news features

OAKLAND, Calif. — For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by trying not to chew with it. As an immigrant without legal…

DENVER — Laurie Brock’s 70th birthday was a real milestone, and not because of her age. It was the first time she could remember not getting some “over-the-hill” cards that make a joke of health ailments, sagging body parts and…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Mary Wheat spun her red walker around, aiming toward a row of tour buses.“Mom!” her daughter called from the sidewalk. “There she goes. Mom!”Barely 5 feet tall, Mary Wheat, a 97-year-old from Newport News,…

HARTFORD, Conn. — Edith Heeber could have died from an aneurysm, which was bleeding into her brain, in July 2021.She not only survived the stroke, but recovered enough that she could resume “glamping” trips, as her daughter Taryn…

Carter Caves State Resort Park in Olive Hill, Kentucky, has the perfect setting, scenery and stalactites for cold-weather wanderers.“You can take a hike in the winter and see all the cliff lines and other geologic formations from far…

BALTIMORE — An icy wind sweeps across the grounds of the busiest mosque in the Baltimore area, swirling up little patches of snow, but the atmosphere inside a ranch house on the 8-acre campus is as warm and friendly as a neighbor’s…

MALMO, Minn. — Eight women, all 73 or older, paced the fellowship hall at Malmo Evangelical Free Church to a rendition of Daniel O’Donnell’s “Rivers of Babylon” as they warmed up for an hourlong fitness class.The women, who live near or…

Retirement is a phase of later adulthood that remains the ultimate goal for many professionals who dream of leaving the daily grind behind. But is retirement right for everyone? How do you know if retiring is the best option for you, or…

“It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”— Albus DumbledoreUniversal Orlando Resort (www.universalorlando.com) walks the Dumbledore talk.Having already made magic with its Wizarding Worlds of Harry Potter, the park…

BALTIMORE — Jamal Davis wanted to do something when he learned in May that Experience Corps, a tutoring program that links Baltimore City schools with adults 50 and older, might have to close its doors due to insufficient…