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Why America’s oldest metro is the fastest-growing place for young kids

As one of the world’s largest retirement communities, The Villages in central Florida is known for its endless golf courses, having the oldest median age in the United States, and its traffic-stopping...

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As property and casualty insurance costs surge, manufacturers have few options

James Kirsh expects the cost of the property and casualty insurance for his family-owned foundry in Wisconsin that makes cast iron parts for tractors and other equipment to at least double when it’s...

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Ford, Mazda issue do-not-drive warnings to car owners over deadly exploding...

Ford and Mazda are warning the owners of more than 475,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them because they have dangerous Takata air bag inflators that have not been replaced. The warning...

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Missouri will vote in November on whether to enshrine abortion rights in the...

Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. The secretary of...

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White House senior climate adviser praises Inflation Reduction Act’s benefits...

John Podesta, the White House’s senior adviser for international climate policy, touted the benefits on Tuesday for Republican states and districts of incentives offered by the Biden administration’s...

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Goodbye clean air, hello spiking electric bills: America’s climate reality...

Project 2025—the controversial 922-page conservative playbook for the next presidential administration—includes extreme proposals on everything from abortion to child labor laws. It also calls for...

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SpaceX violated environmental wastewater rules at Starbase facility,...

Both Texas and federal officials have reportedly found that SpaceX violated environmental regulations discharging wastewater at its Starbase facility. SpaceX responded to the reports, saying that...

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Help! My friend keeps DMing me about hanging out and I really don’t want to

There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what...

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How to set boundaries with a toxic boss

When it comes to having a boss, there’s good, there’s bad, and then there’s ugly—also known as toxic. Unfortunately, a fair amount of people are being managed by someone in this category. In a survey...

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10 expert tips to streamline routine tasks in the workday

Do you ever feel like your workday is a never-ending cycle of emails, meetings, and repetitive tasks? Those seemingly minor activities can steal precious time you could be spending on impactful work....

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Chipotle lost its all-star CEO. But he leaves behind a lot to fix

Order screens. Drive-throughs. Delivery. A digital loyalty program. These are the mainstays of mass-market dining across fast food and fast casual. But before Brian Niccol joined Chipotle in 2018,...

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How mushrooms are being used to ‘eat’ toxic chemicals in the soil

Fifteen years ago, Danielle Stevenson, former urban agriculture coordinator in Victoria, British Columbia, set out to help the city’s public schools establish vegetable gardens. It was an exciting...

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The top 3 skills you need to succeed in an AI-driven world

David C. Edelman and Mark Abraham, co-authors of PERSONALIZED say we all need to skill up for AI readiness in the workplace, fast. Here’s how. At Harvard Business School, students and professors alike...

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Research suggests these are the 3 most underrated leadership habits

Although there is an endless list of leadership habits that differentiate high performers from the rest, some of the most wildly celebrated traits in popular articles rarely move the needle according...

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California Forever wasn’t radical enough

They wanted to move fast and build things. Instead, they’ll have to tread carefully and negotiate. Last month, California Forever, the company behind a plan to build a city of 400,000 people on the...

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The Points Guy shares his top hacks for airline travelers

Despite a chaotic year of summer travel, including Boeing’s struggles, CrowdStrike’s outage, and more, airlines are experiencing record numbers of travelers. The Points Guy’s Brian Kelly explains why,...

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Tim Walz doesn’t think about money like other politicians

One of Donald Trump’s favorite discussion topics on the 2016 campaign trail was how much money he (allegedly) had. At the time, Trump claimed to be worth some $8.7 billion, much of which related to a...

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You can save $100 a month driving an EV

Americans have heard a lot of talk about how EVs are cheaper to own than gas cars. EVs do tend to have higher sticker prices, an issue car manufacturers are working to address with more affordable...

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I lead a 1,000+ person Caregiving ERG. Here’s what working caregivers want...

The number of working caregivers and the amount of time they spend on caregiving responsibilities has increased more than 20% in recent years. In 2015, the number was 43.5 million. That increased to...

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The secret to delivering constructive criticism, according to a psychologist

As a manager, delivering constructive criticism is a necessary and difficult part of the job. It can be emotionally tough to say something to someone else that you know they don’t want to hear. In...

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