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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on Oct. 14, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption i Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images With just a day to go before Election Day on Nov. 3, the Department of Justice is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to wade into its feud with California over the state’s voter rolls. After a federal district judge and a divided 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected the DOJ’s request to order California to set aside and stop processing the ballots of thousands of people, the DOJ filed a notice Monday that…

DoorDash is getting into the meal deal game.The delivery service is offering $12 meal boxes in “select areas across more than 20 cities” including Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia, it said on Monday.The meals will be filled by local restaurants and include a protein, vegetable, and carbohydrate. They also don’t include a delivery fee and come with “reduced service fees,” the company said.The boxes aren’t just cheap eats. Like many value-priced options, they’re meant to draw customers to restaurants, hoping to get them to order other items or come back later.”Meal Boxes are designed to drive a steady stream of everyday…

This story is based on an interview with Richard Woulfe, 63, a flight attendant from Fort Worth, Texas. It has been edited for length and clarity.I have always been in the travel business. Starting out in 1986, I worked at an event management company that often organized employee reward trips for large corporations.We offered VIP transportation, including meet-and-greets at airports, as well as luxury food and beverages. Have you got a story about launching a career in mid or later life? Please email Jane Ridley at [email protected] if you’d like to be interviewed by Business Insider. I enjoyed it very…

Howard Marks just highlighted one of the hardest parts of investing in AI companies.Value investors like him try to project a company’s earnings five years from now to gauge whether a stock is attractively priced today, he said on “Bloomberg: The China Show” on Monday.”I don’t think we can do that with much of AI,” Marks said.He gave the example of Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude that recently filed to go public in what could rank among the biggest IPOs in history.”Can we really fool ourselves into thinking we know what it will do five years from now?” Marks…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dr. Aaron Mates. It has been edited for length and clarity.You know the adage, no pain, no gain? Well, it’s time we all drove that from our minds.I’m an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine doctor. I currently work with the Denver Broncos and the Toronto Blue Jays. I also have an active community practice, so I see professional athletes and community members each week.Professional athletes have an emphasis on healing and maintaining their bodies, which I wish more community members would understand. Whether you’re chasing longevity in your NFL career or…

Finding a job in this market has become a struggle for many professionals, no matter their age or years of experience. But for job seekers in their 50s, the challenges can be unique.For the Still in the Game series, Business Insider has been speaking with 50-something job-hunters about the unique encounters they’ve had while pivoting careers and looking for new work. Some have mentioned feeling that ageism, AI, and their seniority have worked against them. Others have found ways to successfully move into new roles or find new paths by using their age and experience to their advantage.The 50-and-older workers…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alexandra Plainte, a technical-support leader whose job offer was rescinded. Plainte, 36, who lives near Sarasota, Florida, shares how the experience has changed the way she thinks about job security. Business Insider has verified her identity and job offer. The following has been edited for brevity and clarity.The role I was in until recently wasn’t going to give me the growth that I wanted. I found a role as a senior manager of technical support.The interview process was thorough: There were four rounds over about two months, with five people, all…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jane Swift, the 61-year-old former Gov. of Massachusetts and the CEO of the national work-based learning nonprofit Education at Work, based in Boston. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve always loved leading organizations and finding ways to make a positive impact on younger generations. I was elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts in 1999 and served as acting governor from 2001 to 2003. My family moved to Vermont while I was CEO of Middlebury Interactive Languages, a role I held from 2011 to 2017.Now, I’m the CEO of Education at…

Mark Cuban might own several multimillion-dollar properties today, but he started his career in a cheap shared apartment.The billionaire former “Shark Tank” investor has been open about the broke student mindset that ruled his 20s and helped him launch his first business, MicroSolutions. In an X post on Sunday, he went into the nitty-gritty of just how frugal he had been.Cuban said that at age 24, he lived in an apartment in Dallas that, today, costs $2,388. He said he shared it with five roommates, and his share of the rent came to what would have been $400 in 2026.He…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michael Kane, 54, who moved to Koh Samui, Thailand, to retire. It has been edited for length and clarity.I grew up in Orange County, Southern California, and started my career in restaurants before getting into software. Over the years, I worked in many different fields, from construction and real estate to sales and marketing.I moved to Atlanta in 1990 and lived there for most of the next 30 years.About a decade ago, a friend invited me to Thailand for a couple of weeks. I liked the place so much that I…