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Health Savings Accounts Are More Attractive Than Ever: Is It Time to Get One?

Recent changes to health savings accounts (HSAs) make them much more attractive. These accounts double as health insurance and a retirement account. Previously, they only allowed smaller contributions each year, but the limit has been raised for 2024. Money contributed to a health savings account is tax deductible. It enables money to be available for…


Struggling with REM Sleep? Castor Oil and Other Surprising Solutions!

How do we get more REM sleep? Castor oil and other methods. Michael Jackson forgot standard dances and words to songs he’d sung for decades when he went 60 days without REM sleep. He even talked to himself, heard voices, and lost a lot of weight while deprived of REM. What vital processes in our…


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for June 9–15

This week, we feature a true-to-life military drama of survival and an action thriller about a man on a mission to save a family from harm. New Release ‘Extraction 2’ From top action producers Joe and Anthony Russo comes a powerful film that follows black ops warrior Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) as he takes on…


Dear Next Generation: Letters From Jail

To the younger generation, “Advice, from the belly of the beast.” I am a 41-year-old federal prisoner, convicted of drug trafficking and weapons possession. I hope you will take heed of this advice and avoid the mess I made for myself and my loved ones. First, it is in your best interest to find a…


Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for June 9–15

This week, we feature the recently found memoirs of one of baseball’s greats and a fascinating true story of a shipwrecked, mutinous crew. Nonfiction ‘The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder’ By David Grann In 1740, a squadron of seven ships left Portsmouth, England, on a mission to capture a fabled Spanish galleon….


Rare ‘Monkey-Eating’ Philippine Eagle: One of the World’s Largest Birds With Blue-Gray Eyes and They Mate for Life

The Philippine eagle (Pithecopaga jefferyi) is the largest in the world, and it snacks on monkeys. With its unique blue-gray eyes this apex predator can spot prey as far as 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) away. And this magnificent bird of prey is incredibly rare, with only 392 pairs left in existence. This deadly hunter stands 3…


Spectacular Footage of Kilauea, One of the World’s Most Active Volcanoes, Erupting After a 3-Month Pause

HONOLULU — Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting in the early hours of June 7, after a three-month pause, displaying spectacular fountains of mesmerizing, glowing lava at a safe distance from people and structures in a national park on the Big Island. A glow was detected in webcam images…


Porto Velho to Iguazu Falls | Tough Rides Season 3 Episode 5

When Ryan successfully reaches the end of the BR-319, his vehicle breaks down yet again but more Brazilian hospitality comes to the rescue in the form of a local rancher who tows the support vehicle to his ranch and cooks up a BBQ for the team. …


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold, and Other Commodities (June 8)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell $1.24 to $71.29 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for August delivery fell 99 cents to $75.96 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for July delivery fell 3 cents $2.61 a gallon. July heating oil fell 1 cent to $2.39 a gallon. July natural gas rose 2 cents to $2.35…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared June 8

Stocks rose just enough for Wall Street to barrel into a new bull market Thursday as the S&P 500 keeps rallying off its low from last autumn. The index rose 0.6 percent to carry it 20 percent above a bottom hit in October. That means Wall Street’s main measure of health has climbed out of…