Michelle Suter has worn mostly big and baggy clothing for years. The 63-year-old retiree who lives in a suburb of St. Louis gave away her favorite sundresses and other form-fitting outfits, thinking she’d never be those smaller sizes again. Now, after losing about 28 pounds while taking GLP-1 drug Wegovy, she said she has started…
Gen Z girl looking at smartphone screen feeling upset scrolling on social media. Mementojpeg | Moment | Getty Images Governments around the world are making efforts to crack down on teen social media use amid mounting evidence of potential harms, but critics argue blanket bans are an ineffective quick fix. Australia became the first country…
The badge of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot a man in California on Tuesday, after he allegedly “weaponized his vehicle” and tried to run over an officer, the Department of Homeland Security said. The agents were conducting a targeted vehicle…
The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland, Nov. 4, 2009. Jason Reed | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration in recent weeks said it would decline to clarify laws that ban the foreign importation of prescription medicines, despite growing evidence of the overseas schemes. A class of businesses called…
Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz speaks during an event sponsored by the Action for Progress Coalition, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 2, 2026. Al Drago | Reuters The Trump administration on Monday finalized a 2027 payment rate increase to privately run Medicare plans that…
Chuck Savage | The Image Bank | Getty Images Read more CNBC personal finance coverage “For young people early in their career, unemployment can be particularly harsh,” said Michele Evermore, a senior fellow at the National Academy of Social Insurance, a nonprofit that focuses on the country’s safety net. “They have had less time to pull…
M Swiet Productions | Getty Images Gregory Hutchison, 72, is living most people’s retirement dream. After a nearly 44-year career as an expert in information technology at IBM, Hutchison retired in 2021 with close to $1 million in his 401(k). He and his wife sold their home and downsized to a smaller house by the…
Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty Images Older Americans stand to benefit from tax changes in President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” which went into effect for 2025. “What is the one group of people who are going to be benefiting most from tax changes in the past year? It’s almost certainly going to be…
Social work and mental health counseling jobs are projected to grow faster than the average rate for all occupations over the next 10 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But because these careers often require advanced degrees, yet offer low pay, it can be difficult for graduates to earn a positive return on…
The U.S. labor market bounced back in March, with job creation much stronger than expected though the broader picture of a slow-growth labor market held intact. Nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 178,000 during the month, a reversal from the 133,000 decline in February and better than the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 59,000, the…
