DeSantis pulls ‘half-baked’ development plans in Florida state parks after...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses, pickleball courts, and hotels at state parks is “going back to the drawing...
View ArticleThe Surgeon General’s warning on parents’ mental health fails to mention one...
Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General, just issued a major warning about the well-being of modern parents. Spoiler alert: Parents are weighed down and burned out. Basically, things could be better. A...
View Article‘Corn sweat’ is a real thing—and it’s making the Midwest unbearable
As the Midwest faces a grueling heat wave, one plant is making the conditions worse: corn. Thousands of gallons of water, or “corn sweat,” are produced each summer day by corn crops. That moisture can...
View ArticleWest Coast states to ramp up killing invasive owls to save native birds
U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests, under a plan finalized...
View ArticleNVDA earnings: Nvidia beats Wall Street bets, grows revenue 122% as hype for...
Nvidia Corporation delivered its second quarter fiscal 2025 earnings report on Wednesday after the market closed, showing revenue of $30 billion and earnings per share of $0.64. Those figures beat...
View ArticleThe companies with the most low-wage workers are spending billions on stock...
While some Americans have been looking to tighten their belts recently, U.S. corporations have been on a spending spree—but that money hasn’t been going to workers or capital improvements. Instead,...
View ArticleYes, you should still apply for a job with a lower salary range. Here’s why
Has your heart ever skipped a beat while reading a job description that’s checked off every one of your boxes, only to falter when you see the listed salary range is less than what you’re making?...
View Article5 information design classics that are so perfect you might forget they were...
Some graphic forms are so ubiquitous today that it’s hard to remember that they were ever novel. But of course, there was a first time for everything. A new and comprehensive visual survey of graphic...
View ArticleHow one botched form will impact the number of U.S. students attending college
After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad.The number of...
View ArticleSupreme Court rejects Biden administration’s plea to restore SAVE plan
The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way...
View ArticleNationwide listeria ice cream recall leads to Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing...
We all know that food recalls can have serious consequences for consumers. Contaminated food often sickens people, sending them to the hospital, or can even cause death. However, food recalls can also...
View ArticleBackpage.com founder sentenced to 5 years in prison as shocking allegations...
Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison and fined $3 million for a single money laundering count in a sprawling case...
View ArticleNo one can decide whether Nvidia’s latest earnings report was good or bad
One of the most anticipated earnings announcements of the summer dropped yesterday—and Nvidia has booked yet another quarter of stratospheric growth. The company posted record quarterly revenues of...
View Article647 megatons of CO2 were released by Canada’s wildfires, more than these...
Wildfires that swept Canada’s woodlands last year released more greenhouse gases than some of the largest emitting countries, a study found on Wednesday, calling into question national emissions...
View ArticleAI bill with the ‘most bipartisan opposition’ passes California’s legislature
California lawmakers passed a hotly contested artificial-intelligence safety bill on Wednesday, after which it will need one more process vote before its fate is in the hands of Governor Gavin Newsom,...
View ArticleCan American labels replicate K-pop’s success? This new girl group could...
In the first episode of Netflix’s new docuseries Pop Star Academy: Katseye, HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk, the K-pop mastermind behind BTS, explains that he has a straightforward rule: He only meets the...
View ArticleProgressive’s commercials go big on humor. Now they’re going big on feelings too
Progressive Insurance has gifted more than 1,000 vehicles to veterans in need since 2012 through its Keys to Progress program. The company has worked with small business owners by offering better...
View ArticlePacific island nations are in ‘grave danger,’ due to rising sea levels, UN...
Highlighting seas that are rising at an accelerating rate, especially in the far more vulnerable Pacific island nations, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued yet another climate SOS to the...
View ArticleMinerals projects rush to close loans from the Biden administration in case...
U.S. miners and battery recyclers are rushing to close government loans worth billions of dollars before January out of concern that former President Donald Trump would, if reelected, block funding...
View ArticleMaryland awards $73 million contract to rebuild Baltimore Key Bridge after...
Maryland transportation leaders on Thursday approved a contract for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge several months after the 1.6-mile (2.6-kilometer) steel span collapsed under the impact of a...
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