CLEVELAND, Ohio — A year ago, I launched this column to celebrate mid-life. This decade is the rising action in a novel. The landing on a staircase. The July on a calendar, busy with activity.

What the mid-life and quarter-life crises have in common ... cation of facing one of the biggest recessions in decades, rising inflation, a climate crisis, a global pandemic, and increasing ...

In the past, many people who experienced mid-life crises did so out of a feeling ... a punishing job market, and rapidly rising housing costs have diminished our ability to get a secure footing ...

Flood conditions in NSW are expected to worsen through Thursday, with at least 48,000 people already stranded, mainly in the town of Taree, which is experiencing its highest rainfall and worst floods ...