The US murder rate fell to historic lows in 2025 – here’s why
Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.
July 09, 2026Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.
July 09, 2026
The rulings are good news for borrowers who work for groups with missions at odds with the Trump administration’s agenda and those nonprofits themselves.
July 09, 2026
President Donald Trump's cancellation last year of a government food security survey could make it difficult to assess whether his cuts to the food stamp
July 09, 2026
Democratic socialists have recently won elections in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Denver
July 09, 2026
The US is striking Iran again. Can it ever deliver a knockout blow?
July 09, 2026
Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch said a White House report that accused the institution's National Museum of American History of "thinly
July 09, 2026
Back-to-school spending among U.S. households with school-age children is expected to decline about 6% this year on an inflation-adjusted basis, as consumer sentiment weakens amid
July 09, 2026
Prosecutors in Utah played a video clip that provided a rare glimpse of Tyler Robinson after the defendant in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk first turned himself in
July 08, 2026
More than a thousand protesters chanting "ICE out of Houston" marched on Wednesday near the spot where a U.S.
July 08, 2026
A weeklong preliminary hearing for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has paused for the day and will resume Thursday
July 08, 2026
Graham Platner’s Senate campaign has imploded amid credible accusations of rape. A Maine political scientist looks at what happened and how the populist Platner resembles Donald Trump in key ways.
July 09, 2026
The NCAA wants to know what the University of Cincinnati knew about former quarterback Brendan Sorsby and his gambling issues during his two seasons with the program
July 09, 2026
The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year are back in Florida, reunited with their capsule and launch team
July 09, 2026
Justin Bieber will bring his swag to the World Cup’s Super Bowl-style halftime show
July 09, 2026
Seated in his office alongside sketches of elegant dresses, fashion designer Efrain Mogollon starts the workday in Venezuela like any
July 08, 2026
Greenlanders attending a traditional kayaking championship in Nuuk rejected U.S.
July 09, 2026
What do cacti spines and wasp stingers have in common? What about snail genitalia and shark teeth?
July 09, 2026
Roseville woman loses service dogs after getting hit by truck: 'My family is gone'
July 09, 2026
'My son's more than a data point': Concerns over state assessment tool deciding vulnerable Nebraskans funding for care
July 09, 2026
Leawood summer camp teaches visually impaired teens coding and web development
July 09, 2026
Hamilton community rallying around 4-year-old boy diagnosed with brain cancer
July 09, 2026
Norwalk City Council passes first reading of ordinance that could fine parents when kids violate e-bike laws
July 09, 2026
A former Wisconsin judge was sentenced to no prison time and fined $5,000 on Wednesday after a jury found she obstructed a
July 08, 2026
Researchers search for lost Revolutionary War burial ground in New Albany
July 09, 2026
UA student, house-sitter, dog killed in Brookwood; Suspect found hiding in attic
July 09, 2026
Tensions rise at Monroeville council meeting over removal of children's book Pride display
July 09, 2026
Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, warns that Israel is becoming isolated due to its leadership
July 08, 2026
Weekend storms impact commuters at Cromwell Light Rail station amid continued power outages
July 08, 2026
Stockton animal advocates outraged over image of dead dog in dumpster circulates social media
July 08, 2026
Florida’s population boom has fizzled to just 0.9% growth as domestic migration slows to a trickle.
July 08, 2026
By interfering with how communities collect data and how researchers access it, the CDC risks undermining the hard-won trust needed for effective public health.
July 08, 2026
The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to help society.
July 08, 2026
Too much fertilizer disrupts the hidden world of soil-dwelling microbes that were sustaining healthy crops long before synthetic fertilizer was invented.
July 08, 2026
A look at cats’ diets as reported by researchers over many years shows they eat a lot more than people might think.
July 08, 2026
Science works at a much slower pace than social media, opening a large window for early findings to be taken at face value and misinformation to spread.
July 08, 2026
What a young generation of basketball players can learn from Kyle Lowry
July 08, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll highlights divisions among American Jews regarding Israel
July 08, 2026
At the heart of combating misinformation is critical thinking and recognizing when you’re being spun for corporate profit.
June 22, 2026
Two top United Nations officials are urging Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent the country from sliding back into instability
July 08, 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America, a left-wing political group, is now playing an influential role in the U.S. Democratic Party.
July 08, 2026
Utah prosecutors played a video on Tuesday that an investigator said showed the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk last year in a
July 07, 2026
The weeklong preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has entered its second day
July 07, 2026
Lack of accessibility; Woman and daughter stranded at auto repair shop
July 08, 2026
An Indian court directed the federal government to unblock the X account of the youth Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday, more than a month since it went offline
July 07, 2026
Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark wanted to talk about the league’s upcoming season, not the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga at Texas Tech. But that was the first thing Yormark was asked about Tuesday after his opening remarks at Big 12 football media days
July 08, 2026
Countries around the world must take decisive action to close a $4 trillion annual financing gap to ensure that sustainable development targets set just
July 07, 2026
‘We do need to defund the police’: 2020 interviews undermine Abdul El-Sayed’s claim he never advocated for unpopular movement
July 08, 2026
When tornadoes threaten in Nashville, Tennessee, many people here turn to Nashville Severe Weather
July 07, 2026
Vietnam veterans to be honored with traveling exhibit coming to Iowa
July 07, 2026