Weekly News Quiz

The $1.46 million retirement “magic number,” as the financial services firm’s April 2024 report terms it, is 15 percent higher than it was a year ago and has grown a whopping 53 percent since 2020, when the average amount retirement savers said they would need was $951,000.

Every type of election scam is dangerous, but one expert is especially troubled by robocalls. “The one genre of misinformation I’m most worried about for the election is fake audio,” says Dan Evon, senior manager of education design for the News Literacy Project.

In videos, visual cues can help indicate a fake, such as speeches in which the words don’t match the candidates’ mouths. During a robocall, “there’s not as many obvious red flags to indicate whether something is false,” Evon says.

“High out-of-pocket costs prevented far too many older Americans from getting recommended vaccines,” says Leigh Purvis, prescription drug policy principal in AARP’s Public Policy Institute. “The new prescription drug law removes this obstacle and will help protect the health of millions of Medicare beneficiaries.”

“The process to get [an International Driving Permit] is actually really simple,” says William Lee, the head of marketing for Chima Travel in northeast Ohio. Before you travel, visit AAA either in person or online. AAA is the only entity that issues the permit in the U.S. Supply two passport-style photos or have the pictures taken at certain AAA offices. The fee for the permit is $20, plus processing and delivery fees. You don’t need to be a member of AAA to use this service.