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,
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration upgraded a nationwide egg recall to Class I this week, its highest-risk classification, after linking nearly 19 million recalled
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 2022, according to the monthly report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas released on September 3. The report marks a notable shift in what is driving workforce reductions across the country: restructuring replaced artificial intelligence as the top-cited reason for job cuts for the first time in six months, ending a sustained period in which AI-related displacement had dominated corporate workforce announcements. The data arrive as the U.S. labor market enters a critical stretch, with
The Hawk Fire burning northwest of Reno, Nevada has grown to 15,051 acres with zero containment as of Monday morning, August 24, forcing approximately 42,000
Taylor Farms, one of North America’s largest producers of packaged salads and fresh-cut vegetables, is now at the center of two simultaneous foodborne illness investigations
A Staten Island state court judge granted a temporary restraining order on August 10 pausing enforcement of New York City’s new pied-à-terre tax on high-value
Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on August 5 requiring building owners in New York City to certify twice a year that their cooling towers have
Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company behind the Claude model family, is in talks to acquire Israeli AI startup Decart for approximately $6 billion, a deal that would mark
The U.S. economy shed 23,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department’s Friday jobs report showed, a contraction economists had not expected after months of modest
U.S. employers cut 23,000 jobs in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on August 7, missing consensus forecasts that called for gains of roughly
Manhattan’s office market posted 3.87 million square feet of leasing activity in July 2026, a 22 percent increase over June and a 28.4 percent jump
Working remotely across state lines creates tax filing obligations in multiple states, and the rules determining where someone owes income tax differ sharply depending on
Target removed a children’s Halloween costume from stores and its website on August 25, 2026, after widespread social media backlash over a design critics said evoked racist minstrel-era caricatures. The retailer issued a public apology, acknowledged the product should never have reached shelves, and said it is reviewing internal processes to determine how the costume cleared its product assortment pipeline. The incident arrives during a fragile recovery period for Target, which has spent 2026 rebuilding consumer trust and stock value after a boycott campaign that erased more than $20 billion in market capitalization earlier in the year. Key Takeaways
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,
Moving your body regularly is one of the ways to protect your long-term health. It is not just about aesthetics or fitting into a certain clothing size. Staying active directly influences your longevity and your daily quality of life. Whether it is a brisk walk, a session at the gym, or playing with your family,
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
In professional tennis, setbacks are a given. Whether it’s a tough defeat or a debilitating injury, overcoming these challenges can be one of the most
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