Paige Chenault Lohoefer founded The Birthday Project in 2012 Courtesy of This be Grace Paige Chenault Lohoefer is the founder of the nonprofit The Birthday Party Project. The organization celebrates k...
Barbara Ford, 83, works in the medical field. Laura Thompson for BI This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Barbara Ford, an 83-year-old registered nurse and patient advocate for a healt...
Rising numbers of older people across the continent are straining budgets and making for some difficult political decisions...
Meta is "temporarily pausing" the ability for teens to chat with its AI characters as it develops a "new version" of the characters that will offer a "better experience." The company made the announce...
Community donations at Smitten Kitten (left and right), and BabyBel Mozzarella the cat (middle), are supporting Minnesotans. Mikayla Stanek (Smitten Kitten); Vanessa Beardsley (Catzen) January is typi...
Universal basic income provides recurring cash payments, no strings attached. Wong Yu Liang AI advances could widen wealth gaps, which has prompted calls for a universal basic income . UBI offers recu...
captionTKKTK Ashley Archambault My parents died before they could retire, which has made me value the present day over the future. My husband, on the other hand, has been saving since high school and ...
Internal revolt and external pressure collide in Iran. Plus, Cory Doctorow on the AI hype machine....
A decision by the US government to suspend visa procedures for numerous countries, including African ones, has come into effect. Experts say it is part of Donald Trump's strategy of portraying immigra...
The European Union is contemplating more sanctions against Iran amid a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests that has killed thousands. But could the bloc apply more pressure on the Islamic Rep...
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A new report finds ongoing trauma affects survivors of a 1988 chemical weapons attack on Kurdish Iraqis in Halabja and nearby communities, highlighting the need for better health and support services....
The WeChat channel 纽约移民记事网Documented (or the New York Immigrant Chronicle) is part newsfeed and part public service. The channel, run by the nonprofit ...
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The UK is weighing an Australia‑style ban on social media for under‑16s, as regulators ramp up enforcement of the Online Safety Act....
Today’s episode of Decoder is about X, Grok, and Elon Musk. By now we’re several weeks into one of the worst, most upsetting, and most stupidly irresponsible AI controversies in the short history of g...
James Cameron said he's wanted to move to New Zealand since his first visit in the 1990s. Gareth Cattermole/Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney James Cameron, 71, says he long dreamed of moving ...
Government offices, the stock market and many schools are closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but most businesses are open...
Parents can now manually set a time limit on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from fifteen minutes to two hours (with an option for zero minutes coming soon). The update, announced on Wednesda...
Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality during his life. He argued f...