Latest Seniors News

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier returns to work after surgery for a cervical lesion

Oct. 28, 2024 12:30 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — France’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier resumed work Monday following surgery this weekend for a cervical lesion, according to a rare health update from his doctor. Seventy-three-year-old Barnier, the oldest of the 26 prime ministers who have served modern France’s...

US Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska

Oct. 27, 2024 01:25 AM EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions grew so dire in the following months that elders sacrificed their own lives to spare food for surviving children. ...

1 dead and 12 injured after bus carrying Japanese tourists smashes into truck in Malaysia

Oct. 25, 2024 02:10 AM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Japanese tourist died and 12 other people were injured when a tour bus smashed into the rear of a truck on a highway in Malaysia, one of Japan's largest travel agencies said Friday. JTB Corp. said the crash happened Thursday in Perak state in central...

In Asheville, high school seniors make key life choices under the stress of Helene recovery

Oct. 25, 2024 00:14 AM EDT

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — On a recent Friday, Ari Cohen and three friends — all seniors at Asheville High School — gathered to play UNO inside his house, next to a pile of bottled water in his living room. It had been weeks since they and thousands of other students had been...

Grieving families of seniors killed when a dock collapsed say the tragedy was preventable

Oct. 22, 2024 16:28 PM EDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Regina Brinson heard a crack before the metal walkway gave way beneath her feet, plunging her into the water beneath the state-operated ferry dock on Georgia's Sapelo Island. As strong currents swept her and others who fell away from shore, she called to her 79-year-old...

Book Review: 70-year-old psychiatrist takes to the road in Anna Montague's beguiling new novel

Oct. 21, 2024 13:55 PM EDT

Americans love road trips. Or at least American writers love them as metaphors of self-discovery. In Anna Montague’s beautiful, beguiling and slightly bonkers debut novel, “How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?” the main character does indeed jump into a car and head out on the highway...

Father-and-son team Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. explore generations in 'Poppa's House'

Oct. 17, 2024 12:52 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Boundaries between work and family don't just blur in the new CBS sitcom “Poppa's House” starring father-and-son comedy duo Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. They shatter. “It’s wonderful to come to work every day and see him and some of his kids and my...

Adult day centers offer multicultural hubs for older people of color

Oct. 17, 2024 10:14 AM EDT

BERGENFIELD, N.J. (AP) — At Sunshine Adult Day Center, every morning starts with a parade around the room. Today, the theme is multicultural, and the flag bearers have no shortage of countries: Philippines, India, Haiti, Mexico, United States. Most of them older adults, attendees...

Tribal clashes kill at least 11 people in Pakistan

Oct. 12, 2024 10:42 AM EDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Tribal clashes killed at least 11 people in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday and injured eight, including women and children, a local official said. Tensions rose in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after two people were critically injured in...

Rudy Giuliani's son says dad gifted him 4 World Series rings sought by Georgia election workers

Oct. 09, 2024 14:18 PM EDT

Rudy Giuliani's son is trying to stop two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against his father from taking the elder Giuliani's New York Yankees World Series rings, saying in new court filings that he is actually the rightful owner because they were gifted to him...