Family caregivers spend an average of more than $11,500 a year on care, about 60% more than in 2021, according to an AARP study. The costs and time demands can reduce savings, earnings, and work hours, and may lead some caregivers to leave their jobs.
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AARP based its findings on a survey of more than 2,500 people who cared for an adult relative or friend in June and July.
Caregiving costs average more than $11,500 a year, up roughly 60% from 2021.
For households earning less than $40,000 annually, caregiving costs average more than three-quarters of household income.
Housing and household expenses are caregivers’ largest costs, averaging nearly $4,800 per year.
Healthcare costs are the second-largest financial burden, including insurance premiums, copayments, and hospital bills.
Nearly two-thirds of working caregivers surveyed said caregiving responsibilities affected their work lives.
Some caregivers work extra hours to cover costs, while others reduce their schedules or leave their jobs.
Connecticut resident Wendy Mayo estimates she spends $15,000 a year helping care for her mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease.
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Defense lawyers challenged the evidence and investigative methods in the case accusing former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides of lying to Congress about their roles in Hunter Biden investigations. A magistrate judge struck a later complaint that added obstruction charges and said he would review the original allegations statement by statement for probable cause.
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The case alleges that Floris and Benavides made false statements to the House Judiciary Committee about their involvement in FBI investigations related to Hunter Biden.
FBI agent Bryan Witt testified that investigators did not interview Floris or congressional staff members with direct knowledge of the officials’ testimony.
Witt acknowledged that Steve Castor, a key House Judiciary Committee staffer, was not present for the testimony and had not reviewed its transcript.
Defense lawyers argued that some committee questions did not specify which of several Hunter Biden investigations they referred to.
Prosecutors initially charged the pair through a criminal complaint rather than a grand jury indictment.
Prosecutors filed an unsigned, unsworn complaint seeking to add obstruction-of-Congress charges shortly before the hearing.
Judge Zia Faruqui struck the later complaint, saying it lacked proper judicial review, but allowed the hearing on the original complaint to continue.
Faruqui said he planned to examine each alleged false statement to determine whether probable cause exists.
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The EU has replaced a proposal to discuss “associate membership” for Canada with a less specific plan to define closer ties by the 2027 EU-Canada summit. The change followed objections from member states, which questioned the undefined status and whether it fits EU treaties. Canada has said it does not seek formal EU membership, while Prime Minister Mark Carney has pursued stronger trade ties amid tensions with the United States.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed considering associate membership for Canada in a speech last month.
A draft summit statement offers to define an ever closer association with Canada, short of full membership, by the 2027 EU-Canada summit.
EU ambassadors raised concerns about the associate membership proposal at a meeting on Monday.
Germany argued that associate membership should be an interim step for prospective EU candidate countries and said the status has no basis in current EU treaties.
The EU-Canada summit is scheduled to take place in Montreal on Thursday and Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump called the EU proposal laughable and warned that the United States might restrict trade with Europe if he considered it a hostile act.
Carney has sought new trading partners amid a trade dispute with the United States.
Canada has said it does not seek formal membership in the EU.
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Bush Heritage has raised more than A$19 million toward buying Wooroora, a cattle station in far north Queensland, and aims to raise the remaining A$5.3 million by 24 December. The group says the purchase would protect habitat and create opportunities for Jirrbal people to access and help manage their traditional lands.
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Wooroora covers more than 20,000 hectares about 100 kilometres south-west of Cairns.
The property borders Bush Heritage’s 43,575-hectare Yourka Reserve.
At least 12 threatened species and more than 30 species of conservation significance have been recorded at Wooroora, including cassowaries and tree-kangaroos.
Bush Heritage says the purchase and initial five years of management will cost A$24.7 million.
An anonymous Australian donor gave A$6 million, and a foundation associated with Patagonia donated almost A$2.5 million.
A proposal to clear more than 500 hectares for a 42-turbine wind farm was rejected in 2024 over environmental impacts.
Jirrbal representatives say they hope to access the land and jointly manage the reserve.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to attend a Make America Healthy Again rally in Des Moines on Wednesday to support Republican candidates ahead of Iowa’s November 3 midterm elections. The event comes as healthcare ranks as a major concern for Iowa voters and polling shows close contests for governor and the U.S. Senate.
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The rally is scheduled for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Des Moines.
The event is intended to support Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn and House candidate Joe Mitchell, among others.
Democrat Rob Sand is running against Lahn for the open governor’s seat; Republican Governor Kim Reynolds is not seeking reelection.
The article says an October Emerson College poll found healthcare was the second-most-cited issue among likely Iowa voters, at 18 percent, behind the economy at 42 percent.
The article reports that recent polls showed the Senate race between Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek was close, with different surveys giving each candidate a small lead.
President Donald Trump visited Iowa the previous week to campaign for Hinson and was scheduled to return on November 1.
Hinson was not listed among the rally speakers, and the article says it was unclear whether she had been invited.
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Research suggests millennials’ economic prospects have improved after a weak start. Compared with earlier generations at the same age, millennials have higher median household incomes and have gained wealth, though homeownership remains a notable challenge.
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A 2018 St. Louis Fed study found that households headed by people born in the 1980s had 34 percent less wealth than an age-based benchmark in 2016.
A follow-up analysis found that by 2022, typical households headed by people born in the 1980s had 37 percent more wealth than the benchmark.
A study published in Demography compared five generations at ages 36 to 40 and found millennials’ median household income after taxes and benefits was 20 percent higher than Gen X’s at the same age.
The Demography study adjusted incomes for inflation and household size.
The St. Louis Fed attributed much of the 1980s cohort’s wealth increase to housing and described 2022 as unusually strong.
The Federal Reserve’s 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances found that median net worth for households headed by people ages 35 to 44 rose 5 percent after inflation from 2022 to 2025, reaching $155,600.
The article identifies homeownership as a key milestone where millennials have not caught up.
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Israel’s election produced no clear parliamentary majority, leaving the country without an obvious path to forming a government. The results reflected divisions over religion and military service, the response to the 7 October 2023 attacks, and the country’s political direction.
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Voters turned out in record numbers, including Jewish and Arab citizens.
Israel’s proportional representation system typically requires parties to form coalition governments.
Likud lost significant support but remained on track to be the largest party in the Knesset.
Neither opposing bloc won a parliamentary majority.
Ultra-Orthodox people make up almost 15% of Israel’s population, and disputes over military-service exemptions remain a source of tension.
Arab parties won about 15% of the vote, potentially giving them seats in the high teens.
About 10% of voters supported Jewish far-right parties, including Bezalel Smotrich’s party.
The opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, fell short of its goal of bringing about a change in government.
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A New York Times report alleges that people connected to Mary Peltola’s campaign and Democratic groups helped recruit Republican Dan J. Sullivan, whose name resembles that of Alaska’s incumbent Republican senator, for the state’s Senate race. Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee denied involvement, while President Donald Trump called for legal and political consequences; Alaska courts found no illegality in Dan J. Sullivan’s candidacy.
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The New York Times said it based its report on 12 sources, text messages and documents.
The report described the alleged recruitment effort as the “ballot composition project.”
Peltola’s campaign committee, Alaskans for Mary, said it had no involvement with either Sullivan campaign.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said it was not involved with Dan J. Sullivan.
Trump accused Peltola of election fraud and called for her and Dan J. Sullivan to be removed from the ballot.
Alaska courts found nothing illegal about Dan J. Sullivan’s candidacy, though they considered whether it was in good faith or intended to mislead voters.
Former Peltola staffer Elisa Rios told the Times that Peltola was not directly involved but was aware of the reported effort; Rios later requested a retraction of her statements.
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Israel faced political uncertainty after a high-turnout election produced no clear winner, according to initial results. Forming a government looked difficult for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main opponent, and another election remained possible.
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The election had high turnout.
Initial results showed no clear winner.
Netanyahu and his main opponent faced a difficult path to forming a government.
Another round of elections could not be ruled out.
The election was Israel's first since Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
Voters considered Netanyahu's nearly unbroken 17-year rule and competing visions for Israel's future.
Initial results pointed to a deeply divided electorate.
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The article page says Republican strategist Rina Shah and Democratic strategist Robyn Patterson discussed the impact of a controversial attack ad in an Ohio race. The supplied text does not give details about the ad or its effect on voters.
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The headline concerns an attack ad by Vivek Ramaswamy against Acton.
The ad relates to an Ohio election race.
CBS News featured Republican strategist Rina Shah and Democratic strategist Robyn Patterson discussing the ad.
The page describes the ad as controversial.
The supplied article text does not report polling or other evidence about changes in voter preferences.
The page says President Trump was campaigning six days before midterm elections that would determine control of Congress.
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King Charles III danced in a street parade with officials in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. During a separate event celebrating local youth, he acknowledged the region’s “great suffering of the past” as calls for slavery reparations continued.
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The parade took place in Nassau.
King Charles III danced alongside officials during the parade.
The King spoke at an event celebrating local youth.
He acknowledged the “great suffering of the past.”
The visit is part of a nine-day tour.
The tour will end at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
Leaders are expected to discuss the region’s legacy of slavery at the meeting.
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Butte County elections official Keaton Denlay said the Justice Department gave his office an error-filled list of people it described as likely noncitizens registered to vote and threatened prosecution if officials counted their ballots. Denlay declined to set ballots aside, saying the list did not match the department’s summary and included people who were not on the county’s active voter rolls.
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Denlay is the clerk-recorder and registrar of voters for Butte County, north of Sacramento.
Denlay said a person identifying himself as a Department of Homeland Security agent delivered the paperwork on Friday afternoon.
The Justice Department’s letter said its list identified 47 likely noncitizens and gave the county 48 hours to respond.
The letter asked officials to set aside, but not cancel, ballots when they could not independently confirm a voter’s citizenship.
Denlay said the two-page list contained 46 entries, including one duplicate, rather than 47 distinct names.
Denlay said 32 of the 45 distinct names were not on the county’s active voter rolls and had not been sent ballots.
The Justice Department warned that officials who knowingly counted ballots cast by people identified by federal agencies as noncitizens risked prosecution as aiders and abettors to a federal crime.
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Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro and his family traveled through Argentina and Ecuador before arriving in Miami, days after he lost Brazil’s presidential runoff to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Brazil’s Supreme Court had ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports amid a money laundering and currency evasion investigation, while Bolsonaro said he would seek to annul the election result.
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Argentine immigration authorities said Bolsonaro and his family crossed into Argentina late Tuesday and later boarded a private plane to Ecuador.
The family flew from Ecuador to Miami and arrived at Opa-Locka Executive Airport on Wednesday morning.
The U.S. State Department said it would issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family.
Lula won 51.8 percent of the vote, compared with Bolsonaro’s 48.2 percent, a margin of more than 4.4 million votes.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports, citing concern that he might flee amid an investigation involving money laundering and currency evasion.
Bolsonaro said he would pursue a petition to annul the election, citing a two-hour extension of polling hours ordered by Brazil’s Supreme Court.
Official records showed that fewer than 35,000 votes were cast during the polling extension.
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Some Dearborn voters who supported Donald Trump in 2024 say they now back Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers. Recent polls show El-Sayed narrowly ahead, though most leads fall within the surveys’ margins of error.
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El-Sayed is a physician and former Wayne County public health director; he would be the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate if he wins.
Rogers is a former U.S. representative. The candidates are competing for the seat Senator Gary Peters is leaving.
Trump won about 42 percent of the vote in Dearborn in 2024, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein received about 18 percent.
Three Dearborn residents interviewed by The Washington Post said they voted for Trump in 2024 and now support El-Sayed. They cited concerns about wars and prices.
A Glengariff Group poll conducted October 19–22 found El-Sayed ahead 51 percent to 45 percent among 600 likely voters.
Other recent polls cited in the article showed El-Sayed leading Rogers by one to two percentage points.
Federal Election Commission filings showed donors in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights gave El-Sayed about $131,000 in itemized contributions from mid-July through September.
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Two Arab-majority parties are projected to win a combined 19 seats in Israel’s election, a historic result, as turnout reached a record level. Arab citizens of Israel, who make up about 20 percent of the population, include descendants of Palestinians who remained after Israel was established; the article says many were angered by the Netanyahu government’s nationalist vision for Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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The two Arab-majority parties are projected to win 19 seats combined.
The projected result would be a historic gain for the parties.
Israel recorded its highest-ever voter turnout, according to the article.
Arab citizens make up around 20 percent of Israel’s population.
The article describes Arab citizens as descendants of Palestinians who remained after Israel’s creation.
The article says many Arab voters were angered by the Netanyahu government’s nationalist vision for Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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A Budget plan to remove import tariffs on more than 100 products, including garlic, gherkins and plant-based milk, is expected to save the typical household about £21 a year on food. Greater Manchester hospitality businesses said the changes would offer little help and called for measures such as lower VAT or reduced employment costs.
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The Treasury said tariff removals on more than 100 products would save a typical household about £21 a year on food.
Burgerism operations manager Morgan Austin said the tariff change on gherkins was welcome but wanted a VAT reduction for hospitality businesses.
Austin said higher minimum wages and employer National Insurance contributions after the previous Budget cost Burgerism about £150,000 a year.
Fuego 1987 owner Hassan Zahid said lower tariffs on meat or chicken would help more than cuts on products such as garlic.
Mattina co-owner Gavin Williams said his business would not benefit from lower import tariffs because its plant-based milk suppliers are based in the UK.
Williams said lower VAT would make a greater difference to independent hospitality businesses.
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Republicans criticized Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola after a New York Times report said her campaign tried to recruit Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. to run against incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan. The report said the recruit shared the incumbent’s name and was sought to challenge his reelection bid.
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Mary Peltola is a Democratic candidate for the Alaska Senate seat.
Incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan is a Republican seeking reelection.
The New York Times reported that Peltola’s campaign directly tried to recruit Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.
Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. has the same name as the incumbent, according to the report.
Republicans criticized Peltola over the reported recruitment effort.
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The UN General Assembly voted 130 to 17 to condemn the US economic embargo of Cuba, while 25 countries abstained. The vote followed US efforts to reduce support for the resolution and a heated exchange between US and Cuban officials at the UN.
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The United States and Israel voted against the resolution.
Twenty-five countries abstained, including Germany and Italy, which had previously supported the resolution.
The General Assembly has voted annually to condemn the embargo for more than three decades.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the United States was isolated in its effort to maintain the embargo.
US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said more countries had shifted their position and predicted that trend would continue.
Cuban officials accused the United States of threatening countries with tariffs, visa restrictions, and other penalties over the vote.
Waltz said Cuba’s first secretary at the UN mission, Richard Tur de la Concepcion, would be expelled for allegedly assaulting an American diplomat.
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U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein died at age 92 on October 28, 2026, after serving on Manhattan’s federal court since 1998. He handled cases involving President Donald Trump, the September 11 attacks, and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, whose trial is scheduled for next June.
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Hellerstein died surrounded by family, a court spokesperson said.
President Bill Clinton appointed Hellerstein to the Manhattan federal court in 1998.
Hellerstein was overseeing the case against Nicolás Maduro, who has pleaded not guilty to torture and drug trafficking charges.
The court expects to assign Hellerstein’s cases randomly to other Manhattan judges.
Hellerstein oversaw civil lawsuits arising from the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
He rejected Trump’s effort to move his New York hush money case to federal court and dismiss it based on presidential immunity.
Hellerstein presided over the trials of Charlie Javice and Bill Hwang, who were convicted in separate fraud cases.
Before becoming a judge, Hellerstein served in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps and practiced law for 38 years.
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President Donald Trump said Mary Peltola should not be allowed to run against Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska. His comments followed a New York Times report that Peltola’s campaign sought to recruit candidates, including Daniel J. Sullivan, to affect the election results.
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Trump made the comments on Wednesday.
Peltola is a former Democratic representative from Alaska.
Peltola is seeking to run for Senate against incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
The New York Times reported that Peltola’s campaign sought to recruit other candidates.
Daniel J. Sullivan was among the candidates the report said the campaign sought to recruit.
The reported effort aimed to affect the election results.
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