The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for Demo-2 inside the company’s hangar at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX SpaceX is set for its most important milestone yet, in a launch that may well define the future of the U.S. space program. Elon Musk’s company plans to launch a pair of NASA astronauts on Wednesday — the
This year, students may need extra help to make college a reality. Amid the coronavirus crisis and sky-high unemployment rates, less than half of families feel confident in their ability to meet the costs of higher education, according to education lender Sallie Mae. About 69% of parents and 55% of students entering college in the
As more businesses reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, dental practices are considering enhanced measures to clean their facilities and equipment, as well as protect their patients and staff. One of these tactics involves the use of ultraviolet light to sanitize the air, surfaces and equipment in dental offices. Disinfecting with UV light products is widely
Randy Bish Effective January 1, 2020, we have a radically different law governing Inherited IRAs and retirement plans than we had in the past. The stock market seems particularly jittery and that may continue for a long time. Your own finances and family situation could change significantly between the time you draft your wills, trusts
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – APRIL 28: Deanna Sison takes a break from preparing preordered lunches to check … [+] the status of her federal small business loan application at Little Skillet restaurant in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Sison is struggling to keep her restaurants after federal funds made available to assist
First-time buyers are going to need more support in the months and years ahead to help them onto the … [+] ladder. Getty The impact of COVID-19 on the housing market as a whole, and on the buying power of first-time buyers specifically, cannot be understated. Whilst the reopening of the property industry two weeks
Never heard of “travel bubbles” or “air bridges”? Read on because what you learn just might save your summer vacation now that we are in the coronavirus era. With little clarity on when the pandemic might end, many Europeans have already given up on the idea of a summer getaway. But some countries, desperate to salvage this
Invesco’s Kristina Hooper warns the coronavirus is not the biggest threat to the market. She sees flaring U.S.-China trade tensions potentially doing the most harm to stocks. “The pandemic has largely been isolated and neutralized because of all the monetary policy support that the Fed has provided,” she told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Friday. “That
We live in an increasingly stressful world, which is why it has never been more important to foster emotional and mental resiliency in our children. Not only are mentally strong kids better prepared to tackle future problems on their own, but studies have found that they’re also more likely to be engaged in school and
Aaron “Alpha.M” Marino says the Covid-19 pandemic has hit Youtube sponsorship deals hard, but “You need to be flexible enough to change and adapt in this situation. You are fighting for your business’s life and your employees as well.” Aaron “Alpha.M” Marino Aaron “Alpha.M” Marino is no stranger to adversity, and like many other small
null Getty For many older adults today, especially those aging solo, there is a stage of life in which they feel capable of continuing to live on their own, completely independent. In urban areas that means being able to navigate public transportation, walk comfortably and confidently for several blocks, and shop for the necessities of
An employee fills a bag of popcorn in the concessions area inside a Cineplex Cinemas movie theater. Bloomberg The days of packing into a chilly, air-conditioned theater at midnight to catch the hottest blockbuster release of the summer are in the past, at least for a little while. The summer box office will kick off
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands in lower Manhattan on May 18, 2020 in New York City. Markets surged today as promising details of a potential COVID-19 vaccine were released and more European countries gradually re-opened after months of lockdown. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures opened higher in overnight trading Monday to
While non-essential travel may be out for the foreseeable future, wanderlust is still going strong. Proof? These are the Airbnb rentals at destinations around the world that users have been saving the most on “wish lists” since the pandemic began. (Data was compiled by Airbnb from March 11 to May 4.) Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia This two-bedroom villa
Canceled that flight to Cancun or that cruise out of Miami to the Caribbean? You’re not alone. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic and worries over health and safety, many Americans will opt to “staycation” this year and holiday at home or nearby. “We’re seeing a trend overall [that] people are booking trips closer to
Dr Greg Gulbransen performs a medical checkup on a 72-year-old man with Leukemia who is presumed to have the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while at his pediatric practice in Oyster Bay, New York, U.S., April 13, 2020. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Dr. Rafael Guillen spends a lot of time on the phone these days. His practice
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – May 3: Guests at the Frederick Olmsted luncheon arrive and depart from Central … [+] Park’s conservancy garden on May 3, 2017 in New York City. The annual charity event raises money for Central Park and traditionally has a guest list of many of the New York City area’s wealthiest
NEW YORK, NY – March 18 MANDATORY CREDIT Bill Tompkins/Getty Images Church closing due to the … [+] coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic on March 18, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images) Getty Images What is with tax attorneys throwing themselves into a religious liberty Covid-19 dispute where Holy Communion gets compared with
The number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. topped more than 1.6 million as deaths rose to more than 97,000, a tally from Johns Hopkins University shows. President Donald Trump threatened to pull the GOP convention out of North Carolina if the governor’s coronavirus restrictions impose a limit on the number of people who can
Major League Baseball and its players are still negotiating the terms of a potential start to the 2020 season that likely won’t happen until early-July. In the meantime, with Covid-19 fears shutting down countless businesses and live events around the world, baseball-deprived fans have looked to South Korea, where that country’s professional baseball league, the