Pot taking big bite out of Americans’ snack budget
Spending on legal marijuana tops $5.4B
DATE: Feb 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Christopher Ingraham
27 Americans shot and killed Christmas Day
In a grim reminder that violence in America never takes a holiday, 27 people were killed and 63 injured in shooting incidents on Christmas Day this year, according to the Gun Violence Archiv...
DATE: Dec 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Your husband still has no idea what he's getting you for Christmas
WASHINGTON – I’m not sure exactly when my wife finished her Christmas shopping, but it seems like a long time ago. And ever since, she’s been issuing me subtle warnings disguised as question...
DATE: Dec 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family
Number of hate crimes has dropped in U.S.
Shots were fired in the vicinity of a Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis for the second night in a row Tuesday. On Monday night, five people were shot there, leading to the arrest of ...
DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
The best age to get married if you don't want to get divorced
Conventional wisdom has it that the older you are when you get married, the lower your chances for divorce. But a new analysis of family data by Nicholas H. Wolfinger, a sociologist at the U...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family
The road less traveled may be a real cost saver
Group reports poor roads costing drivers an extra $515 per year
DATE: Jun 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Look at how much weight we've gained since the 1960s
The average American woman weighs 166.2 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As reddit recently pointed out, that’s almost exactly as much as the average Amer...
DATE: Jun 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Research suggests cows may have beef with you
Sharks, bears kill fewer Americans than cattle
DATE: Jun 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Fertility rates vary widely among religions
WASHINGTON – There are plenty of interesting nuggets in the latest survey of Americans and religious faith by the Pew Research Center.
One that caught my eye: the stark differenc...
DATE: May 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Religion
The McMansion is back, and it’s bigger than ever
WASHINGTON – New American homes were bigger than ever last year, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. After a few years of shrinkage in the aftermath of the Great Recession, the me...
DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
Americans set new highs in support of legal pot
WASHINGTON – For the first time, the General Social Survey – a large, national survey conducted every two years and widely considered to represent the gold standard for public opinion resear...
DATE: Mar 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Locked out of college or not?
Census data show U.S. has more jails than colleges
DATE: Jan 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
