of college that I could see myself staying there and retiring. Looking back, that was such a naive notion. How was I supposed to know this was the…
China’s massive stimulus is missing a key ingredient: a way to revive the nation’s consumers
hinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at a meeting celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference CPPCC in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 20, 2024. (Photo by Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via…
