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  My memory is fine' - Biden hits back at special counsel US President Joe Biden has hit back angrily at an investigation that found he mishandled top secret files and struggled to recall key life events. "My memory is fine," he insisted in a surprise news briefing. He gave an emotional response to a claim that he could not recollect when his son died, saying: "How the hell dare he raise that?" The inquiry found Mr Biden "wilfully retained and disclosed" classified files, but decided not to charge him.     Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur determined Mr Biden had improperly kept classified documents related to military and foreign policy in Afghanistan after serving as vice-president. The scathing 345-page report, released earlier in the day, said the president's memory had "significant limitations". Even as Mr Biden sought to rebut reporters' questions about his age and mental acuity, he inadvertently referred to Egypt...

  46 years old early retiree who had $380k a year in passive income heads back to work here’s why For the first time since 2012, Sam Dogen is getting a day job. That’s the year that Dogen quit his job as an investment banker, having spent 13 years working, saving, investing and generally burning himself out.   At age 34, his portfolio and real estate investments were generating about $80k a year — enough for he and his wife to live on in perpetuity. So, he took his severance and left. His wife did the same in 2015. “We’ve been a dual, no income household for a while,” Dogen, the founder of   Financial Samurai   and the author of “Buy This, Not That,” tells. Well, not W-2 income anyway. As the couple’s plans changed, the $80k a year they thought would last them for life needed to be bumped up. In 2017, the pair welcomed their first child, followed by another in 2019. Over the years, Dogen built his passive income streams to about $380k annually — $288k net of taxes. T...

Carl Weathers, prolific actor famous for ‘Rocky’ and ‘The Mandalorian,’ dead at 76 From 'Rocky' to 'The Mandalorian': A look back on Carl Weathers' career.   Carl Weathers, who came to fame as Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies and proceeded to appear in dozens of movies and TV shows from “Predator” to “ The Mandalorian ,” has died, according to his manager Matt Luber. Weathers was 76.     The actor “died peacefully at home” on Thursday, Luber told CNN. No cause of death was available. “Carl was an exceptional human being who lived an extraordinary life,” his family said in a statement provided to CNN. “Through his contributions to film, television, the arts and sports, he has left an indelible mark and is recognized worldwide and across generations. He was a beloved brother, father, grandfather, partner, and friend.” Weathers was actually a former football player who had never boxed when he auditioned for the role in “Rocky,” proceeding to appear as Apollo Creed i...