We'll walk you through how surviving spouses might navigate different benefit types from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and use strategic timing to try to optimize what you receive. When ...

Q: My husband died several months ago. I’m 64. I’m getting my own retirement benefits, and he was getting his own benefits. His Social Security check was more than mine, so I think I am due widow’s ...

Retirement can be challenging, even more so for stay-at-home parents who perform unpaid caregiving work while their spouses work outside the home. In August 2025, retired workers received an average ...

If you’re disabled and haven’t paid into Social Security yourself, you may still qualify for survivor benefits based on your ...

President Bola Tinubu has launched housing projects to benefit at least 1,500 people across all 8,809 wards in Nigeria ...

Food banks do heroic work, but they can’t fill the gap left by federal cuts. Seniors with diabetes or heart disease often need low-sodium, high-protein foods — items that are expensive and rarely ...

You don't know what you don't know, and with Social Security, that can be a costly problem for retirees — one that can last a ...

Authorities say women are marrying servicemen in an attempt to get the death payouts that go to their families.

Alice Stone Nakhimovsky was forced to learn about her finances at a time of profound grief after losing her husband of nearly 50 years, exposing the risks of couples not sharing financial information.

The Social Security Administration offers a one-time payment of $255 to surviving spouses (or children). While the amount is ...

The additional cost of living mechanism, introduced at the end of 2022, will continue next year, Minister Caruana said. Since its introduction, an average of 85,000 families and single persons has ...

Beneficiaries will be required to undergo liveness detection every month by completing face authentication to ensure ...