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Six years ago, Desiree Hill spent her days diagnosing patients. Now, she diagnoses cars.As an oncology nurse at Northside Hospital Duluth, in Duluth, Georgia, Hill made around $40,000 per year. “I wasn’t happy in my career at that time. I wasn’t happy in my personal life,” says Hill, 39. “It was three hours of commuting in Atlanta traffic every day. And [as a single mom at the time] I never saw my children. So it really was taking a toll.”Today, Hill is the owner of Crown’s Corner Mechanic — an auto repair shop in Conyers, Georgia, just a 15-minute drive…

Over the last five months, Blake Isaacs has done everything he can to get hired. The 30-year-old, who’s based in Chicago, worked for the same marketing company for nearly seven years before getting laid off in January. “I’ve definitely sent a lot of applications,” he says, “I think I’m over 1,000 now.” He’s also tried getting referrals for jobs and asked family and friends for introductions to people who could help in his search.But the process has left him feeling “so defeated,” Isaacs says, adding, “I know that everyone has a job to do and I am not on their…

CNN  —  Hamas on Saturday said that it has responded to a ceasefire plan put forward by President Trump’s envoy on Gaza, repeating its call for an end to the war. In a statement, Hamas said that its “proposal” to the mediators – Qatar and Egypt — “aims to achieve a permanent ceasefire, a comprehensive withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and ensure the flow of aid to our people and our families in the Gaza Strip.” “As part of this agreement, ten living Israeli prisoners held by the resistance will be released, in addition to the return of eighteen bodies,…

Parenting advice has gotten really complicated. There’s something new every day, and it’s filled with contradictions. Every time you think you understand something, it changes. All of this is a huge source of anxiety for many parents.As a psychiatrist on the front lines of healthy youth development, I’ve worked with over 3,000 young adults. And as a mom of three kids, I’ve spent two decades on both sides of the journey through parenthood.But parenting doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are five simple rules to help you navigate the way-too-much-counterproductive-information age.1. Follow your instincts, not the influencersEvolution didn’t prepare you…

Students that copy and paste ChatGPT answers into their assignments, with little thinking involved, are doing themselves a disservice — especially because artificial intelligence really can help students become better learners, according to psychologist and author Angela Duckworth.Instead of distrusting AI, show kids how to properly use it, Duckworth advised in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education commencement ceremony on May 17. Teachers and parents alike can show them how to use the technology’s full potential by asking AI models follow-up questions, so they can learn — in detail — how chatbots came to their conclusions, she…

May 31, 2025, 09:12 AM ETLaLiga side Real Madrid topped the list of the most valuable football teams in the world for the fourth year in a row with a valuation of $6.75 billion, business magazine Forbes has said.Real became the first football club to bring in a billion dollars in a single year after they posted a record $1.13 billion in revenue for the 2023-24 season, the magazine added in a report published on Friday.The Spanish club, the second sports team in history to hit the 10-figure threshold after NFL side Dallas Cowboys, are the first football team to…

Many Americans are anxious about their savings, especially as they approach retirement age.Over half of Gen Xers, those aged 45 to 60, say they have no more than three times their current annual income saved for retirement, according to a study commissioned by life insurance and financial planning provider Northwestern Mutual.This is significantly less than a benchmark set by Fidelity, one of the largest retirement plan providers in the U.S., which advises accumulating six times your current annual income by age 50 if you anticipate retiring at 67.Other experts take a different view. There’s no magic number when it comes…

In the tug of war between the macroeconomic and crypto adoption stories, blockchain adoption is starting to taking over the bitcoin narrative. Institutions and corporations combined to drive up bitcoin in May. The cryptocurrency ended the month about 10% higher, its second straight monthly rise, driven by strong inflows into bitcoin exchange-traded funds and continued purchases of bitcoin by corporate treasury departments. Bitcoin ETFs saw $5.6 billion in inflows this month, when the number of bitcoin held by public companies grew 4% to $85.6 billion, according to Bitcoin Treasuries . Investors expect the trend to continue in June, and to…

Angel Zheng at Isshiki Matcha in New York, NY on May 21, 2025.Lisa Kailai Han | CNBCAngel Zheng is relying on the Japanese principle of “ikigai” to turn her passion for matcha — a powdered green tea with a unique taste and purported health benefits — into building what she hopes will be an iconic household brand of the future.At just 25 years old, Zheng has already owned at least five businesses — six, if you count her past as a social media influencer. Her latest endeavor may serve as the highest expression yet of her ikigai — which no…

Logo with QR code for Fantuan Asian food delivery service in the Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California, January 3, 2021. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesNEW YORK – When Kelly Wu feels sick and wants a delivery of congee, the Chinese porridge she grew up eating, she opts for a platform many may not have heard of.The New York City resident doesn’t open apps from multi-billion dollar companies like Uber Eats or DoorDash. Instead, the 22-year-old pulls up Fantuan, a growing Vancouver-based startup that focuses specifically on the ecosystem surrounding Asian cuisines.”I feel like it’s just the equivalent…