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A decade ago, Donald Trump descended the golden escalator at Trump Tower in New York City and ignited a political movement that has reshaped...
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 7.8 million Americans across the U.S. would lose their coverage through Medicaid – the public...
Many modern devices – from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines – rely on strong magnets made from a type of minerals...
While the U.S. military’s strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025, are believed to have damaged the country’s critical nuclear infrastructure, no evidence...
Ask someone what a calling is, and they’ll probably say something like “doing work you love.” But as a management professor who has spent two...
Public battles over what schools can teach about sex, identity and relationships, often framed around “parental rights,” have become more intense...
Speedballing – the practice of combining a stimulant like cocaine or methamphetamine with an opioid such as heroin or fentanyl – has evolved from a...
Do you remember the COVID-19 shutdowns? Many Americans could no longer do the activities they enjoyed once businesses, schools, churches, gyms and...
A provision in the big legislative package and a related Supreme Court ruling mark the culmination of a strategy to defund the health care provider...
As the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic tax and spending package, many critics are...
Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system late on July 1, 2025....
People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is not separate from human...
Every time I read about another advance in AI technology, I feel like another figment of science fiction moves closer to reality. Lately, I’ve been...
The U.S. Air Force dropped a dozen ground-penetrating bombs, each weighing 30,000 pounds (13,607 kilograms), in a raid on Iran’s nuclear site at...
Lawyers often tell their clients that everyone should have a will that clearly states who should inherit their assets after they die. But even...
On June 26, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 ruling that preserves free preventive care under the Affordable Care Act, a popular...
Something dangerous is happening to the U.S. economy, and it’s not inflation or trade wars. Chaotic deregulation and the selective enforcement of...
Based on pronouncements in 2024, you might think now is the time to see U.S. citizens streaming out of the country. Months before the 2024...
About 600 miles off the west coast of Africa, large clusters of thunderstorms begin organizing into tropical storms every hurricane season. They...
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative, which was included in the city budget passed June 12, 2025, is an...
Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors...
In his second term, President Donald Trump has not taken many actions that draw near-universal praise from across the political spectrum. But there...
The Supreme Court tends to save its blockbuster orders for the last day of the term – and 2025 was no exception. Among the important decisions...
When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was metal tubes in laboratories deep underground. The tubes...
Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of raids throughout Los Angeles and Southern California in early June 2025,...
“Bill Moyers? He’s spectacular!” George Clooney said – and no wonder. I mentioned this legendary television journalist to the actor and filmmaker...
The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the...
With burgers sizzling and classic rock thumping, many Americans revel in summer cookouts – at least until that wayward cousin asks for a “pop”...
Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It’s a question scientists have been testing in increasingly creative ways – and what we’ve...
You wake up in the morning and, first thing, you open your weather app. You close that pesky ad that opens first and check the forecast. You like...
The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse of tundra and wetlands stretching across nearly 23 million acres of...
More than 60% of traffic collisions at intersections involve left turns. Some U.S. cities – including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Birmingham,...
“He hides his smile in every school photo,” Jayden’s mother told me, holding up a picture of her 6-year-old son. I first met Jayden – not his real...
In 1971, the president of Mississippi State University, Dr. William L. Giles, invited President Richard Nixon to attend the dedication of U.S. Sen....
Colleges and universities are struggling to stay afloat. The reasons are numerous: declining numbers of college-age students in much of the...
Traditional Jewish weddings share one key aspect with traditional Christian weddings. Historically, the ceremony was essentially a transfer of...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
In the U.S. and elsewhere, nationality tends to be defined by a set of legal parameters. This may involve birthplace, parental citizenship or...