For thousands of years, Andean people living around what is now the town of Coripata, east of La Paz, Bolivia, have used coca leaves to relieve fatigue, hunger and altitude sickness (known as soroche), as well as to treat headaches and digestive problems. Concerned about the future of this cultural and religious practice, Daynor Choque, heir to this ancient tradition, points to a pile of leaves on...
For thousands of years, Andean people living around what is now the town of Coripata, east of La Paz, Bolivia, have used coca leaves to relieve fatigue, hunger and altitude sickness (known as soroche), as well as to treat headaches and digestive problems. Concerned about the future of this cultural and religious practice, Daynor Choque, heir to this ancient tradition, points to a pile of leaves on the table in front of him. “We have been using coca without any problems since the time of our ancestors,” says Choque, leader of the commercial arm of local coca producers. “Now, producers are being pushed into the illegal cocaine market just to survive – unless we can sell our coca legally on international markets.” The growers’ wishes were dealt a blow last December when, 65 years after the UN’s convention on narcotic drugs first declared that the coca leaf should be as restricted as its derivative, refined cocaine, the World Health Organization (WHO) refused to change the leaf’s status. Even though a recent WHO critical review found that coca leaf (Erythroxylum coca) does not harm human health, the leaf – which contains 1% or less of the cocaine alkaloid – remains on the same dangerous drug list as heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. For six decades, we have suffered this violation of … our legitimate rights to use our sacred coca leaf as we see fit David Choquehuanca The list, established under the 1961 UN convention, regulates 138 substances and is recognised by 186 countries. In 2023, Bolivia, backed by Colombia, requested that the WHO conduct its first published critical review of coca leaf in the hope that it would reclassify coca or remove it from the UN list. The coca leaf is a vital part of Andean-Amazonian Indigenous culture, entwined in daily social interactions and present in every ritual from birth to death. The Andean peoples of Bolivia traditionally use coca leaves as a central element of their culture. “Coca is life itself for us,” says Celestina Ticona, a coc...
If you walk down Doncaster’s Duke Street today, you will see no sign of the old Karisma club, with its sunburst frontage and exhausting staircase. Long since converted into shops and then flats, it had a magnetic appeal to a generation of 1990s clubbers whose desire for dancefloor escape justified their queuing for an hour (excepting those who had finessed the art of snogging their way to the fron...
If you walk down Doncaster’s Duke Street today, you will see no sign of the old Karisma club, with its sunburst frontage and exhausting staircase. Long since converted into shops and then flats, it had a magnetic appeal to a generation of 1990s clubbers whose desire for dancefloor escape justified their queuing for an hour (excepting those who had finessed the art of snogging their way to the front). The Coach and Horses is still up the road, though, as is a town centre that revels in a hedonistic spirit more commonly associated with Magaluf. It is, as Danielle Phillips’s lively play has it, “Yorkshire’s very own Vegas”. The reason for that lies in the town’s proximity to a score of mining villages. Doncaster is where working-class revellers have traditionally gravitated – and continue to do so long after Margaret Thatcher’s assault on the coal industry robbed the area of its economic heart. This is a seam that runs just beneath the surface of Children of the Night which, inspired by interviews with Karisma regulars, is both a celebration of teenage exuberance and a reflection on the social forces shaping popular culture. Writing in a spirited urban poetry – and performing with a brassy confidence – Phillips takes us to a 1997 when the Tories have been kicked out, Robbie Williams has released his first solo LP and the UK has won Eurovision with Love Shine a Light. Things can only get better and, as two best friends, Lindsay and Jen, make their debut at Karisma (Phillips joined by an equally fizzy Charlotte Brown), the force of DJ Don’s bass heightens the pleasures of dance, drink and debauchery. Darkening the mood in the years to come are a cluster of HIV cases and Lindsay’s kindly father (Gareth Radcliffe) suffering cerebral hypoxia, a consequence of his time down the mines. The pacy staging by Kimberley Sykes for Mad Friday Productions is at its zingiest at the start, when references to Mothercare corner and Biscuit Billy’s score laughs of recognition from the hom...
Tesla Background Upon analyzing Tesla, the following trends can be observed: Debt To Equity Ratio The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio assesses the extent to which a company relies on borrowed funds compared to its equity. Considering the debt-to-equity ratio in industry comparisons allows for a concise evaluation of a company's financial health and risk profile, aiding in informed decision-making. By e...
Tesla Background Upon analyzing Tesla, the following trends can be observed: Debt To Equity Ratio The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio assesses the extent to which a company relies on borrowed funds compared to its equity. Considering the debt-to-equity ratio in industry comparisons allows for a concise evaluation of a company's financial health and risk profile, aiding in informed decision-making. By evaluating Tesla against its top 4 peers in terms of the Debt-to-Equity ratio, the following observations arise: Compared to its top 4 peers, Tesla has a stronger financial position indicated by its lower debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18 . This suggests that the company relies less on debt financing and has a more favorable balance between debt and equity, which can be seen as a positive attribute by investors. Key Takeaways For Tesla, the PE, PB, and PS ratios are all high compared to its industry peers, indicating that the stock may be overvalued based on these metrics. On the other hand, Tesla's high ROE, EBITDA, gross profit, and low revenue growth suggest strong operational performance and profitability relative to its competitors in the Automobiles industry. This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.
Great Britain are still searching for their first medal of the Winter Olympics after Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds were defeated in a nail-biting curling mixed doubles bronze medal game by Italy. The match went down to the final end before defeat by the 2022 curling champions with Stefania Constantini making sure of victory with her final throw. Italy had led throughout the match but the British ...
Great Britain are still searching for their first medal of the Winter Olympics after Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds were defeated in a nail-biting curling mixed doubles bronze medal game by Italy. The match went down to the final end before defeat by the 2022 curling champions with Stefania Constantini making sure of victory with her final throw. Italy had led throughout the match but the British pair had given themselves a chance before ending in fourth place, the same position they obtained – again without a medal – at the Beijing Games. Mouat and Dodds were both fighting back tears when speaking to the BBC reporter afterwards. “So close but yet so far – it hurts as much as it did four years ago. Thank you to everyone back home who are loving curling as much as we are,” said Dodds. Mouat said: “We played so much better than four years ago – to leave without a medal is tough. We talked last night about how lucky we are to be even competing at the Olympics with my best mate here.” After topping the round-robin stage, the British pair slumped to a 9-3 defeat the hands of Sweden in Monday’s semi-final and had to regroup for a Tuesday afternoon clash with 2022 Olympic champions Constantini and Amos Mosaner. A missed opportunity in the first end saw Italy take an early 1-0 lead, with Britain levelling the score in the second before a perfectly delivered final stone from Constantini in the third edged Italy back in front. A further point for Italy in a nervy match put them 3-1 ahead at the half-way stage, although Britain secured a point in the fifth end to keep within range of their rivals. In the sixth end, Dodds and Mouat consulted with coach Greg Drummond but the time-out did not help as Mosaner produced a winning shot to extend the Italian’s lead to 4-2. A point in the seventh end kept Britain in the hunt but with the advantage of the hammer, Constantini secured bronze for Italy.
From Pennsylvania to Montana, the White House’s war on ‘woke’ has targeted US monuments that address topics like racism and Indigenous history Blank spaces now exist where a series of panels about enslavement once appeared on the walls of the President’s House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The site, which honors the home of George Washington and John Adams, is a major landmark that bore artwork a...
From Pennsylvania to Montana, the White House’s war on ‘woke’ has targeted US monuments that address topics like racism and Indigenous history Blank spaces now exist where a series of panels about enslavement once appeared on the walls of the President’s House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The site, which honors the home of George Washington and John Adams, is a major landmark that bore artwork and informational signs for more than a decade. But on 22 January, National Park Service (NPS) workers used hand tools to pry off 34 panels to comply with a presidential executive order designed to reframe the national narrative. The panels that highlighted the lives of people enslaved by George Washington when Philadelphia was the US capital in the 1790s are now in storage. The removal is one of several across the nation, as NPS staff aim to conform with Trump’s executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” issued on 27 March 2025. Public markers, monuments and statues that the Trump administration considers disparaging to past or current Americans have been flagged at more than a dozen parks. Two exhibits at Montana’s Little Bighorn battlefield national monument that discuss Indigenous history and the Battle of the Little Bighorn have been targeted and deemed noncompliant. Additionally, signage about climate change at Muir Woods national monument in California and visitor brochures at Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home national monument in Mississippi that referred to Medgar Evers’s killer as racist were also removed. Continue reading...
The biggest threat to middle powers in the artificial intelligence era is “digital colonisation” from expensive and proprietary AI stacks, an Indonesian telecoms executive has said, adding that China’s open-source sales pitch offers better protection for local sovereignty. The emphasis on localisation and digital sovereignty comes as major Chinese AI cloud providers look to compete with US rivals ...
The biggest threat to middle powers in the artificial intelligence era is “digital colonisation” from expensive and proprietary AI stacks, an Indonesian telecoms executive has said, adding that China’s open-source sales pitch offers better protection for local sovereignty. The emphasis on localisation and digital sovereignty comes as major Chinese AI cloud providers look to compete with US rivals in fast-growing Southeast Asian markets such as Indonesia. “The world is moving out of proprietary [models],” said Vikram Sinha, president director and CEO at Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, one of Indonesia’s largest telecoms firms. “Digital colonisation, or digital monopoly, is the biggest threat for any country. I see more openness from companies from China who want to be open-source , who want to respect [local] guard rails, which respect sovereignty.” Advertisement Sinha’s remarks were delivered on Tuesday at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference: Southeast Asia 2026 in Jakarta, where he joined a panel on China-Indonesia AI cooperation alongside executives from Huawei Technologies and Alibaba Cloud. Alibaba Cloud is the AI and cloud computing unit of Alibaba Group Holding, owner of the SCMP. The cost competitiveness of Chinese AI services compared to US counterparts is crucial for a developing country like Indonesia, according to a telco executive. Photo: Shutterstock While leading closed-source AI companies such as OpenAI also offer sovereign AI solutions to countries around the world, Chinese companies have pitched their open models as better suited for customising models to local conditions.
Dr Nussaibah Younis is a peacebuilding practitioner and a globally recognised expert on contemporary Iraq. For several years, she advised the Iraqi government on proposed programmes to deradicalise women affiliated with Islamic State. She studied at Oxford, Durham and Harvard universities, and has a PhD in international affairs. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission i...
Dr Nussaibah Younis is a peacebuilding practitioner and a globally recognised expert on contemporary Iraq. For several years, she advised the Iraqi government on proposed programmes to deradicalise women affiliated with Islamic State. She studied at Oxford, Durham and Harvard universities, and has a PhD in international affairs. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Younis has published op-eds in the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian and the New York Times. She was born in the UK to an Iraqi father and a Pakistani mother, and lives in London. Her debut novel, Fundamentally, was shortlisted for the Women’s prize for fiction in 2025 and is published in paperback on 12 February. What’s the last treat you bought for yourself? The Rosalee dress with a bustier bodice from Alice + Olivia. It’s a stunner. Rosalee maxidress Where do you buy your food from? My local butchers and greengrocers because I’m bougie AF. View image in fullscreen Only shopping small will do. Photograph: I-Wei Huang/Alamy What’s the best present you’ve given? I made my best friend at university a hamper filled with all her favourite things in the world. It took me weeks to put together. In retrospect, I was madly in love with the girl. … and the best present you’ve received? A vintage lambskin Chanel cross-body handbag with gold hardware. The knobhead had a lot of making up to do. View image in fullscreen I’m sorry … have a Chanel handbag What’s your favourite online store? Mytheresa. I’ve found some gorgeous designer pieces on there at discounted prices. What’s your favourite bricks and mortar shop? Selfridges. It always has something I want. View image in fullscreen Selfridges has something for everyone. Photograph: anouchka/Getty Images What’s the gadget you use most often? My Sony WH-1000XM4 noise-cancelling headphones. I wear them when I’m writing, and it makes me 60% less likely to murder my extremely noisy...
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Major earnings expected after the bell on Monday include: Prospect Capital Corporation ( PSEC ) ON Semiconductor Corporation ( ON ) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. ( PFLT ) The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ( GT ) Upwork ( UPWK ) Other earnings slated for release after Monday's close include: ACGL , ACM , AMKR , BRX , CHGG , CINF , CRBG , DAC , GTM , ICHR , KRC , MEDP , MTW , NTB , PFG , PNNT , SSD , SVM , UDR , VNO For Seeking Alpha's full earnings season calendar, click here .
Getty Images In my stance, the mergence of a $268 billion backlog with the maturation of the Core digital OS is a structural margin expansion basis that justifies a Strong Buy rating. My strong buy thesis on RTX is based on the unpriced efficiency latency embedded within the transition to digitized manufacturing. This can be seen in the 45% reduction in aged inventory at pilot facilities now scali...
Getty Images In my stance, the mergence of a $268 billion backlog with the maturation of the Core digital OS is a structural margin expansion basis that justifies a Strong Buy rating. My strong buy thesis on RTX is based on the unpriced efficiency latency embedded within the transition to digitized manufacturing. This can be seen in the 45% reduction in aged inventory at pilot facilities now scaling enterprise-wide. This operational leverage, along with a favorable backlog mix shift toward higher-margin international defense contracts (47% of Raytheon's backlog) and a pricing-elastic commercial aftermarket, backs RTX to exceed the linear cost assumptions currently modeling the FY2026 guidance. Although the valuation reflects a premium, but the durability of demand as observed in the $156.2 billion supplementary Department of War funding and the $105 billion commercial installed base provides a strong floor. However, the downside risks to my thesis remain the fixed-price development paradox in a high-inflation environment and the execution of the GTF fleet management plan (mainly the burn-off of the remaining cash headwinds). My previous August 2025 coverage identified RTX’s backlog growth and Golden Dome possibilities with downside risks from the powdered metal cash drain and tariff headwinds. This current thesis is integrating Q4-FY2025 results ($268 billion backlog) to mark a structural margin multiplier effect. Different from the prior focus on cash preservation, this article assesses how digital manufacturing decouples revenue from working capital and converts the backlog into higher-quality earnings. It moves beyond known risks to model the specific efficiency arbitrage embedded in the 2026 guidance that is justifying a Strong Buy. Since the last coverage, as expected, RTX stock hit the 2025 target of ~$186 in December and outperformed the S&P500 with a big difference. Analyst's compilation [From Previous Coverage] Ycharts The Digital-Physical Margin Multiplier...
A postmodern surrealist tale of geopolitics. An otaku’s hellbent journey to become the top-ranked assassin. A high school cheerleader who kills zombies with a chainsaw and pompoms, with a story co-written by James Gunn. Every project under the Grasshopper Manufacture umbrella sounds like an unlikely anecdote. The Japanese video game studio founded in 1998 by Goichi “Suda51” Suda proudly carries a ...
A postmodern surrealist tale of geopolitics. An otaku’s hellbent journey to become the top-ranked assassin. A high school cheerleader who kills zombies with a chainsaw and pompoms, with a story co-written by James Gunn. Every project under the Grasshopper Manufacture umbrella sounds like an unlikely anecdote. The Japanese video game studio founded in 1998 by Goichi “Suda51” Suda proudly carries a B-movie spirit, blending absurd concepts, complex characters, and cascades of pixelated blood on screen. Over the years, the developer’s work has often received a mixed critical reception, and the founder doesn’t think there’s a game in Grasshopper’s portfolio that he would consider “financially successful.” Yet, it has also accrued a loyal following, carving its own space in the industry with games that carry an indistinguishable look and feel. And few Grasshopper releases encapsulate the studio’s ethos more than the latest, the action game Romeo is a Dead Man. Each game has an element of surprise. Whether it is the visual style, leaning on (often rock-adjacent) original songs or licensed tracks for the ambiance, or just being proudly wacky, the shared DNA is always portrayed in some way. They can be rough around the edges — combat and level design often take a backseat to aesthetics — but the games always try new things. While Suda has distanced himself from the “punk’s not dead” mantra, he still believes in the importance of doing something that others aren’t, regardless of financial and critical results. Which brings us to Romeo is a Dead Man. It’s an action game starring Romeo Stargazer, a sheriff’s deputy who, right at death’s door, is implanted with a futuristic device and brought back to life as a Dead Man — half dead, half alive. In that process, he’s recruited as an FBI Space-Time special agent. His assignment? To find his Juliet — literally. As it turns out, his girlfriend appears to be an entity that is wreaking havoc in many timelines. Who better than her lover...
Hauler Herohas picked up fresh funds as demand for its AI-powered waste management software continues to pile up. The New York-based startup raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Frontier Growth with participation from I2BF Global Ventures, K5 Global, and Somersault Ventures, among others, TechCrunch has learned. Hauler Hero has raised more than $27 million in venture capital, to date. Hau...
Hauler Herohas picked up fresh funds as demand for its AI-powered waste management software continues to pile up. The New York-based startup raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Frontier Growth with participation from I2BF Global Ventures, K5 Global, and Somersault Ventures, among others, TechCrunch has learned. Hauler Hero has raised more than $27 million in venture capital, to date. Hauler Hero has developed an all-in-one software platform for waste management companies that covers a variety of functions, including customer relationship management, billing, and routing. And now, like so many other software companies, Hauler Hero plans to offer AI agents to its customers as well. Hauler Hero was co-founded in 2020 by CEO Mark Hoadley and brother-in-law Ben Sikma, who encountered outdated software while working on mergers and acquisitions in the sector. Their aim was to bring waste management into the modern era. “All of the existing software in the space, they were clunky, old,” Hoadley told TechCrunch in 2024. “Sometimes we’d talk about how this one reminds us of the Oregon Trail, this reminds us of the cell phone Michael Douglas used in ‘Wall Street.’ They’re very clunky and antiquated.” The numbers suggest the company has had some success; Hauler Hero said it has helped facilitate 35 million trash pickups since inception in 2020. And it continues to grow, according to Hoadley, who told TechCrunch the company has doubled its head count, revenue and customer base since announcing its seed round in late 2024. Hauler Hero has added new features to its platform since its seed round, Hoadley said. The most notable is a product that captures images from third-party cameras on garbage trucks and send them directly to a software command center. This information helps waste management companies confirm pickups, verify billing, and keep a better eye on their distributed fleet, according to the company. Techcrunch event TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Tickets Live ...
Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. has paid for thousands of television commercials to promote its safety work with teens ahead of a landmark jury trial that will examine whether the company builds products deliberately to get kids addicted to social media. The ads have appeared on live broadcasts across national networks including CNN, Fox and ABC for the past several months, running more than 3...
Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. has paid for thousands of television commercials to promote its safety work with teens ahead of a landmark jury trial that will examine whether the company builds products deliberately to get kids addicted to social media. The ads have appeared on live broadcasts across national networks including CNN, Fox and ABC for the past several months, running more than 3,500 times since November, according to public data collected by the Tech Oversight Project , a Big Tech accountability organization. The ads promote the company’s teen accounts on Instagram, which limit a teen user’s contacts and content settings. After temporarily halting the ads in January, Meta resumed its campaign ahead of the teen addiction trial, which started this week in Los Angeles. Alongside Google’s YouTube, Meta is facing claims that its products were built to keep young people scrolling — allegations that have drawn comparisons to Big Tobacco’s reckoning with consumer addiction three decades ago. Television ads at this scale can cost hundreds and thousands of dollars, according to advertising firm AdImpact. The ads, which also appeared on smaller local stations in addition to national broadcasts, also draw a price premium since viewers are unable to skip the commercials. AdImpact’s data shows that Meta spent nearly $700,000 on just one of the teen ads, which has garnered 6.5 million impressions since last April. Meta declined to share how much it spends promoting teen accounts, but a spokesperson said the company has been advertising them since they debuted in September 2024 following years of backlash. “Hundreds of millions of teens worldwide use teen accounts,” Meta said in a statement. “Since launch, teens have seen less sensitive content, experienced less unwanted contact, and spent less time on Instagram overnight.” Meta and its industry peers have faced scrutiny for an alleged failure to protect young people online, and its algorithms have been called re...
Testing 500 real-world finance questions, Daloopa found accuracy gains of up to 71 percentage points when agents used an auditable financial database instead of the public web NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Daloopa , the trusted financial data layer for the agentic era, today announced the publication of its latest research report, Benchmarking AI Agents on Financial Retrieval . The study...
Testing 500 real-world finance questions, Daloopa found accuracy gains of up to 71 percentage points when agents used an auditable financial database instead of the public web NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Daloopa , the trusted financial data layer for the agentic era, today announced the publication of its latest research report, Benchmarking AI Agents on Financial Retrieval . The study examines how well leading frontier agent systems actually perform on real-world financial research tasks when tested on 500 financial questions. Daloopa logo (PRNewsfoto/Daloopa) AI agents are only as smart as the data they can retrieve. Daloopa's latest research shows how three LLM-powered agent systems—OpenAI's Agents SDK with GPT-5.2, Anthropic's Agent SDK with Claude Opus 4.5, and Google's ADK with Gemini 3 Pro—saw accuracy jump to roughly 90% (up to a 71-point improvement) during financial retrieval ("FinRetrieval") when pulling from a structured database versus public, web-sourced inputs that are often unreliable. The findings help explain why AI agents continue to struggle in high-stakes domains like finance despite advances in reasoning. Agents that can autonomously search, reason, and retrieve data represent a significant step forward for financial research. The findings also reveal that improving from 90% to 99%+ accuracy requires better infrastructure around models, including solving common problems related to fiscal calendars and naming conventions. For example, all three models tested performed better on US companies than non-US companies, as most US companies use December fiscal year-ends—the standard calendar alignment—while non-US companies more often have non-December year-ends. Daloopa addresses these infrastructure challenges by delivering structured, audit-ready financial data purpose-built for AI and agentic workflows. The platform covers 5,000+ public companies globally and delivers up to 10 times more data points per company than other providers, wit...
Massie Exposes Les Wexner As Epstein Co-Conspirator, Opening Door To Criminal Charges Against Kash Patel Authored by blueapples , Although President Donald J. Trump has amplified his attacks against Kentucky representative Thomas Massie on the basis of deluded claims that he is a radical, un-American liberal who is hellbent on sabotaging his administration, it is the congressman’s continued crusad...
Massie Exposes Les Wexner As Epstein Co-Conspirator, Opening Door To Criminal Charges Against Kash Patel Authored by blueapples , Although President Donald J. Trump has amplified his attacks against Kentucky representative Thomas Massie on the basis of deluded claims that he is a radical, un-American liberal who is hellbent on sabotaging his administration, it is the congressman’s continued crusade to expose the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein that shows the actual threat he poses to Trump. The latest development in the Epstein Files fallout has clearly proven that the Trump administration’s best attempts to continue to cover up the crimes of Epstein and his accomplices are no match for Massie’s vigilance. After granting members of Congress access to view unredacted versions of the Epstein Files in response to the pressure mounted by Massie, the revelations therein have shown the lengths that the Trump Department of Justice (”DOJ”) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (”FBI”) have taken to continue the Epstein cover-up, going as far as to break federal law in an increasingly futile attempt to keep the truth from the American public. The enhanced political pressure from Massie and California representative Ro Khanna following their success in passing The Epstein Files Transparency Act resulted in the Trump DOJ deciding to allow members of Congress to view unredacted files beginning on Monday morning. Members of Congress have been given limited access to view unredacted versions of the Epstein Files on computers at DOJ offices, provided they give 24 hours’ notice, though they will not be given access to the physical documents themselves. The DOJ has limited access to members of Congress alone, excluding any members of their staff. Although members of Congress will be able to take notes on any files they view, the DOJ has prohibited them from bringing any electronic devices into their review sessions. Unredacted documents made accessible to members of Congress are also limite...
Warm weather is only part of the draw of the Sunshine State. Ask most people what state comes to mind when they think of the best places to retire, and Florida is almost always at the top of the list. It turns out, there are a lot of good reasons for this. Florida took the top spot in The Motley Fool's Best States to Retire In for 2026 list, which ranked states based on the criteria retirees say a...
Warm weather is only part of the draw of the Sunshine State. Ask most people what state comes to mind when they think of the best places to retire, and Florida is almost always at the top of the list. It turns out, there are a lot of good reasons for this. Florida took the top spot in The Motley Fool's Best States to Retire In for 2026 list, which ranked states based on the criteria retirees say actually matter to them. Here are five of the biggest advantages of retiring in the Sunshine State. 1. Warm weather One of the main reasons Florida is so popular is its mild winters compared to the rest of the country. This enables retirees to spend more time outdoors during the winter months. 2. Favorable tax rules Florida doesn't have a state income tax, and it doesn't tax Social Security benefits. This enables seniors to hold onto more of their hard-earned cash than they might in other states. The state also doesn't have an inheritance or estate tax, which makes things a bit easier for the heirs of Florida residents. 3. Large retirement communities Because Florida has long been a popular retirement destination, it's not surprising that there are already large retirement communities there. This makes it easier for retirees to find others to socialize with. 4. Low crime Florida had the fourth-lowest crime rank in our survey. This obviously depends somewhat on where you live within the state. But it's nice to know that most areas are relatively safe. 5. Great amenities Florida's long coastline means beautiful beaches are never far away. There are also a number of golf courses, nature trails, and cultural activities going on all the time. No matter what you're into, you're sure to find something to enjoy in the Sunshine State. There are other great retirement states to consider, too That said, all states have their drawbacks. Hurricanes are a major concern for Floridians, especially those living near the coast. Some areas can also be crowded and expensive, though this is true...
Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat suffered Winter Olympic heartbreak in the mixed doubles curling for the second time in four years after losing out on bronze to hosts Italy. The British duo had been peerless in the round-robin format, losing just once and topping the standings, but that fine form has evaporated in the play-offs. A surprise defeat by Sweden in Monday's semi-finals was followed by this 5-3...
Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat suffered Winter Olympic heartbreak in the mixed doubles curling for the second time in four years after losing out on bronze to hosts Italy. The British duo had been peerless in the round-robin format, losing just once and topping the standings, but that fine form has evaporated in the play-offs. A surprise defeat by Sweden in Monday's semi-finals was followed by this 5-3 loss in a febrile Cortina Curling Stadium high in the Dolomites, which leaves Team GB still searching for their first medal of the Games. As the celebrations of the boisterous home fans rolled down the wooden bleachers in this quirky arena - where Italy's Stefania Constantini learned the game as a child - the Scottish pair suffered their latest Olympic disappointment. "So close, but so far," Dodds told BBC Sport. "It hurts the same as four years ago but I don't want to ugly-cry so I'm going to stop there." This time was supposed to be different. The memories of losing both play-off matches in Beijing four years ago were supposed to fuel their bid for a medal. They were supposed to have ribbon around their necks and metal upon their chests. But instead, they will be left with more regrets as they head into the men's and women's events on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. "It's rough. We played so much better than four years ago so to leave with the same result is going to hurt for a bit," an equally-emotional Mouat added.