Federal student loan rules changed on July 1, 2026, ending the SAVE repayment plan and replacing a tangle of income-driven options with two new plans for the roughly 43 million Americans carrying federal student debt. The Department of Education is directing about 7.5 million SAVE borrowers to choose a new
The flag that has flown over the United States for more than six decades is often traced to a high school history assignment and a teenager who refused to accept his grade. The story of Bob Heft has become a fixture of American folklore, repeated in classrooms and patriotic ceremonies.
In the middle of the Civil War, with the nation tearing itself apart, the federal government made a quiet decision that would shape American life for generations. On July 2, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, a law that used federal land to fund a new kind of
A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has put a number to something many American families already feel at the grocery checkout: hunger in the United States has climbed past the levels recorded during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings, released on May 27,
The motorsports world lost one of its defining figures Thursday with the death of Kyle Busch, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and the winningest driver across the sport’s three national series. He was 41. The Busch family, Richard Childress Racing, and NASCAR announced the death in a joint statement
By: Matthew Kayser A motorcycle crash can change your day in seconds. One moment you’re on the road, and the next you’re dealing with injuries, damage, and a lot of unanswered questions. In those first moments, it’s hard to know what matters most or what to do next. That’s why
Something remarkable is happening in the fight against cancer in America. For the first time since scientists began tracking the disease in a systematic way, the five-year survival rate for all cancers in the United States has reached 70% — up from 49% in the mid-1970s. That number, drawn from
The American consumer just got hit with the steepest inflation reading in nearly three years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on May 12, 2026 that the Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in April and 3.8% on a 12-month basis, the highest annual reading since May 2023. Energy prices drove
The White House on May 4 released its 2026 National Drug Control Strategy, a 195-page blueprint that aims to reshape how the federal government responds to addiction, overdose deaths, and the cross-border drug trade. The document arrives at a moment when overdose mortality remains one of the country’s most persistent
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a direct warning to Congress: the emergency funds keeping roughly 50,000 Transportation Security Administration workers on payroll will run out in early May, setting up a potential return to the airport security disruptions that gripped the country earlier this year. The disclosure comes
For decades, pancreatic cancer has been one of medicine’s most resistant targets. Standard treatments offered limited survival benefit. Immunotherapy, which has transformed outcomes in other cancers, largely failed to gain traction here. That picture is beginning to shift. New follow-up data from a Phase 1 clinical trial at Memorial Sloan
A railroad worker can finish a shift, go home, and still feel as if the worst part of the day never actually ended. The body is off the clock, but the mind is still back at the crossing, derailment, or fatal call. Poolson Oden knows that some injuries don’t need
The founder of Medvi turned $20,000 and a suite of artificial intelligence platforms into one of the fastest-growing telehealth companies in the country — but the full story requires looking beyond the revenue numbers. When Matthew Gallagher launched Medvi from his Los Angeles home in September 2024, he had $20,000
In a state that carries one of the highest sickle cell disease burdens in the country, Georgia lawmakers delivered a rare bipartisan win on the final day of their 2026 legislative session — passing a bill that could reshape how the state’s Medicaid program serves tens of thousands of patients
Microsoft is in exclusive talks with Chevron and investment fund Engine No. 1 over a long-term deal to develop a $7 billion natural gas-fired power plant in West Texas — a move that signals a fundamental shift in how America’s technology industry is approaching the energy problem at the center
By: Dr. Jeffrey N. Shebovsky | ReliefNow® Disc·Joint·Nerve Hamlin | Winter Garden, Florida Skipping back surgery is now a clinically viable option for many Americans with herniated discs, sciatica, and degenerative disc disease. Non-surgical disc decompression combined with Class IV medical-grade laser therapy is designed to target the underlying causes
San Francisco, CA — Guided by the teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Shakyamuni Buddha, Hua Zang Si Temple has long upheld the spirit of great compassion, transforming loving-kindness into meaningful actions to benefit all sentient beings. Rooted in the practice of Bodhicitta, the Temple’s charitable initiatives continue
