This immersive, eco-forward library in North Dakota is built to honor the past—by reconnecting us with the land that helped shape a president.

Were it not for his experience in North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt said he never would have become president of the United States. After his first wife and mother died on the same day in 1884, the eventual 26th president retreated to modern-day North Dakota to mourn and reflect. 

At the Yale Model U.N. Conference in Europe, high school students from around the world tried to simulate real diplomacy—and ran into the wall of American exceptionalism.

The United Nations was in a crisis: Elon Musk had taken control of the European Space Agency and all of its outposts in space to further the development of Starlink. Delegates to the U.N., already in a special committee discussing equitable ways to militarize outer space, discovered Musk’s plans. Hurriedly, the representatives from Japan, Germany, and Egypt came up with a way to rein in the rogue billionaire: kidnap him. Musk, ever noncompliant, hid out on the moon, took several ESA scientists hostage, and lobbed threats at the U.N. After a day-long stalemate, the delegates found a way to bring Musk safely down to Earth, regaining control of the ESA. 

Foreclosures are up 40% year over year, but they’re still 13% below pre-pandemic 2019 levels.

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This simple website is your window to a whole other world.

The web wasn’t always like it is now. It used to be weirder—in a good way. And it still can be.

Starbucks union workers aren’t as upset about the dress code; they’re upset about the lack of a contract.

On Monday, Starbucks rolled out a new dress code as part of its larger corporate overhaul. But union workers say the change is both restrictive and unproductive—and now, baristas are walking out.

Pay Billy and Sandman are just two of the intriguing horse names in this weekend’s Preakness Stakes. Here’s how top horses get those quirky names.

When a friend and I began investing in thoroughbreds in 2018, it wasn’t fantasies of running in the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness Stakes that excited us most. It was naming the racehorses. We’d seen California Chrome and American Pharoah etch their names in the sports lexicon. And while producing a horse of that caliber was a longshot, just the prospect of the announcer yelling, “Here comes [name we chose] down the stretch!” was unexpectedly thrilling.

Emergency preparedness plans too often overlook the specific needs of elders in America’s aging population, many of whom live alone.

When I lived in Florida, I had a neighbor named Ms. Carmen. She was in her late 70s, fiercely independent, and lived alone with her two dogs and one cat, which were her closest companions.

Why Citymapper, Moovit, Naver Map, Rome2Rio, and Transit all have the edge outside of the U.S.

Americans often receive a lot of grief for being less internationally traveled than citizens of other countries. But in recent years, more Americans are traveling abroad than ever before. Numbers compiled by the digital magazine Travel and Tour World (TTW) show that in March 2025, 6.56 million Americans flew outside of the country. That’s 1.6% more than the same period a year earlier, and more than 22% more than in 2019—the year before the pandemic caused international travel to grind to a halt.

There are a lot of things within leaders’ control that can make workloads sustainable.

Paula Davis is the founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute. She is a globally recognized expert and adviser regarding burnout prevention at work and building resilient teams. Previously, she practiced law, and then during her postgraduate training for her psychology master’s degree, she was selected to be part of the University of Pennsylvania’s faculty teaching resilience skills to soldiers for the Army’s Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness program.

Using social media to help during disasters sounds great, but it’s not always easy.

When disasters happen—such as hurricanes, wildfires, and earthquakes—every second counts. Emergency teams need to find people fast, send help and stay organized. In today’s world, one of the fastest ways to get information is through social media.

The White House is proposing to eliminate funding for climate adaptation science in the next federal budget, and may fire federal climate adaptation scientists.

It’s no secret that warming temperatures, wildfires and flash floods are increasingly affecting lives across the United States. With the U.S. government now planning to ramp up fossil fuel use, the risks of these events are likely to become even more pronounced.

There must be a system for turning ideas and research into real-world products.

It’s one thing to invent something cool within controlled laboratory environments. It’s entirely another to scale that new baby for sale. 

Businesses and public interest groups should make efforts to forge stronger relationships.

The Ford Pinto. New Coke. Google Glass. History is littered with products whose fatal flaw— whether failures of safety, privacy, performance, or plain old desirability—repelled consumers and inflicted reputational damage to the companies bringing them to market. 

The app’s in-app meditation tool, now rolling out to all users, interrupts late-night scrolling with calming prompts.

Feeling like you’ve overdone it on the scrolling? Now you can take a break from TikTok to meditate—without ever leaving the app.

Some of those food stocks were previously intended for Gaza and famine-stricken Sudan.

Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are moldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts and risk becoming unusable, according to five people familiar with the situation.

The fast-casual Mediterranean chain will expand this year in California, Florida, and beyond after reporting better-than-expected first-quarter earnings.

Cava Group Inc. (NYSE: CAVA), the parent company of Cava, a Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant brand, announced it is opening up to 68 new U.S. locations in fiscal 2025, after reporting better-than-expected first quarter earnings results.

Computer engineering might bring big paychecks, but a longer job search, suggests new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

May often brings not only flowers, but also a highly anticipated—and, in some cases, dreaded—event for college seniors: graduation. On their final day as students, they will walk across the stage to applause from peers, receive their diplomas, and start their lives as adults. Some of them will already have jobs lined up, while others may still be looking.

After nearly tripling the company’s value, CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen is preparing to exit amid boardroom shifts.

Novo Nordisk announced Friday that it would part ways with its longtime CEO, who steered the company into an unprecedented boom time for weight-loss drugs. 

Verizon’s decision is an example of how the private sector is responding to explicit pressure from the Trump administration to stamp out DEI programs.

In February, the newly appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission opened a probe into Verizon just as the company was awaiting approval for a sizable acquisition. The telecom giant had announced plans last fall to purchase internet provider Frontier in a $20 billion deal, which was under review by the FCC.

From ‘Minecraft’ to ‘Love Island’ spoofs, NFL teams turn schedule reveals into full-blown entertainment spectacles.

For NFL teams’ social media departments, May 14 is the Super Bowl.