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Dear Liz: I decided to start taking Social Security benefits this summer when I turned 62. My monthly benefit is $1,809. My wife turned 62 at the end of last year and started her benefit of $841 a month. I just accepted an unexpected job offer that will pay me more than $130,000 a year. […]

Living in a city like Los Angeles can at times feel overwhelming. To combat the chaos and stresses of city life we recommend getting out and having a day of exploration and self-care. L.A. is peppered with little pockets of calmness; you just have to know where to look. One such place is the posh […]

As tempting as it might be, you can’t move in to the stylish Block Shop showroom, which opens to the public today in the ATX Arts Complex in Atwater Village. Outfitted with artist sisters Hopie and Lily Stockman’s Bauhaus-inspired textiles, and custom furnishings by Los Angeles designers Waka Waka, Brendan Ravenhill, Entler and Kalon Studios, […]

HATTIESBURG, Miss. —  There’s little disagreement that the object found in a white Mississippi firefighter’s locker was a hangman’s noose. But as with many things in America these days, there’s deep disagreement about what it meant. To some it was a reminder of lynchings that took hundreds of black lives in Mississippi, and it had no […]

Click:Guizhou China Map​MONTGOMERY, Ala. —  A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks will be unveiled Sunday in downtown Montgomery, Ala. The statue will be unveiled at Montgomery Plaza at the Court Square Fountain, the city of Montgomery said. The unveiling coincides with the anniversary of Parks’ historic Dec. 1, 1955, arrest for refusing to […]

NEW YORK —  Black Friday hit a record $7.4 billion in U.S. online sales as many shoppers spent the day clicking instead of lining up to buy. It was the second-biggest U.S. online sales day ever, behind 2018 Cyber Monday’s $7.9 billion, according to a survey of 80 of the top 100 U.S. online retailers from […]

HONG KONG  —  A huge crowd took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, some driven back by tear gas, to demand more democracy and an investigation into the use of force to crack down on the six-month-long anti-government demonstrations. Thousands turned out, including hardened youthful protesters in black outfits and face masks as […]

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto delivered a strong message last week to Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc who were made aware that their clash in Brazil was “not acceptable”. Vettel and Leclerc came together in the closing stages of the race at Interlagos as they were fighting for fourth, the damage sustained in the contact forcing […]

Diffusé sur OCS quelques jours après sa présentation, en Compétition, au Festival de Deauville, “The Tale” est un film choc qui évoque les abus sexuels et dont la réalisatrice Jennifer Fox, qui raconte sa propre expérience, nous a parlé. C’est sans conteste l’un des films chocs de la Compétition du 44ème Festival du Cinéma Américain […]

C’est un passage obligé dans la carrière d’un humoriste français : accepter un rôle sombre dans un drame pour casser son image de clown. Certains l’ont fait avec brio, d’autres s’y sont cassé les dents. 1. Bourvil – Le Cercle Rouge (1970) + Le rôle “sérieux” de la carrière de Bourvil est aussi un de ses […]