Special Report

Netflix has been in the news lately for its losses, but subscribers don’t have to worry about running out of great movies to stream on the platform any time soon. Films do rotate off Netflix every...
Inflation is surging at a historic pace in the United States. Goods and services are 8.3% more expensive, on average, than they were at this time last year. In most of the country, rising prices are...
The earliest wheels were apparently made some 5,500 years ago in Mesopotamia -but they weren’t the wheels we think of today. Rather, they were potter’s wheels. It wasn’t until they’d been...
Just two years after the COVID-19 pandemic sent the U.S. jobless rate soaring to an all-time high of 14.7% in April 2020, the job market has largely recovered. As of April 2022, the unemployment rate...
Inflation has driven up the prices of nearly all goods and services, including necessary items such as groceries. The cost of a gallon of milk is up 25% compared to pre-pandemic prices. According to...
There is no greater service to the nation than giving one’s life for one’s country. President Abraham Lincoln movingly referred to sacrifice of Union soldiers in his Gettysburg Address in 1863 as...
When you hear the line “The whispers in the morning,” what singer comes to mind? Most music fans will probably imagine world-famous recording artist Celine Dion’s version of “The Power of...
Young Americans enlist in the armed services for many reasons, including learning new skills, getting physically fit, and getting financial assistance to pay for college. One of the most common...
Aged black eggs and sea-going worms – these and other delicacies from around the world may seem like they’re only fit for the most fearless gourmands. And some exotic fruits look so strange,...
Global warming has become a critical part of the conversations about the future of humanity. Temperatures in some parts of the world have risen so much these areas have become barely habitable to...
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its third year, the U.S. is approaching a grim milestone – nearly 1 million COVID-19-related deaths. Even as new cases and deaths have dropped to...
The U.S. poverty rate stood at 11.4% in 2020, up 1.0 percentage points from 2019, according to Census Bureau estimates. This marked the first increase after five consecutive yearly declines....
The U.S. reported over 882,000 new cases of coronavirus in the seven days ending June 7, bringing the total count to more than 83.8 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than...
If big city life is not for you, you’re not alone. Eight out of the 10 largest U.S. cities lost population during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, as families moved to the adjacent...