7 Types of Retirees Who Claim Social Security Early
How many of these traits do you share with retirees who take their Social Security benefits ASAP?
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One of the most vexing questions in retirement boils down to this: Should I take Social Security early, or should I wait?
The right answer is surprisingly complex, and largely depends on your financial circumstances, health and lifestyle desires. We have addressed this debate in two stories:
While some people wait until full retirement age or later to file for their benefits, many others take Social Security as soon as they can get it which is age 62 in most cases.
Power of poetry shines for Franklin students
Angela Bauer, Journal-Courier
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Two Franklin High School students will advance to the Illinois State Finals of the Central Illinois Poetry Out Loud competition on March 8.Dusan Petkovic | Getty Images
Franklin High School students Thaddeus Bergschneider and Madden Delaney were the top two finishers in the Central Illinois Poetry Out Loud competition earlier this month.
Bergschneider recited Mary Carr’s “All This and More” and W.D. Ehrhart’s “Beautiful Wreckage”. Delaney recited Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib’s “No, I wasn’t meant to love and be loved” and Stephen Dunn’s “Propositions”.
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Fog advisories generally come from Environment Canada but our well-being and happiness columnist Jennifer Moss says brain fog caused by prolonged stress can cloud your thinking.(Dan Taekema/CBC)
Food safety agencies have assessed the risk of acquiring COVID-19 from contaminated food or food packaging. They found that currently, there's no evidence that the virus is a food safety risk.
Best US cities for Gen Z-and what it s like to live there during COVID-19
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Best US cities for Gen Z and what it s like to live there during COVID-19
COVID-19 has spared no generation, but has put a unique burden on Gen-Zers the roughly 67 million Americans born between 1997 and 2012 who are just entering the workforce, starting college, or graduating high school amid an international pandemic.
Despite the coronavirus grinding everyday life as we know it to a halt, the Gen Z demographic is still charting its courses as these young adults choose cities to start building their lives, look for education and job opportunities, and enter into adulthood. To that end, certain American cities do better than others at courting budding entrepreneurs, advocates, artists, and experts in tech.