Want to Order Eggs at Waffle House? You’ll Need to Pay a 50-Cent Surcharge for Each OneAmericans can't seem to escape the skyrocketing price of eggs and other groceries − even when splurging on breakfast at Waffle House. The Georgia-based diner has implemented a new 50-cent per egg surcharge at its roughly 2,100 locations across the U.S.
Financial Therapy Is an Investment With Potentially Major PayoffsFinancial therapy helps people unpack their relationships with money. Here’s what you need to know about how to pick a therapist and what to expect.
The Best Strategy for Buying a Car When You’re Paying With CashBuying a car with cash can save you money—but you shouldn’t tell the salesperson what you’re up to right away.
America’s ‘Marriage Material’ ShortageAdults are significantly less likely to be married or to live with a partner than they used to be.
Millennials Reimagine Retirement: ‘The End Game Might Not Be ... Sitting on My Adirondack Chair’Younger generations are increasingly shunning retirement stereotypes of the past, where stability and relaxation were the goals, the report said. Instead, most say they want a more active and adventurous retirement.
‘Everyone has an impact’: how to start reducing your environmental footprint2024 was the hottest year on record. Average global temperatures rose to 1.
After the Palisades Fire, What Can We Really Rebuild?As the community of Pacific Palisades, California, burns, ProPublica’s Tim Golden reflects on how the blaze will transform his hometown.
Why Banks May Be Hoping You’re Not Paying AttentionThe median American household has a combined balance of $10,000 in its checking and savings accounts, according to a census estimate. For the last few years, anyone keeping this amount in a high-yield savings account has earned close to 4 percent annual interest, or about $400 a year.
I Have a Money Saving Tactic for Eating at Restaurants With Friends. Apparently It’s Making Them All Angry.I am a pretty frugal person. I wouldn’t call myself cheap because I definitely will spend good money on things I love. But I really dislike paying for things I don’t want. This has become an issue with some friends and family. None of them are rich and my income is higher than most of theirs.
The Long Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion ActBetween 1848 and 1852, more than twenty thousand Chinese migrants made their way to San Francisco in search of gold. The vast majority were men—rural peasants from Guangdong Province, situated on the southeast coast of China, near Hong Kong.
228. DeepSeek Has Been Inevitable and Here's Why (History Tells Us)TL;DR for this article: DeepSeek was certain to happen. The only unknown was who was going to do it. The choices were a startup or someone outside the current center of leadership and innovation in AI, which is mostly in the US clustered around trillion-dollar companies.
E.P.A. Tells More Than 1,000 They Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’The Trump administration has warned more than 1,100 Environmental Protection Agency employees who work on climate change, reducing air pollution, enforcing environmental laws and other programs that they could be fired at any time.
Useful quantum computing is inevitable—and increasingly imminentHowever, history shows that brilliant people are not immune to making mistakes. Huang’s predictions miss the mark, both on the timeline for useful quantum computing and on the role his company’s technology will play in that future.
My Dad Offered to Pay for a Family Vacation. My Husband’s Response Managed to Insult Everyone.This Christmas, my dad offered to pay for a family holiday to mark a significant anniversary. My husband declined and Dad just lost it. There was a massive fight, we left early, and now there are hard feelings and anger in all directions.
The Los Angeles Fires Will Put California’s New Insurance Rules to the TestThis story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.