The National Historic Preservation Act turned 60 on October 15, 2026, six decades after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law in 1966. The
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center puts the chance that the current El Niño reaches historic strength during October through December 2026 at 75%, which would make
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) announced on October 15, 2026, that he will introduce the Power to the Players Act. The bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission to write rules ensuring that consumers own the video games they buy, not a revocable license. It would also require games with online features to offer an offline mode before their servers shut down. Key Takeaways The Power to the Players Act would make buying a video game a transfer of ownership instead of a license to play. Games with online functionality would have to provide an offline mode before the servers
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has reached late September without producing a single hurricane, the first time that has happened since 1914. Six named storms
Diesel fuel prices in the United States have surpassed their all-time high, reaching a national average of more than $6.51 per gallon according to AAA,
The U.S. Department of Education has published nonpayment-rate data identifying 500 colleges and universities where at least 40% of recent federal student loan borrowers are
The 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks will be commemorated on September 11, 2026, across the United States, with the annual name-reading ceremony
U.S. employers had 7.1 million job openings at the end of August 2026, down 256,000 from July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on September 29. The openings rate slipped
DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island” lifted its review embargo on September 21 to a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, positioning the studio’s 50th animated feature film and
The Environmental Protection Agency formally rescinded carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants on Monday, September 14, 2026, eliminating mandates that required existing coal-fired
American employers announced 52,881 planned layoffs in August 2026, a 38% decline from the same month a year ago and the lowest August total since
An NPR analysis published on August 19 found that 15 U.S. states still have laws permitting public school employees to use corporal punishment on students,
Street Fighter opened at No. 1 at the weekend box office with about $31 million from 3,575 theaters over October 16 to 18, 2026. The weekend’s bigger surprise came from A24’s You Can See Everything, which earned more than $15 million from only 855 theaters, the biggest opening for a documentary since 2004. Key Takeaways Street Fighter earned about $31 million domestically and $20.1 million overseas, for a $51.1 million global opening. You Can See Everything opened second with more than $15 million, averaging roughly $18,000 per theater. The documentary had tracked at $7 million to $12 million before
A pound of ground roast coffee averaged $9.317 in July 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, just below the record $9.723 set in April. The high prices frame this week’s National Coffee Day on September 29 and the first UN-observed International Day of Coffee on October 1. Key Takeaways BLS data shows ground
Gene-modified pancreatic islet cells transplanted into a patient with long-standing type 1 diabetes have survived and continued producing insulin for more than 14 months without any immunosuppressive drugs, according to peer-reviewed data published on July 13, 2026, in The New England Journal of Medicine. The follow-on publication, authored by clinicians at Uppsala University Hospital in
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a multistate infant botulism outbreak linked to Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Powdered Infant Formula, which was sold at Target stores nationwide. Three infants in California, Washington, and Pennsylvania were hospitalized, and Nara Organics issued a voluntary recall of
A team of researchers at Stanford Medicine has identified a single protein that, when blocked, reverses age-related cartilage loss in joints and prevents osteoarthritis from developing after injury. The discovery, published in the journal Science, could fundamentally change how arthritis is treated and may one day make knee and hip replacements unnecessary for many patients.
The generation gap. It’s a phrase tossed around like a worn frisbee, but what does it really mean? Why do Baby Boomers and Gen Z seem to speak different languages (even if they’re technically texting each other)? This article dives into the generational divide, exploring the stereotypes, the social shifts that shaped these age groups,
The 2026 NFL regular season opens Wednesday, September 9, with the defending Super Bowl LX champion Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriots at Lumen
A study published August 25, 2026, in The BMJ by researchers at Harvard University and Boston University found that at least one in four former
USA Baseball announced a 36-player roster on June 21, 2026, for the 12U National Team Training Camp set to begin June 22 in Cary, North
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup looms, many are wondering what’s next for Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the most iconic footballers in history. With the
An executive order published in the Federal Register on Monday, August 31, declares a national emergency over foreign-produced equipment operating within the United States bulk-power
The unemployment rate for recent college graduates ages 22 to 27 held at approximately 5.6% through the second quarter of 2026, above the national unemployment
Emergency dispatch centers across the United States are deploying artificial intelligence systems that move beyond answering calls to predicting where emergencies will occur before they
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is calling on the United States to establish a federally overseen standards body that would test frontier artificial intelligence models
NTT DATA and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling announced on July 7 that they have deployed a physical AI system directly into the assembly workflow at Hyster-Yale’s
NASA opened its checkbook this week for what the agency is calling the foundation of a permanent American presence on the Moon. At a Tuesday
Delta Air Lines handles more than 100,000 bags on a busy day at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s busiest airport by passenger volume. Three-quarters
The AI industry’s talent war reached a new inflection point on Tuesday. Andrej Karpathy, one of the most prominent researchers in artificial intelligence and a
