The AP spent weeks with grocery shoppers across Massachusetts, Texas, and Hawaii documenting how Americans are adapting to the biggest jump in home food prices in 50 years — up 33% since 2019 — with couponing, comparison shopping, multi-store trips, and quietly dropping favorite foods. Also: Fortune and new Federal Reserve data confirm the millennial generation has formally split in two — older millennials aged 36-45 now post the highest median household income of any generational group at $132,700 and are functioning like Baby Boomers, while younger millennials aged 27-35 are moving into multigenerational homes at rates last seen in the early 1900s. And a University of Macau study of nearly 1,000 workers tracked over six months finds that \"career wisdom\" — comfort with uncertainty, intuition, and tolerating not having a plan — predicts more meaningful work, higher job satisfaction, and stronger engagement than rigid career planning. Plus an emotional support peacock, a cobra in the bed, Spider-Man, and measles.
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