DEAR ABBY: My brothers and I loved our father. He was an alcoholic until he was 37. After he stopped drinking, we became the best of friends. He was both mother and father to me, and I was so proud of him. Dad remarried 33 years later to a woman I can only describe as … Read more
WASHINGTON — Liam and Olivia have for a fifth year together topped the list of baby names for brand new boys and girls born in the U.S. in 2023. And Mateo joins the top 10 baby names list for the first time. The Social Security Administration annually tracks the names given to girls and boys in each … Read more
Social Security recipients are on track to receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year that is bigger than previously expected after inflation accelerated for the third month in a row. The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan group that focuses on issues relating to older Americans, estimated the adjustment could be about 3%, based on March inflation … Read more
There’s a bullseye on baby’s back. Targeting kids is fast becoming all the rage among shady scammers committing identity theft. A recent report from the Federal Trade Commission, the governmental overseers of identity theft, revealed that a staggering 22,229 claims of identity theft from kids in the U.S. under age 19 were filed last year. That’s … Read more
This is how you play the name game. Baby name consultant Kayla Naab is sharing the three factors parents should consider if they want to saddle their child with a unique name — usability, integration, and connotation. Parents looking to eschew Liam, Noah, Oliver, Olivia, Emma, Charlotte and the other top monikers on the Social … Read more