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If you’re a parent — or considering becoming one — you likely understand that it’s a pricey prospect. Consider: The annual cost of raising a child in Illinois is an estimated $23,821 — nearly $430,000 over 18 ...Read more

The Supreme Court will decide numerous politically and socially important cases throughout this term, with implications for redrafting congressional maps, campaign finance rules, the death penalty, transgender rights and ...Read more

With the tax-free money in a health savings account, a person can pay for eyeglasses or medical exams, as well as a $1,700 baby bassinet or a $300 online parenting workshop.

Those same dollars can’t be used, though, to ...Read more

CHICAGO — Carey Carlock never imagined she’d have so much trouble finding a therapist for her teenage child.

She was a hospital CEO, on the board of a prominent local mental health organization and well connected. Yet...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- High above Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Kraig Hill stood on a concrete slab and gave a tour of a home that is no longer there. Destroyed in the January wildfires, the home Hill grew up in now exists ...Read more

This last Christmas gift guide is concentrated on gifts for the person with a home office or computer desk.

There are gifts here for all ages and price ranges.

I especially loved trying out the reMarkable tablet and the ...Read more

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a man scheduled to be put to death next week alleges that Florida prison officials used expired drugs in at least four recent executions.

Prison drug supply logs indicate that ...Read more

Spotify Technology SA’s list of its top podcasts of the year didn’t offer much in the way of surprises — Joe Rogan, for example, is number one yet again, for the fifth year in a row. But one stat is noteworthy: ...Read more

For decades, the Dominican Republic carried a reputation it never wanted but struggled to shed.

Wedged between South America’s drug-producing basin and the consumer markets of the United States and Europe, the country ...Read more

Kathryn Newton "fell on the floor" when she found out Sarah Michelle Gellar was in Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come.

The 28-year-old actress - who is taking the lead alongside Samara Weaving, 33, in the horror comedy sequel - ...Read more

Simon Cowell's fiancee Lauren Silverman changed her name as a birthday gift for him.

The couple have been together since 2012, welcoming a son named Eric in 2014 and getting engaged on Christmas Eve in 2021 during a ...Read more

Johnson Wen has been kicked out of a Lady Gaga concert weeks after being jailed for charging at Ariana Grande.

Last month, the 26-year-old social media prankster, who is known as Pyjama Man on Instagram, was sentenced to ...Read more

Smokey Robinson has claimed a woman accusing him of sexual assault stole "thousands of dollars" worth of valuables from him.

The 85-year-old Motown icon and his wife Frances have request a temporary restraining order ...Read more

Sharon Osbourne will "never, ever" remarry following Ozzy Osbourne's death.

The 73-year-old TV star was married to the Black Sabbath rocker for more than 40 years and they were parents to three children together - and ...Read more

The Trump administration is touting its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program as the largest-ever U.S. investment in rural health care. But the government made minimal mention of Native American tribes in ...Read more

Minnesota finds itself in a harsh spotlight as President Donald Trump revs up his attacks on Gov. Tim Walz, an old political foe, while simultaneously expanding his demonization of Somali Minnesotans.

After unleashing ...Read more

Four new books offer readers a rich volume of cartoons with “Far Side”-level wit, but also go deep on a diverse array of real-life figures, from Afrobeat megastar Fela to the infamous Mitford sisters and the legacy of ...Read more

ROCHESTER, Minn.— A new year offers new beginnings and an opportunity to reset your eating habits after the holidays. Andrea Delgado, a Mayo Clinic dietitian, says it's best to eliminate what you don't need, including ...Read more

Tim Daly fell in love with his wife Tea Leoni just "four minutes" after meeting her on the set of Madame Secretary.

The pair were introduced on the set of the political drama in 2014 and they struck up a romance which ...Read more

The Mavericks singer Raul Malo has died aged 60.

The Dance The Night Away hitmaker - who co-founded the band in 1989 with Paul Deakin, Robert Reynolds and Ben Peller - passed away on Monday (08.12.25) after a battle with ...Read more