NEW YORK (AP) — The holidays are meant to be a time of celebration with family and friends. But they can also bring pressure to spend money on gifts, gatherings and plane tickets home, exacerbated by brand emails, social media influencers and family expectations. With credit card debt rising and prices for many

NEW YORK (AP) — A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected in court Thursday to face corruption charges in the latest blow to an administration beset by searches, resignations and the mayor’s own indictment. Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who resigned Sunday as Adams’ chief adviser and one of

It’s no secret that the career industries of journalism and editorial are currently highly unstable. News of job cuts in these fields breaks every week. Hearst Magazines laid off around 200 employees in late November, and this gutting was quickly followed by major cuts from Condé Nast and Vox Media

The workplace is undergoing a radical transformation, with artificial intelligence (AI) poised to replace traditional roles in many industries. Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has been capturing headlines with his assertion that AI can already perform the majority of tasks handled by human employees. While the fintech giant behind “buy now,

A group of former Kamala Harris staffers has formed a new grassroots agency, aiming to usher in a “new generation” of strategies they feel the Democratic Party desperately needs. Anatole Jenkins, Brandon Thompson and Jose Nunez launched Contrast Campaigns on Thursday – a Democratic operative firm targeting modern, forward-thinking tactics

“Mufasa: The Lion King” has one very important thing going for it: an original story. That may seem like faint praise or at least a very, very low bar in the grand scheme of things. But in a landscape where Disney continues to remake its animated catalog in slightly different and

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point — its third cut this year — but also signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of still-elevated inflation. The Fed’s 19 policymakers projected that

Feeling the seasonal blues? You may need to take a walk. According to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open, a higher daily step count is associated with fewer depressive symptoms. By analyzing data pulled from 33 studies involving over 96,000 adults, researchers found that increasing

Tyler Perry graced the stage of daytime talk show “Sherri” today and addressed a longstanding rumor and request from the people (me and you are “the people”) about another sequel to his hit movies “Why Did I Get Married?” and “Why Did I Get Married Too?”  When asked by Sherri

Devale Ellis isn’t just the love interest in Netflix’s hit new holiday romance, “Meet Me Next Christmas,” he is also a huge lover of Christmastime. By the time Ellis’ holiday film hit the streaming platform, he already had seven Christmas trees up around his house in Fulton County, Georgia. “Don’t