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Shutterstock.com Picture this. Steve, a 60-year-old retail worker, has managed to save about $5,000 in a Roth IRA while earning a low wage and struggling to get ahead. With retirement coming up quickly, Steve is wondering what many older workers also are worrying about: Is it too late to turn things around? The reality is sobering but not hopeless. While catching up to traditional retirement savings targets may be out of reach, there are still some strategies he can take that can improve his retirement security over the next decade. Must Read Millions of older Americans are approaching retirement with…

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Pharrell Williams soundtracked Louis Vuitton’s Menswear Spring-Summer 2027 show with several new tracks, including collaborations with Quavo, Lil Baby, and Angelique Kidjo. Held on Tuesday at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, the fashion event showcased music recorded at the Louis Vuitton Studio. The show opened with Quavo’s new track, “Haavin,” produced and co-written by Williams, and continued with Lily Baby’s “Dead Fresh” and YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s “Simulation.” It concluded with a version of Kidjo’s recent song “Bando,” featuring Williams and Quavo and orchestrated by Thomas Roussel. During the fashion show, Roussel conducted the L’Orchestre du Pont Neuf live,…

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Daily Newsletter Employees describe the gallery’s disorienting layoffs, Brenda Goodman looks back on her six-decade practice, and artists urge Mayor Mamdani to ban AI in schools. Artist Brenda Goodman has always been one of one. Coming up in a scene dominated by men with sexist ideas about what made art worthy, she painted, tore, and sculpted her own creative journey while exploring her queer identity. “I take risks with my work,” Goodman, who turns 83 in July, told artist Mala Iqbal. “I don’t sit still and do the same thing over and over again.” They met at her studio and…

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PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, June 24: Papers discuss the newest UN report that says Israel targeted and killed Palestinian children after the truce. Next: more than 40 people have drowned amid the heatwave in France. Also: France’s national team coach Didier Deschamps will skip an important game following the death of his mother. Finally, we take a look at the world’s loudest man. A UN report released on Tuesday accuses Israel’s security forces of abuse and deliberate killings of Palestinian children, eight months after the Israel-Hamas truce in the Gaza Strip, The New York Times reports. The report concluded that the killings are…

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World Cup spotlight increases transfer interestFew players have enhanced their reputation more dramatically this summer than Folarin Balogun. While representing the United States on home soil at the World Cup, the striker has delivered the kind of performances that inevitably attract attention from across Europe.AdvertisementBalogun’s two-goal display in a 4-1 victory over Paraguay made history, becoming the first American male player since 1930 to score twice in a World Cup match. He followed that with another impressive showing against Australia, collecting a second consecutive Player of the Match award and helping guide his nation into the knockout rounds.According to reporting…

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President Sheinbaum says passenger service on the Interoceanic Train will not resume until early 2027, as her government reworks a deadly stretch of track in Oaxaca and tries to secure land rights for a safer route. Sheinbaum said at her Monday morning press conference that specialists have delivered recommendations that are now under review with the federal Agency for Trains and Integrated Public Transport (ATTRAPI). (Google Maps) “We will announce them here and make them public,” she said. “We hope that passenger service will be operational next year.” She acknowledged, however, the government still lacks a finished plan and that…

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When Mackenzie Sol was just 4 years old, he auditioned for judge Simon Cowell on The X Factor. More than 20 years later, the now-25-year-old TikTok star was back in front of Cowell to try out for America’s Got Talent. On Tuesday night’s (June 23) episode, Sol transformed sombr‘s breakout hit “Back to Friends” into a sensual R&B ballad, slowing down the tempo and adding a series of creative vocal runs, putting all the attention on the song’s heartbreaking lyrics. “Back to Friends” was sombr’s first song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 back in April 2025, eventually peaking at…

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After almost 60 years, Daryl Braithwaite is calling time on performing live. In a social post on Tuesday, June 23, the ARIA Hall of Fame inducted singer and former Sherbet frontman says years-long battles with his own body are taking a toll. “I would like to share this news with you all,” he writes on Instagram. “After much thought and consideration, I have made the difficult and sad decision to step back from performing live gigs. For some time now it has been increasingly physically challenging for me to sing comfortably and as a result it has taken the joy…

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