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Crossword puzzles and brain teasers have long been touted as ways to keep the mind sharp. But a new study points to another strategy that may matter just as much: staying fast on your feet. Researchers have found that people in their 80s who maintain an exceptionally quick walking pace, dubbed "super movers," are also far more likely to stay mentally sharp compared to their slower-moving peers of the same age.

Updated July 6, 2026 at 5:00 AM CDT Super Typhoon Bavi has brought destruction to the remote U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. The typhoon made landfall on Monday morning local time, with the eye of the storm passing directly over the island of Rota. Rota is located some 40 miles northeast of Guam. On Monday afternoon local time, the storm was pulling away from the Marianas, though intense winds continued. "Storm intensity was 175 mph," the NWS said.

Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter, sent every weekday morning. Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, live in rural Minnesota until temperatures dip below freezing, when they take refuge in Arizona for the winter. While away, their mail is forwarded. But Pare, 77, said he didn't receive any warning from his Medicare prescription drug plan that his $0 monthly premium was about to increase. So he didn't know he had a bill to pay.

Leftovers are a strangely controversial topic. Some people love them (eating cold pizza while standing in front of the fridge is a treasured pastime of mine). And some people can't stand the idea of eating yesterday's food … again! Well, it turns out that a few of you in our audience are indeed "leftovers people." And we're not just talking about eating Monday's casserole on Thursday or having that last bit of takeout chicken parm.

Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. The Trump administration's sweeping effort to slow down the rate of legal migration has affected a group traditionally immune from such efforts: spouses of U.S. citizens.

Crossword puzzles and brain teasers have long been touted as ways to keep the mind sharp. But a new study points to another strategy that may matter just as much: staying fast on your feet. Researchers have found that people in their 80s who maintain an exceptionally quick walking pace, dubbed "super movers," are also far more likely to stay mentally sharp compared to their slower-moving peers of the same age.

Tens of millions attend Ayatollah's funeral and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a sit down with Trump.

Philip Glass' symphony in tribute to Abraham Lincoln gets its long-awaited premiere with the Boston Symphony. Orchestra, after Glass pulled out of a planned performance at the Kennedy Center.

Long exempt from military service, some ultra-Orthodox Jews are serving in Israel's army, while others are arrested for dodging the draft and many more block highways in protest.

The federal government has launched new tax-advantaged investment accounts called Trump Accounts, offering $1,000 of seed money for eligible newborns.