A global simulation study suggests that pandemic school shutdowns did more than interrupt learning, they may have widened inequality and reduced children’s chances of surpassing their parents’ ...

WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service is proposing a price hike for First-Class stamps. During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Postmaster General David Steiner discussed the mailing agency ...

Households aren't broke, the available data indicate. They're just exhibiting a reluctance to spend. Flurries fall earlier this month at a shopping area in Beijing. On paper, China's middle class ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Some Iowans could qualify for a portion of a $7.25 billion class action settlement against Monsanto Bayer, the company that produces the weed killer Roundup. A Missouri ...

Utah representative Mike Petersen was inspired to introduce new legislation after receiving a call from his daughter, a master’s student in social work in Louisiana. She was disturbed that a professor ...

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales has announced that he will not be seeking re-election. Gonzales posted a lengthy statement on X on March 5 and said after "deep reflection and with the support of his family," ...

In today’s trendy, nightclub-like fitness classes, the blaring music meant to push gym-goers through one more rep could also be putting their hearing at risk. The sound levels in group exercise ...

Tehran is moving to restrict – or effectively close – the strait of Hormuz to shipping, as part of the latest escalation in the war involving Iran. Markets have reacted to the global impact of closing ...

The Quran speaks of the hereafter, known in Arabic as "Al-Akhirah," more than 100 times. Its repetition is intentional. In Islam, the hereafter is not a distant theological concept; it is central to ...

President Donald Trump touted his revamped tariffs during his State of the Union address Tuesday, saying he believes the import taxes could ultimately replace income tax. Watch the full clip in our ...

Inu Manak is a senior fellow for trade policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Supreme Court ruled [PDF] that U.S. President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers ...

Artist’s rendering of the Columbia-class SSBN submarine. US Navy image SAN DIEGO — The Navy and shipbuilders working on the first Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine are striving to ...