By Stephanie Skaggs for Hometap Rising housing costs are putting pressure on more than household budgets. In a new survey of 1,000 U.S. homeowners conducted by Hometap from Oct. 4 to 6, 2026, 63% said owning a home causes them at least moderate financial stress, up from 55% in a similar survey in June 2025. The
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By Heidi Cope, M.S., for Understood If you have ADHD, it’s common to forget appointments, get distracted, or lose your train of thought due to challenges with executive function. As you get older, though, you might wonder — what’s the difference between ADHD forgetfulness and dementia? That’s a question researchers have been trying to understand.
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By Sheeka Sanahori for Prevent Cancer Foundation Avoid tobacco products. Eat a healthy diet. Get recommended cancer screenings. Most U.S. adults recognize these behaviors as ways to lower their cancer risk or catch cancer early. Decades of public health campaigns have reinforced the connection between smoking and lung cancer, helping people understand that their choices
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By Sam Huisache for Splitero Mortgage rates are shaping how homeowners think about their homes, from whether they can afford to move to whether they can afford to maintain the homes they already own. For many homeowners, selling would mean giving up a favorable mortgage rate and taking on a higher one, while rising household
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By Lucas Winter for Shipley Energy Three years ago, U.S. utilities expected peak electricity demand to grow by about 24 gigawatts over the following five years. Their most recent forecasts put that figure at roughly 166 gigawatts, 6.9 times the earlier estimate, and about 90 gigawatts of the increase is tied to data centers. That growth
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By Jen Roney for Mercury A large bonus, an equity payout, or acquisition proceeds can quickly change your financial picture. But you don’t need to decide what to do next right away. For founders and employees at growing companies, the instinct may be to put idle cash to work immediately. However, a windfall can bring
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By Maurie Backman for Freedom Debt Relief A zero-based budget is a budgeting method built around one simple rule: your income, minus your expenses and savings, should equal zero every month. It gives every dollar in your paycheck a purpose. A dollar might be assigned to a household bill, an unsecured debt, or a savings
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By Linda Jacobson for The 74 Fifteen years ago, the challenge of leading the Compton Unified School District would have scared off even the most confident education leader. Darin Brawley almost passed it over. The urban system, just off one of Los Angeles’ major freeways, was headed for state takeover and had a 58% graduation
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By Alex Orellana for Instacart Every November, one bird takes over the grocery list, and grocery orders show exactly when, where, and how it happens. Below, Instacart tracks whole turkeys (fresh and frozen) day by day, maps the states and provinces that over- and under-index, and looks inside the carts that came along for the ride;
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By Joe King for Morris, King & Hodge, P.C. Drunk driving is a longstanding problem in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), around 32 people die in drunk driving accidents every day. That’s one death every 44 minutes. Thousands more suffer injuries that lead to long-term disabilities, medical expenses, lost
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By Janet Berry-Johnson, CPA, CFEI for Intuit TurboTax When you work for yourself, the stakes of open enrollment are much higher than they are for someone on an employer-sponsored plan. Three decisions you make during the Open Enrollment Period (OEP) affect your tax return: Your income estimate: The Marketplace uses your income estimate to set your Advance
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By Charlene Rhinehart, CPA for GoodRx The process of choosing the right health insurance plan can be confusing and overwhelming. There’s no shortage of companies, plans, and networks to evaluate and consider. And there’s no universal “best” plan. Everyone has different needs when it comes to medical care, which means that the optimal plan for you
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By Jay Franco Serevilla for Jettly America’s national parks and forests are known for their fall colors. Many of the best foliage hot spots are near a regional airport, so they are easy to reach on a weekend getaway. Jettly put together a guide for exploring the best fall foliage locations in the U.S., including the
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By Amy Tran for TelyRx Plenty of people put off doctor’s visits because of scheduling or cost. For many Americans, though, another holdup is stigma, or worry about how others might react to a health condition. Stigma can keep people from seeking care even when it’s close by and affordable. TelyRx surveyed 1,049 U.S. adults in
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By Trevor Mahoney for AnyWho The fall is the most popular season for weddings. This means a lot of people are currently considering one of the most significant decisions of their soon-to-be-married lives: what to do with their last names. Traditionally, there was one common answer. Nowadays, though, more and more couples are choosing a
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By Nooreen Baig for CreditNinja Saving money isn’t always about earning a higher salary or having more discipline. Sometimes, it’s about making a few smart financial decisions that help your money grow without requiring constant effort. From compound interest to automatic retirement contributions, certain money-saving rules can make managing your finances easier. And many of
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By Katie Kailus for ZeroTier For years, “Q-Day,” or the moment quantum computers break modern encryption, has been treated as a distant problem. But thinking of quantum as a future, singular event is a mistake. The timeline is accelerating rapidly. The White House Executive Order 14412, issued this summer, mandates sweeping federal upgrades to post-quantum
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By Jackie Mader for The Hechinger Report It was 2018 when Casie Warner first realized there was a major problem in Seward, Alaska, a popular cruise port nestled on an inlet about a two-hour drive south of Anchorage. At the time, Warner worked as a home visitor, providing advice, support and resources to low-income parents
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By Alison Young for Healthbeat The nurse asked Paul Vercammen what should have been a simple question: What is your pain level on a scale from one to 10? As he lay in a hospital bed at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center in September, Vercammen struggled to find words. West Nile virus had attacked his
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By Shannon Heffernan for The Marshall Project The image of immigration officers arresting 5-year-old Liam Ramos — in a blue bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack — in January sparked outrage across the country. Celebrities from Ms. Rachel to Madonna called for the closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the Texas immigrant camp that held Ramos
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