In the United States, health care spending is huge—about one‑fifth of all money made in the country. Prices for hospitals, doctors and drugs are far higher than in other rich nations. Simple changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will not fix this. Before the ACA, insurance rules were chaotic. So
South Bend’s recent debate over Clay High School shows how a city can get caught up in institutional pride instead of student needs. The real story is about preparing young people for a workforce that increasingly demands more than just a diploma. Nearly seventy percent of Indiana’s upcoming jobs
A tech giant known for helping the U. S. government track immigrants has announced it will leave Denver and relocate its headquarters to Miami. The decision follows a wave of congressional actions in which lawmakers returned large sums they had received from the company’s staff. The move raises a de
NASA’s biggest space plan is facing a fresh snag. After a recent test, engineers discovered that helium – the gas used to keep fuel tanks full and clean – was not flowing properly in the upper section of the Space Launch System (SLS). Because the problem cannot be fixed on the launchpad, the rocket
In recent weeks, shoppers in the UK have noticed a new sight: Cadbury chocolate bars wrapped in clear plastic shields. Major supermarkets such as Sainsbury's, Tesco and the Co‑op are adopting these anti‑theft measures after a surge in chocolate pilfering. Police and retailers claim that the sugary t
The rapper Megan Thee Stallion shared that she is hoping for a proposal of her own, saying she is “manifesting” her engagement. She mentioned this while chatting with Team USA athletes Brittany Bowe and Hilary Knight, who had just announced they were engaged. The conversation happened in a res
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is now reviewing a fresh offer from Paramount Skydance, which comes after WBD had already agreed to sell its studio and streaming arm to Netflix. The new proposal is higher than the original, so WBD’s board will compare it against the Netflix deal. Last week, WBD re‑o
The Chicago Fed chief, Austan Goolsbee, told a Washington conference that cutting interest rates now would be premature because inflation still lingers above the 2 % goal. He warned that past mistakes of assuming price rises were temporary should not be repeated. Goolsbee highlighted the latest d
"First, the claim that a U. S. hospital ship is heading to Greenland was made by President Trump on Truth Social, but it turns out there are no orders from the Pentagon to send such a vessel. Second, the U. S. Navy owns two hospital ships – the USNS Comfort and the USNS Mercy – both of which are cu
The NFL might change its play‑by‑rules for the next season. A committee has talked about letting replay officials hand out penalty flags for fouls that regular referees miss. This idea grew after a fight in the recent Super Bowl between Seattle’s Josh Jobe and New England’s Stefon Diggs. Jo
