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Imagine you’re at the supermarket checkout. Your cart is full. The line behind you is long. You tap your card. Declined.You try again. Declined.You haven’t overspent. You haven’t done anything suspicious. But somewhere inside...

America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most.The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to soon close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre agricultural research station in...

In Greek theater, a deus ex machina arrives when a protagonist is hopelessly trapped — and a golden chariot descends from the heavens to rescue them from a conflict they cannot escape on their own. That is precisely what the Supreme...

Millions of Gen Z graduates are convinced they’ve drawn the short straw of the labor market: ghosting is rife in recruiting, entry-level roles feel scarce, and predictions of an AI job apocalypse are making it all worse. Yet Arvind...

Stock futures jumped while oil prices and bond yields tumbled Monday evening on reports that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was coming together, even as the U.S. military conducted new airstrikes on Iran.Futures tied to the Dow Jones...

Shaun Seow, who heads the Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA), has a theory on why the new generation of Asian philanthropists is more interested in fighting climate change.“A lot of next-generation leaders are recreational divers; they look at the bleached...

Hong Kong’s fertility rate has sunk to roughly 0.8 children per woman, far below the replacement rate of 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population. Registered births in the city fell to just over 31,000 in 2025, a record...

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel and discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.Here is...

After three terms in the U.S. House and two unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S. Senate, Colin Allred said he’s heard plenty about voters’ suspicions that politicians are just trying to make a buck in Washington.“’What about the stock trading in Congress?...

You did the right thing this morning.Instead of the one-click default to your laptop’s last opened tab, you opened Etsy and bought a ceramic mug from a maker you’d been following on Instagram. Yesterday, your...