Former President Barack Obama on Monday condemned violence amid protests over the death of George Floyd and police brutality and called for political solutions to address protesters’ grievances about criminal justice. The message from Obama, who previously decried Floyd’s death last week when he said the killings of black men at the hands of police “shouldn’t be ‘normal’ in 2020 ...

Protesters demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck, targeted Confederate monuments in multiple cities. As tense protests swelled across the country Saturday into Sunday morning, monuments in Virginia, the Carolinas and Mississippi were defaced. The presence of Confederate monuments across the ...

In the Netflix doc The Game Changers, Dr Aaron Spitz, lead delegate of the American Urological Association, carries out an unusual experiment. He feeds three US college athletes veggie burritos one evening, and meat burritos another, then measures their erections while they sleep. On average, the men have erections that last almost five times longer after eating the vegetarian meal, ...

Twitter’s decision this week to append a disclaimer to President Trump’s tweets about the risks of mail-in ballot fraud should be enough, at long last, for us to dispense with the fiction that Twitter is nothing more than a neutral platform. It’s not, it never has been, and it’s time to stop pretending otherwise. Set aside the relative merits of ...

One essential component of your financial plan involves designating power of attorney to someone you trust in case you are incapacitated or unable to complete a task on your own. “I usually tell clients that a power of attorney is a document to allow someone else to make decisions on your behalf,” says Jennifer Abelaj, senior counsel for Davidoff Hutcher ...

Here’s an Internal Revenue Service alert regarding some recently delivered stimulus payments: Pay attention if you get a plain envelope in the mail that’s marked “Money Network Cardholder Services.” No, folks, it’s not a scam. It’s real stimulus cash. The envelope contains a prepaid debit card that is loaded with your stimulus payment. Do not throw out this envelope or toss ...

Toilet experts say urinals may be consigned to history as part of measures to make public conveniences safe for the post-coronavirus world. Raymond Martin, managing director of the British Toilet Association, says business and governments need to adapt public toilets to make them infection-resistant, adding technology such as foot-operated flushes and sensor-activated taps. Hospitality industry groups in Britain have also ...

The government has truly stepped up to assist many Americans who are finding themselves unable to pay their debts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This assistance includes stimulus checks that are given to individuals and families to help pay for much-needed items as well as partnerships with the banks that allow many families to hold off on their ...

We are all living during a time of great fear, devastation, and economic hardship. Unfortunately, we can’t seem to escape the continuous fearmongering that invades our space through news outlets on television, the radio, and even through social media. For this, it is imperative that we turn off our technology so that we can regain our ability to heal from ...

Our civil liberties are under attack in the United States right now so it’s important to understand just how high the stakes are. Knowledge is power and everyone can understand the democratic principles that underpin our great nation. How much do you know about your legal rights as a U.S. citizen? Let’s find out. If you were offered a million ...