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Even if you never plan to wrestle a toddler before bedtime, we could all use a little fun-dad energy. There’s a reason the stereotype exists: Dads spend a lot of time playing with their children, and they tend to enjoy it. In fact, dads report feeling happier when interacting with their kids than during most other daily activities.Of course, dads may have more room for play partly because moms are carrying more of the mental load of parenting. On average, moms report being responsible for about 73% of all cognitive household labor compared with their partners’ 27%, and it’s stressing them out.  As we…

Seen through algae-laden green water, a tear in the recently applied sealant can be seen on the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C.Oliver Contreras | Afp | Getty ImagesThe paint is peeling from Washington’s Reflecting Pool after the renovation ordered by President Donald Trump, and he now alleges that someone intentionally damaged it.”We’ve had some real problems with Vandalism at the beautiful Reflecting Pool,” he posted on his social media site Friday night. “Just like three days ago, they destroyed the grass outside of the Pool, they’ve also done everything possible to…

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 15, 2026. Stringer | ReutersIran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again on Saturday and warned vessels to stay away from the critical shipping route, but the U.S. denied those claims, stating the waterway remained open. Tensions between the two countries escalated just days after Tehran and Washington reached an interim agreement to end hostilities in the region.The announcement by Iran’s military and the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came as Iranian negotiators prepared to travel to Switzerland for technical-level talks with U.S. officials scheduled to begin Sunday.Iran’s…

CoinDesk’s president of indices and data has a message for investors: Don’t count out bitcoin.”When I got my first smartphone, which is a great example of a disruptive technology that has been incorporated into my life, I didn’t get the smartphone and say, ‘This thing is garbage because I can’t get a taxi in front of my home whenever I want it.’ I was very excited that I didn’t have to carry an MP3 player and my cellphone at the same time,” David LaValle told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” on Monday.LaValle’s call comes during a rough time for bitcoin. The cryptocurrency…

Passengers board an Avelo flight at Tweed-New Haven Airport.Connecticut Public Broadcasting | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWith Spirit Airlines gone from the skies, travelers now have fewer lower-cost options waiting in the wings during the busy summer season. Americans may need to get used to it, as the changes taking place in how we fly could become permanent.For many years, airline efforts to create loyalty programs that keep customers sticking around could not compete with the one deciding factor for customers when purchasing a ticket: price. But the era of the low-cost carrier and ultra-low-cost carrier may now be irretrievably…

A tarp covers the newly removed name of US President Donald Trump from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 13, 2026. A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administrations last-minute bid to keep the presidents name on the Kennedy Center as a Friday removal deadline neared.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Kennedy Center’s management isn’t committing to scheduling new shows or building up its staff, even as the performing arts venue considers options short of a full two-year closure that a federal judge blocked last month.In a court filing Friday, Kennedy Center lawyers said…

Artificial intelligence is giving tech investors an entirely new reason to pay attention to the Federal Reserve. For years, megacap tech companies with hefty balance sheets have been able to shrug off rising rates, which tend to weigh more heavily on smaller, less-profitable peers. But companies that were once cash cows are depleting reserves and leveraging debt in their ambitious data center buildouts. That’s making the group much more exposed to the cost of borrowing. “Tech investors are not as used to looking at rates,” Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer of One Point BFG Wealth Partners, said in an interview.…

Age verification is consuming the Internet. From social media bans in Australia to porn restrictions in half of US states, for many having to prove their age to access websites is becoming an everyday requirement. But one of the key technologies underpinning many of these age checks is about to seep into the offline world—with potentially life-changing consequences for people having their age predicted by AI. Starting next year, the British government is planning to introduce facial age estimation—where AI scans your face and suggests how old you are—to help determine the age of asylum seekers arriving at the United…

The growing push to restrict Americans from using federal food aid to buy certain processed or sugary products is creating a new challenge for some of the biggest U.S. food and beverage companies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture as of May had approved food restriction waivers for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in 23 states, affecting roughly one-third of all SNAP participants, according to Numerator. The research firm estimates the restrictions could reduce food and beverage sales by as much as $830 million this year as consumers either shift spending to approved products or cut back overall. Kroger CEO Greg…

Investing.com– Goldman Sachs cut its global smartphone shipment forecasts for 2026 and 2027, citing high memory chip prices that continued to weigh on demand, even as it forecast product mix to keep shifting toward premium devices. The brokerage reduced its global smartphone volume estimates by 4% and 3% to 1.14 billion and 1.17 billion units for 2026 and 2027, respectively, implying a 10% decline this year followed by 3% growth in 2027. That compared with its previous forecast of a 6% drop and a 2% rise. Goldman Sachs also introduced a 2028 shipment estimate of 1.18 billion units, up 1% year-on-year.…