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If you’ve spent any time planning for retirement, you probably know the basics of Social Security: most people can start claiming benefits at age 62, reach “full retirement age” (FRA) between 66 and 67 depending on their birth year, and can delay benefits until age 70. [1] The longer you wait, the larger your monthly…

A man who helped to barricade the doors of a synagogue during Thursday’s attack in Manchester has said he heard the attacker shout “this is what they get for killing our children”, before trying to get through the doors. Alan Levy was worshipping at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, when Jihad…

UnitedHealthcare said in its second quarter earnings call that it plans to drop Medicare Advantage plans that currently serve over 600,000 users, becoming the latest health insurer to announce a scaling back of this magnitude. “We are seeing higher-than-expected medical cost increases, particularly in outpatient care,” Tim Noel, UnitedHealthcare CEO, said on the earnings call….

Intel (INTC) CEO Lip-Bu Tan responded to President Trump’s public call for his resignation late Thursday, calling reports about his career “misinformation.” In a letter to staff, he said the company was engaging with the Trump administration. “There has been a lot of misinformation circulating about my past roles … I want to be absolutely…

A wave of mysterious dog deaths in Venice, Calif., is causing concern for locals in the popular Los Angeles County beach town. Venice is known as a dog-friendly area, where residents can regularly be seen walking their pets along the neighborhood’s signature canals. However, at least seven dogs have died since July following walks near…

Researchers have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in the onset of Parkinson’s disease. A recent study identified gut microbes likely to be involved and linked them with decreased riboflavin ( vitamin B2) and biotin (vitamin B7), suggesting an unexpectedly simple treatment that may help: B…

President Donald Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill” may not touch on Social Security directly, but its restructuring of the tax code is so extensive that it’s likely to have an indirect impact on your decision about when to claim benefits. Specifically, for older Americans, the new bill’s senior deduction could add some wrinkles to the…

CNN data guru Harry Enten posed a pointed question to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party on Friday. Enten, who was recently called out by Trump in a CNBC interview earlier this week, pointed to a new “warning sign” that has emerged against the GOP. “I would just say, ‘Uh oh!’ for them,” Enten…

By Polina Devitt LONDON (Reuters) -The White House plans to clarify what its official called misinformation about import tariffs for gold bars amid uncertainty, which saw some industry players pausing deliveries of bullion to the United States. According to a ruling on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service’s website on Friday, Washington may…

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