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  • Missing Black Lives Matter Activist Among 2 Women Found Dead: Police

    Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau, 19, and Victoria Sims, 75, separately vanished earlier this month in Tallahassee, Florida. A suspect is in custody.

  • United Health to spend $1.5 billion in medical relief to curb coronavirus costs

    UnitedHealth Group is using a mix of givebacks and waived fees to alleviate the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

  • How to Get Free Tax Help

    Doing your taxes isn't easy, and not everyone can afford professional help. There are many different free options that you may be able to use. Their availability depends on your age, income, military status, and filing needs. Here's how to … Continue reading ->The post How to Get Free Tax Help appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.

  • AARP Distances Itself From Susan Collins Ad Touting The Group's Support

    The group said it "did not authorize or participate in the production of the advertisement targeting House Speaker Sara Gideon."

  • 4 critical steps to retirement planning: J.P. Morgan Asset Management

    J.P. Morgan Asset Management shares its key tips for retirement planning.

  • Personal finance expert Jean Chatzky warns women: 'We are sabotaging our financial security'

    Women are just as good or better at investing than their male counterparts, but they prefer to stash their money.

  • By 2035 older Americans will outnumber young

    New projections from the US Census Bureau reveal insight into an aging population. Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman, Adam Shapiro, Andy Serwer and Liz Young, Senior Investment Strategist, BNY Mellon discuss.

  • Listen To Aretha Franklin's Little-Known Political Anthem 'Stand Up For Yourself'

    The song resurfaced following the Queen of Soul's death earlier this month.

  • 3 ways to save big on your next car rental

    How to save on your next car rental.

  • Jane Krakowski opens up about losing her father to dementia: 'We have to disrupt dementia'

    'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' actress Jane Krakowski recently opened up about losing her father to dementia.

  • Jane Krakowski details father’s battle with Alzheimer’s

    AARP is investing $60M in the Disrupt Dementia fund, in an effort to fight Alzheimer’s. Among those impacted by Alzheimer’s, actress Jane Krakowski, whose father battled the disease. She shared her story with Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous.

  • Is The Left Having A Senior Moment?

    Some activists worry liberals aren’t doing enough to rally older voters.

  • 72 Percent Of Asian-American Elders, Their Families Targeted By Fraud: Report

    Limited English proficiency could be one reason why, the study suggests.

  • Now I Get It: Spotting social media coupon scams

    The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and while consumers are on the prowl for good deals via smartphones and computers, scammers are also on the prowl — to steal personal information. One tactic cybercriminals use is impersonating companies through social media, particularly through fake coupons that “phish” for sensitive information. Here are some tips — and red flags to watch out for while you search for shopping deals on social media.

  • Now I Get It: What is Trump’s power to pardon?

    This week, the first charges were filed in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible links between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Three former campaign advisers, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos, each face prison and fines if convicted. In July, Trump tweeted that “the U.S. president has the complete power to pardon.” But what does that power amount to?

  • Now I Get It: Watch your Wi-Fi

    In an ever-growing digital age, most of us are aware that our personal data is at risk. A Pew Research Center study found that nearly two-thirds of Americans have experienced some form of data theft. Despite that, more than half of adults online access public Wi-Fi, which can put personal and financial information at risk of being stolen by scammers. Here are some Wi-Fi hacks to watch out for, and steps you can take to protect your personal information.

  • Now I Get It: North Korea’s quest to develop a hydrogen bomb

    Fiery rhetoric and name-calling between President Trump and North Korea has motivated its leader, Kim Jong Un, to further develop and launch a nuclear weapon. The North Korean foreign minister said Pyongyang might test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean. Experts say it’s a threat to be taken seriously, given North Korea’s six underground nuclear tests and a series of successful missile launches. So just how powerful and dangerous is a hydrogen bomb?

  • Now I Get It: What are smishing scams?

    You may have heard of phishing emails, which are meant to lure users to surrender personal or financial information by claiming to be from the government, a bank or some other reputable company. The ultimate goal for scammers is to steal someone’s identity, so many cybercriminals are moving to a new form of technology and trying to scam people through SMS text messaging, a method called smishing. Here are what smishing scams can look like and some tips for your self-defense.

  • Another Warning Sign For Republicans Trying To Repeal Obamacare

    Now AARP is making noise.

  • AARP CEO: Trumpcare needs these 4 basic principles

    At the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jo Ann Jenkins, the CEO of AARP, outlined what the interest group wants out of the Affordable Care Act’s replacement—or Trumpcare. AARP, an advocacy group for Americans 50 and older, “certainly did endorse the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) because it was around four or five of our basic principles that we wanted to make sure people had health insurance in the first place,” she told Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous in an interview.