• Retirees Get 265% of What They Paid Into Social Security—but Will Young Americans?,Allaire Conte

    Retirees Get 265% of What They Paid Into Social Security—but Will Young Americans?

    Workers born in the 1960s are on track to receive Social Security benefits worth more than 2.6 times the taxes they personally paid into the program, according to a new analysis. The findings, from the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), arrive as Social Security’s retirem

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  • EXCLUSIVE: Amanda Seyfried Lists Longtime L.A. Home for $3.2 Million—After Moving to a Farm in Upstate New York,Kelsi Karruli

    EXCLUSIVE: Amanda Seyfried Lists Longtime L.A. Home for $3.2 Million—After Moving to a Farm in Upstate New York

    “Mean Girls” star Amanda Seyfried has listed her longtime Los Angeles home for $3.2 million, 15 years after she purchased the property for nearly half the price it is now on the market for. The 40-year-old actress, who now resides primarily on a beautiful farm property in upstate New York, which she

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  • Rooftop Solar’s Next Crisis: Why Homeowners Are Losing 20% of Their Energy Output,Anna Baluch

    Rooftop Solar’s Next Crisis: Why Homeowners Are Losing 20% of Their Energy Output

    In a recent Reddit post, a Washington homeowner revealed a 20% drop in solar panel output during periods of wildfire smoke, even when it appeared sunny outside.  The reason behind this? The smoke’s fine particles likely scattered and weakened the sunlight before it hit the solar panels, reducing the

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