American woman smashes cycling record held by men for more than a decade
Mueller-Korenek hits 184 mph
DATE: Sep 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Sports
Christopher Ingraham
What your Christmas lights will do to your electricity bill
Starting around Black Friday every year, the light intensity in American suburbs increases by 30 to 50 percent, and it doesn’t return to normal levels until after the new year. The reason? C...
DATE: Nov 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
American toddlers shooting people on a weekly basis
On Wednesday, two 3-year-old boys were shot by another toddler who found and inadvertently fired a gun at the home of their baby sitter in Dearborn, Michigan, according to the Detroit Free P...
DATE: Oct 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Analysis: How President Trump’s nationwide voter data request could lead to voter suppression
Donald Trump’s Election Integrity Commission is asking all 50 states to turn over all publicly available voter registration data, including highly sensitive information about voters’ politic...
DATE: Jun 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Study: Medical marijuana laws save lives – and a billion taxpayer dollars
New analysis sees same results with younger Medicaid recipients
DATE: Apr 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Teen pot use declines in Colorado after legalization, study says
Teen marijuana use fell sharply in Colorado in the years 2014 and 2015, after the opening of that state’s recreational marijuana market, new federal survey data show.
The state-le...
DATE: Dec 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Are conservatives more likely to fall for fake news?
Last week, a North Carolina man took an AR-15 rifle into D.C.’s Comet Ping Pong pizza restaurant to “self-investigate” a fake internet conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton, John Podes...
DATE: Dec 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Chong seeks White House pardon for selling bongs
Actor needs 80K more online signatures for response
DATE: Sep 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Literary reading suffers steady decline
The percentage of American adults who read literature – any novels, short stories, poetry or plays – fell to at least a three-decade low last year, according to a new report from the Nationa...
DATE: Sep 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
Americans ‘thriving’ under Obama, poll finds
How Americans feel about the state of their lives have improved markedly in the eight years since Barack Obama was elected president, according to Gallup data.
In 2008, fewer than...
DATE: Aug 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
College students more likely to be heavy drinkers than young adults not enrolled
The United States’ full-time college students are more likely to be heavy drinkers than young adults who aren’t enrolled in college, according to a new federal report. But they’re no more li...
DATE: Aug 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
Why your smart friends can seem like such slackers
People who like to use their brains are a lot less physically active than people who don’t, according to research published in the Journal of Health Psychology.
Now, you may think...
DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health
