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Verdicts against social media companies carry consequences. But questions linger25.03.2026Two landmark jury verdicts against social media companies have arrived at the front of a wave of lawsuits alleging that the popular platforms endanger the mental health of children. Financial penalties total $381 million in the two cases involving tech giant Meta in New Mexico and both Meta and YouTube in California. The verdicts highlight a growing shift in the public perception of social media companies and their responsibilities toward child safety.- Old age isn’t a modern phenomenon – many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too29.03.2026Nasty, brutish – but not necessarily short. Here’s how archaeologists know plenty of people didn’t die young.
- How grandchildren are stepping up to fill the caregiver gap29.12.2025One woman moved back across the country to care for her grandmother, giving up her dreams of sunshine and palm trees. A young mother, overwhelmed caring for two children and her ailing grandmother, finally asked family to help her juggle. And another woman assumed financial responsibility for her grandmother after her home fell into foreclosure. All three women belong to what aging experts call America’s unseen workforce - the 48 million family caregivers who provide unpaid support that allows m
- Higher cost, worse coverage: Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard13.12.2025For a Michigan family, it means going without insurance altogether. Less than three weeks remain until the expiration of COVID-era enhanced tax credits that have helped millions of Americans pay their monthly fees for Affordable Care Act coverage for the past four years. The Senate on Thursday rejected two proposals to address the problem and an emerging health care package from House Republicans does not include an extension, all but guaranteeing that many Americans will see much higher insur
- Astronomers may have spotted the 1st known 'superkilonova' double star explosion19.12.2025"We do not know with certainty that we found a superkilonova, but the event nevertheless is eye-opening."
- Polls open in tense Uganda election amid widespread delays14.01.2026The election is a rematch between Bobi Wine and Yoweri Museveni, who has been president for 40 years.
- Sources: IDF does not actually know how many ballistic missiles Iran has left05.04.2026Part of the question for Israel is how many of the missiles, many of which have been covered in rubble, can be salvaged and are only temporarily inaccessible to Iran? Although the majority of the IDF believes that Iran only has several hundred ballistic missiles left, which can reach Israel from its original 2,500 total, IDF sources have admitted to The Jerusalem Post that no one really knows for certain. The exchange came after Channel 12 reported on Saturday night from air force IDF Col.
- Arctic is again the hottest it's been in 125 years, with record-low sea ice, NOAA report says16.12.2025The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual Arctic report card shows how rapidly and profoundly climate change is warming and altering the region.
