08/18/2014 - 14:19
More troubling news about the climate: Spring snow on sea ice in the Arctic has thinned by about a third in the Western Hemisphere and by half near Alaska during the last 50 years, according to new research.
08/04/2014 - 13:02
OK, so life is painful. But how many of our fellow citizens are taking prescription painkillers to deal with it? The answer, unfortunately, is far more than you would think.
08/01/2014 - 12:58
One day after the U.S. Commerce Department announced robust economic growth, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics released ho-hum news: Employers added 209,000 jobs in July, a strong number but smaller than the month before, and the unemployment rate rose a bit to 6.2 percent.
07/28/2014 - 19:01
By now, you have heard the statistics: In 2012, more than one-third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But guess what? Many of them don’t know it.
07/23/2014 - 15:20
The fastest-growing group of unaccompanied minors crossing the Mexican border are under age 12, according to a recent study.
07/18/2014 - 10:41
The proposal before a Senate subcommittee would have allowed 20,000 refugees into the United States during a two-year period. Desperate, helpless and young – between 6 and 14 years old – they faced a future of certain persecution. Indeed, their parents were willing to bundle them off and send them to another country.
07/08/2014 - 16:35
On the front lines of the battle over the minimum wage, there are no victory laps, even when there are victories.
07/07/2014 - 12:00
The unemployment rate dropped again in June and is now 6.1 percent, as employers added 288,000 jobs.
07/01/2014 - 20:00
This is the perfect weekend for driving to the beach, hiking in the mountains or heading for an amusement park -- unless the weather ruins all that. Then it's one long movie night.
06/30/2014 - 14:00
The U.S. Supreme Court ended its session June 30 by siding with business owners who objected to a legal requirement that they help pay the cost of some birth control for employees.