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☆ They celebrated their 25th anniversary with a trip to Paris and ended up buying a stone house in the countryside for $100,000. Now, they're dreaming of retiring there.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Michael and April Meyer bought a stone house in France for about $108,000 in 2022. "It was like our Tour de France," Michael said. Michael and April Meyer/@FrenchStoneHouseLifeThey made the offer in July last year when they were only a third through their planned six-week trip, Michael said. Embracing French cultureThe couple is also committed to immersing themselves in the French way of life — they're even taking French language classes back in the US. Michael and April Meyer/@FrenchStoneHouseLifeTheir French stone house is a vacation home at the moment, but the couple is toying with the idea of possibly retiring there in the future.

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Dexter Scott King, the late son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was remembered Saturday as the protector of his family’s legacy and the keeper of his father's dream during a memorial service in Atlanta. The memorial service for Dexter King was held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where his father once was pastor. Dexter King was named for the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where his father was pastor during the bus boycott that vaulted him to national prominence following the 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks. Dexter King served as chairman of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change and was president of the King Estate, working to protect the family’s intellectual property. “Dexter was ahead of his time,” Bernice King said of her brother’s vision in protecting the family’s intellectual rights.

Persons: Dexter Scott King, Dr, Martin Luther King Jr, Coretta Scott King, ”, Leah Weber King, “, ” Dexter Scott King, Jan, Dexter King, Stevie Wonder, Martin Luther King III, Dexter, Yolanda Denice King, “ He’s, ” King III, Bernice A ., Rosa Parks, King, Angela Bassett, Martin Luther King, Jr, “ Dexter, ” Bernice King, “ That’s Dexter Scott, ’ Dexter, James Earl Ray, Ray, ” Ray, ___ Thiessen Organizations: Ebenezer Baptist Church, Dexter, Baptist Church, Center for Nonviolent, King Estate, King Center Locations: Atlanta, Malibu , California, Montgomery , Alabama, Memphis , Tennessee, Rosa, Nashville, Anchorage , Alaska

Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter remembered her late brother on Tuesday as a fierce and visionary steward of their father's legacy. The center offers virtual classes on Martin Luther King’s philosophy of nonviolence. Tuesday's news conference started with a music video featuring Whitney Houston and other artists that was produced to celebrate the first Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday in 1986. In addition to Bernice King, he is survived by older brother Martin Luther King III. Bernice King downplayed her differences with Dexter King, saying she always agreed with her brother in principle.

Persons: Martin Luther King Jr, Bernice King, Dexter Scott King, ”, Dexter, ” Bernice King, —, Martin Luther, Coretta Scott King, “, ‘, ‘ I’m, you’ve, Dexter King, Martin Luther King, “ Dexter, Martin Luther King’s, Whitney Houston, didn’t, Martin Luther King III, Yolanda, Dexter King's Organizations: ATLANTA, The King Center, Atlanta Locations: Malibu , California, Atlanta

☆ Dexter Scott King, Younger Son of Martin Luther King Jr., Dies at 62
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Clay Risen | More About Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dexter Scott King, who as one of four children of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked closely with — but also frequently fought against — his siblings and the civil rights community over his father’s legacy, died on Monday at his home in Malibu, Calif. The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta said the cause was prostate cancer. Mr. King was the longtime chairman of the King Center, an institution established by his mother, Coretta Scott King, in 1968 to advance the vision of her husband. Both positions put him at the center of a shifting, byzantine web of alliances and conflicts with his siblings — in particular his brother, Martin Luther King III, and his younger sister, Bernice King — and with his father’s former allies.

Persons: Dexter Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr, —, King, Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King III, Bernice King — Organizations: King Center for Nonviolent, King Center Locations: Malibu , Calif, Atlanta, Memphis

☆ My partner asked to go to couples therapy. I thought it meant our relationship was failing, but it brought us closer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Edson Montenegro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My boyfriend suggested couples counseling . When that partner asked me to see a couple's counselor, I pressed the eject button as fast as possible. AdvertisementDuring a fight, my current partner asked for couples therapyMy current partner and I are more communicative, and I'm less likely to avoid conflict. To me, couples counseling meant defeat. Every preconceived notion I had about couples counseling faded away.

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The Peace Corps has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a 24-year-old volunteer from Illinois who died in 2018 in East Africa after the agency’s doctors misdiagnosed a case of malaria, a law firm announced Tuesday. The doctor told her to drink water and take aspirin, said Dinnell, whose firm filed a federal lawsuit for damages in Chicago on behalf of the Heiderman family. Her daughter had wanted to join the Peace Corps since the time she was in junior high, Heiderman said. The Peace Corps issued a statement saying it “continues to mourn the tragic loss of Volunteer Bernice Heiderman.”“She was a remarkable Volunteer who was admired by her students and community in Comoros. The inspector general's review also found that Heiderman had not been following her required malaria suppression medication regime for several months prior to her death.

Persons: Bernice Heiderman, wasn’t, Adam Dinnell, Schiffer Hicks Johnson PLLC, Dinnell, Julie Heiderman, “, Heiderman, ___ Kusmer Organizations: Corps, Peace Corps, Houston, Associated Press, Volunteers Locations: Illinois, East Africa, Inverness , Illinois, Comoros, Chicago, Mozambique, Madagascar, Washington, Indianapolis

☆ Peace Corps, Criticized for Medical Care, Settles Wrongful-Death Suit for $750,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Sheryl Gay Stolberg | More About Sheryl Gay Stolberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Peace Corps, which has repeatedly come under scrutiny for the medical care it provides to volunteers, has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a 24-year-old volunteer who died of undiagnosed malaria in the island nation of Comoros off the coast of East Africa. The federal government did not admit any guilt or liability in the death of the volunteer, Bernice Heiderman of Inverness, Ill., according to a legal filing on Tuesday in Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The payment is nonetheless unusual. Under federal tort law, suing the government is a complicated and difficult process. Adam Dinnell, a lawyer for the Heiderman family, said he could find no record of any similar monetary settlements by the Peace Corps, a federal agency founded in the 1960s to spread peace and American good will around the world.

Persons: Bernice Heiderman, Adam Dinnell, “, Heiderman, ” Organizations: Corps, Court, Northern, Northern District of Illinois, Peace Corps Locations: Comoros, East Africa, Inverness, Ill, Northern District, American

It was the first commemoration since the killer was convicted and sentenced to death after a long-stalled legal process. While the commemoration focused on the Pittsburgh attack, there were reminders of the ongoing war in the Middle East. But Israeli victims of the Hamas attacks were also on his mind. Will anything be done for them?”The commemoration comes as plans advance for the reconstruction of the Tree of Life synagogue complex, which has been dormant since the shootings. ___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Persons: ”, Maggie Feinstein, Robert Bowers, Bowers, Eric Olshan, “, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, Myers, it’s, — Dor Hadash, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, David Rosenthal, Cecil Rosenthal, Bernice Simon, Sylvan Simon, Dan Stein, Melvin Wax, Irving Younger, Joyce Fienberg's, Howard Fienberg, I’ve, Daniel Libeskind Organizations: PITTSBURGH, Western, Western Pennsylvania U.S, Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Pittsburgh, Israel, United States, Maine, Schenley, Western Pennsylvania, Gaza, America

☆ Is a Financial Advisor Worth It?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Bernice Napach | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +12 min

The right financial advisor can help you find the right answers to your life’s biggest, most difficult financial decisions. A one-time feeIf all you need is a comprehensive financial plan—a look at how your current savings, including your 401(k) and investments stack up—you don’t need to retain a financial advisor. When a financial advisor may be worth the costA financial advisor is worth paying for if they provide help you need, whether because you don’t have the time or financial acumen or you simply don’t want to deal with your finances. You want reassurancePlenty of investors work with a financial advisor for less tangible reasons too. ”It’s important that you get quality fiduciary advice on all those subjects because they’re irrevocable.”When a financial advisor probably isn’t worth the costThere are several financial areas where paying for a financial advisor may not be worth the cost, especially if you are willing to do a little basic research and have the discipline to stick to your goals.

Persons: Bernice Napach, ”, Rick Ferri, Read, it’s, that’s, won’t, Fee, Micah Hauptman, Peter Palion, —, “ They’re, ” Sheryl Garrett, Eric Amzalag Organizations: Vanguard, Ferri Investment Solutions, Investment, Consumer, Consumer Federation of America, IRS, Advisors, Garrett Planning Network, Peak Financial Locations: Georgetown , Texas, East Norwich, N.Y, Los Angeles

☆ Some vulnerable Republicans aren't cashing Marjorie Taylor Greene's $2,000 checks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene sent $2,000 checks to 18 of her colleagues' campaigns in March. But spokespeople for two of those vulnerable Republicans — Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin and Rep. Michelle Steel of California — now say that their campaigns didn't end up cashing the checks. Though the March 29 contributions appear in Greene's campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission, they never appeared in Van Orden or Steel's filings. Greene's campaign, which did not respond to Insider's request for comment, has not amended its filings with the Federal Election Commission to reflect that the checks were never cashed. Van Orden represents a swing district, and Democrats are eager to tie more vulnerable Republican candidates to the party's electorally toxic far right.

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☆ Tens of thousands expected for March on Washington’s 60th anniversary demonstration
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Martin Luther King III, along with his wife, Arndrea Waters King, and their 15-year-old daughter, Yolanda, have developed a set of traditions for this time of the year. The original march, which featured their father as a centerpiece, helped till the ground for passage of federal civil rights and voting rights legislation in the 1960s. "What we know is when people stand up, the difference can be made," Martin Luther King III told The Associated Press in an interview ahead of Saturday. Twenty three years ago, she introduced Sharpton and Martin Luther King III at a 37th anniversary march and urged them to carry on the legacy. And the voting rights marches from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama, in which marchers were brutally beaten while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in what became known as "Bloody Sunday," forced Congress to adopt the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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☆ Berenice Abbott Captured Manhattan in the Throes of Heady Change
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Karen Rosenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you were an American artist or writer in the 1920s, Paris was where you wanted to be. She had lived in New York once, just eight years before, but in her absence the city had been scaled up: new skyscrapers were rising, the population was exploding, and every block, it seemed, was abuzz with commerce and construction. (The market crash of October 1929 was still many months away). Suddenly, Paris was passé. The exhibition’s focus is a disbound scrapbook with seven to nine photographs per page, all taken over the course of that year, as Abbott paced the streets (and piers, bridges and train platforms) with a hand-held camera and a compulsion to capture New York’s unruly, cutthroat modernity.

Persons: Berenice Abbott, —, Man Ray, James Joyce, Djuna Barnes, “ Bernice ”, Berenice, ”, Abbott, “, Berenice Abbott’s Organizations: Metropolitan Museum Locations: American, Paris, Springfield , Ohio, New York, “, Lower Manhattan, United States

PinnedThe massacre of 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 is considered the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. “Finally, justice has been served,” said Leigh Stein, whose father, Dan Stein, was killed in the attack. Image Relatives of the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting spoke on Wednesday after jurors recommended that the gunman be sentenced to death. The defense called no witnesses in that part of the trial, as there was never any dispute that Mr. Bowers had carried out the attack. The police rushed to the synagogue and, after exchanging gunfire with Mr. Bowers, eventually cornered him in a classroom.

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☆ What it was like to live at the Los Alamos lab site during the Manhattan Project
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Los Alamos National LaboratorySituated 7,300 feet above sea level and roughly 35 miles from Santa Fe, the Los Alamos site seemed ideal for a secret laboratory. Constant constructionCompared to the Chicago labs, where some of the work on the Manhattan Project was being done, Los Alamos was starting from scratch. The commissary is where many Los Alamos residents did most of their grocery shopping during the Manhattan Project. Mary Palvesky is the daughter of Harry Palevsky and Elaine Sammel, who both worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. After the US dropped the bombs, the site became the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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☆ Jury in Pittsburgh Synagogue Trial Finds Gunman’s Crimes Eligible for Death Penalty
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Jon Moss | Campbell Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Bowers was found guilty on 63 counts, including hate crimes that carry a maximum sentence of death. The central question facing jurors over the last two and a half weeks was whether Mr. Bowers intended to kill his victims — one of the factors necessary for a death sentence. “The issue in this case is, what happens when your brain is broken?” said Michael Burt, a defense attorney, in his closing argument. “What happens when you don’t have the ability to know what is truth and what is not truth?”thanks. Defense witnesses who had examined Mr. Bowers said he had schizophrenia and other serious mental disorders.

Persons: Dor Hadash —, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Daniel Stein, Melvin Wax, Irving Younger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Bernice, Sylvan Simon, Cecil, David Rosenthal, Bowers, ”, Michael Burt

☆ Christine King Farris, Last Sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., Dies at 95
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Alex Traub | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died on Thursday. Her death was announced by her niece, the Rev. Ms. Farris, Dr. King’s older sister, supported him politically and personally. She joined him in 1965 for the March for Voting Rights in Alabama and in 1966 for the March Against Fear in Mississippi.

Persons: Christine King Farris, Martin Luther King Jr, Bernice King, Farris, Dr, Dr . King, Alfred Daniel King, Alberta King Organizations: Rights Locations: Alabama, Mississippi, Alberta

☆ How to Pick a Financial Advisor
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +12 min

Read on to get started:Types of financial advisorsMany financial professionals, including financial planners, securities brokers, investment managers, and insurance brokers call themselves financial advisors so it’s important to know exactly what services an advisor provides before hiring one. Financial advisor designationsThere are myriad designations for financial advisors but only a handful that indicate the expertise most consumers need. CPAs, or Certified Public Accountants, can be certified with a Personal Financial Specialist credential, which combines their tax expertise with personal financial planning knowledge. How to find a financial advisorFinding a financial advisor is not so different from finding any other specialized service you’re in the market for. The right financial advisor can help navigate your financial life, from budgeting everyday spending to fulfilling long-term financial goals over a lifetime including the purchase of a home and a comfortable retirement.

☆ How to Invest in the S&P 500
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +9 min

The S&P 500 index, short for Standard & Poor’s 500 index, is one of the most widely traded and talked about stock indexes in the world. The Largest S&P 500 Index Funds Ticker Symbols Expense Ratio Fund Size Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund VOO, VFFSX, VFIAX 0.010%-0.040% $792 billion SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY 0.095% $380 billion Fidelity 500 Index Fund FXAIX 0.015% $374 billion iShares Core S&P 500 ETF IVV 0.030% $307 billion Vanguard Institutional Index Fund VINIX, VIIIX 0.020%-0.035% $238 billion Morningstar DirectS&P 500 mutual funds vs. S&P 500 ETFsAnother thing to consider is whether you want to buy a traditional mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, which trades like a stock. Equal weight, value or ESG S&P 500 fundsMoreover, if you’re concerned about the heavy weighting of certain sectors in the S&P index you can invest instead in an equal weight S&P 500 index fund or add those shares to your portfolio. Alternatively, you can buy an S&P 500 value fund, which represents stocks that are considered undervalued or an S&P 500 growth fund, which represents the fastest-growing companies in the S&P 500. Another variation on the S&P 500 index theme incorporates ESG (environmental, social and governance) values while maintaining similar overall industry group weights as the S&P 500.

☆ On King’s holiday, daughter calls for bold action over words
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Bernice King, who leads The King Center in Atlanta, said leaders — especially politicians — too often cheapen her father’s legacy into a “comfortable and convenient King” offering easy platitudes. The service, organized by the center and held at Ebenezer annually, headlined observances of the 38th federal King holiday. ... A prophetic word calls for an inconvenience because it challenges us to change our hearts, our minds and our behavior,” Bernice King said. At Ebenezer, Warnock, who has led the congregation for 17 years, hailed his predecessor’s role in securing ballot access for Black Americans. But, like Bernice King, the senator warned against a reductive understanding of King.

☆ How to Build an Emergency Fund
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

“Covid really drove home the importance of having an emergency fund,” says Diana Linn, a wealth advisor in Newton, Mass. But the rest of setting up an emergency fund, from estimating your needs to opening an account, is relatively simple. Chen recommends multiple emergency funds, with different time frames and purposes: a short-term fund for any last-minute necessary purchase like a new car battery that you’d otherwise charge on a credit card; a midterm fund for repairs, like a new water heater; and a long-term emergency fund for when you lose your job. Decide how to reach your savings targetThe surest way to build up an emergency fund is to regularly put aside a portion of your earnings into an emergency savings account, preferably as an automatic debit from a checking account. Decide where to keep your emergency fundThere are several savings vehicles you can use for your emergency fund, both online and otherwise.

☆ What Is a Robo Advisor, and Do I Need One?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +9 min

That’s where a robo advisor can help. A robo advisor is a digital, automated service that makes investing easy because it picks securities for you. How to start investing with a robo advisorGetting started investing with a robo advisor is designed to be easy. Robo advisor accounts are well-suited for anyone who is comfortable being online but needs a nudge to invest and would rather not do it themselves or doesn’t have the means to hire an individual financial advisor. Betterment and Wealthfront, for example, offer savings accounts, which pay substantially more than traditional bank savings accounts, as well as checking accounts and debit cards.

☆ How to Find a Financial Advisor
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +12 min

Read on to get started:Types of financial advisorsMany financial professionals, including financial planners, securities brokers, investment managers, and insurance brokers call themselves financial advisors so it’s important to know exactly what services an advisor provides before hiring one. Financial advisor designationsThere are myriad designations for financial advisors but only a handful that indicate the expertise most consumers need. Advisor fees and minimumsHow a financial advisor gets paid can be as important as how much you pay them because you want an advisor whose paramount consideration is your best interest, not their own, and whether or not that is the case is largely determined by how you pay them. How to find a financial advisorFinding a financial advisor is not so different from finding any other specialized service you’re in the market for. The right financial advisor can help navigate your financial life, from budgeting everyday spending to fulfilling long-term financial goals over a lifetime including the purchase of a home and a comfortable retirement.

☆ Taiwan National Day: 'No room for compromise' on sovereignty, President Tsai says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Eric Cheung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Taipei, Taiwan CNN —Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said Monday there is “no room for compromise” over the self-ruled island’s sovereignty but she is willing to work with China to find “mutually acceptable ways” to maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait. There is no room for compromise on this,” Tsai said in a speech marking Taiwan’s National Day, delivered as tensions between Taipei and Beijing simmer at the highest point in recent decades. Lawmakers from Taiwan and Japan wave flags at a ceremony to mark the island's National Day in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei on October 10, 2022. Taiwan National Day celebrationsThe Republic of China ruled the mainland until its defeat to the Communists at the end of the civil war in 1949, when it retreated to Taiwan. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (top C) attends a ceremony to mark the island's National Day in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei on October 10, 2022.

☆ Young Black activists are done waiting their turn for political office. They're taking on the 'John Lewis generation' of elder lawmakers who they say are out of touch.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Elvina Nawaguna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

Most members of the Congressional Black Caucus are twice as old as the median Black person living in the US. The Congressional Black Caucus, a powerful voice for Black Americans, is significantly older than those it speaks for. Clay had replaced his father, William Lacy Clay Sr., a civil-rights icon and founding Congressional Black Caucus member who had represented the area since 1969. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesThe Congressional Black Caucus is reckoning with a leftward shift it's struggled to embrace. A spokesperson for the Congressional Black Caucus did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Black women in the legal world celebrate Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic Supreme Court nomination as a 'victory' for all Americans
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-03 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The two were enrolled in the same classes, both members of the Black Law Students Association, and lived in the same dormitory building. Black women in the legal world celebrated Jackson's Supreme Court nomination, a milestone that they said marks significant progress for their representation in the legal field, but also for the country as a whole. Installing judges of diverse backgrounds can better ensure the legal system is working equitably for all Americans, Black women in the legal field told Insider. "Now when I tell her, 'You could be a Supreme Court justice,' she can look at the Supreme Court and think, 'Yes, I could, there's someone there who looks like me.'" MoveOnORG activists call for the immediate confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court on February 25.

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