The three-year pause on student loan payments did more than provide temporary relief, according to a Post analysis: It reshaped household balance sheets. In many cases, people appear to have used the breathing room to take on other forms of debt.
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- The enormous popularity of new weight-loss drugs often eclipses the downsides: the burden of weekly injections, rough gastrointestinal side effects, muscle and bone loss. Now, drug manufacturers are in a race to roll out better options.
- The Onion is trying to capitalize on the rare opportunity. For Ben Collins, CEO of the Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, the idea to buy Alex Jones’s signature site, Infowars, began as a bit.
- They’re Black, educated and unemployed. The Post examines how four women are navigating this increasingly common reality in the U.S. There were some remarkable takeaways:
- In a provocative new book, anthropologist David Samson argues that to understand sleep, we have to lift the sleep mask, turn off the white noise machine and examine how it unfolds in nature. Test your knowledge about sleep with our quiz:
- Column: They aren't sure if a friend is just very friendly and gregarious or romantically attracted to them. If she were single, they would ask her out in a heartbeat. What should they do? Advice columnist R. Eric Thomas chimes in:
- Taking care of your teeth and gums can be tedious and complicated. And it’s not unusual to struggle with oral health. Use our quiz to see how your oral hygiene habits stack up — and where there may be room for improvement:
- Many housing advocates say that if the nation wants to fix its housing affordability problem, it needs to figure out how to build faster. Some urban planners have started looking to a small town outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, as an example of how to do it.
- Most people know that it’s important for adults to get around six to nine hours of sleep each night. But a growing body of research suggests that when you fall asleep and wake up each day may be just as important for your health as how much you sleep.
- The best craft cocktail menus offer a fine balance of art and information. But what if you need a translator for the menu? Cocktails can employ coded language that may feel intimidating. Here’s how to choose a drink you’ll love:
- Italy’s Emma Maria Mazzenga, 92, is the fastest female nonagenarian on Earth. Scientists in the U.S. and Italy wonder how singular she might be. So, as part of a study of elite older athletes, they began measuring her cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle function.
- A sweeping overhaul of East Potomac Golf Links will begin Sept. 1, President Trump said Sunday after he toured the century-old municipal course with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, renowned golf course architect Tom Fazio and White House aides.
- Since last week, Craig Paulette and a small group of others have spent almost every night at the Reflecting Pool chanting in support of the algae that has thrown a high-profile wrench in President Trump’s multimillion-dollar plans to beautify the landmark.
