Childcare costs are a crushing financial burden for millions of American families, often rivaling or exceeding housing expenses. Families nationally spent an average of $13,128 on childcare in 2024, according to data from Child Care Aware of America, an advocacy group. In major metro areas, costs reached $25,000 or more. Survey data from Care.com, which […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is preparing to meet with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican this week, days after President Donald Trump unleashed new criticism of the pontiff over his stance on the war with Iran. The pope responded on Wednesday – without calling out Trump directly. During an interview on Monday on the […]
The U.S. government is understating the toll of Iranian attacks on military assets across the Middle East, obscuring the actual cost of the more than two-month-long conflict, according to published reports. Iran has devastated at least 228 military assets and buildings spread across Middle Eastern bases, according to a Washington Post review. The 15 affected […]
Americans won’t be seeing those big yellow Spirit Airlines planes flying overhead anymore now that the company has shut down. But what’s going to happen to those planes? Both customers and other airlines will feel the impact of the Spirit closure. However, experts said many of those impacts will not be felt immediately. What happens […]
Washington, D.C., was seen as a national model for crime reduction last year after the police department released statistics showing violent crime had been cut by nearly a third. But after months of scrutiny and whistleblowing, the department says 13 officers are on leave for reasons “generally” tied to crime reporting. The D.C. Metropolitan Police […]
The news industry has seen significant consolidations in ownership in recent years, and it seems things could tighten further. James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former CEO of 21st Century Fox, is in talks to buy Vox’s New York Magazine and podcast division, according to The Wall Street Journal. People familiar with […]
It’s not unusual to see an airport named after a president, but a recent nomenclature proposal in Florida has some unusual conditions attached to it that other namings have not. On Tuesday, Palm Beach County commissioners will hold their first public vote on the renaming of Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump. The […]
A gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. now costs more than $4.50 on average. Before the war with Iran, the average was around $3. Prices hit the $4.50 benchmark late on Tuesday morning, according to Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, a website that tracks real-time price data from more than […]
Troy Uphoff has learned to better space the rows of corn on his Illinois farm and grows shorter statured stalks that optimize sunlight and the nutrients in the soil. “That creates about a 5% yield bump every year,” said Uphoff, whose farm sits near Decatur. Uphoff developed these techniques with help from researchers, agricultural businesses […]
A federal judge apologized in court to the man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump, and then pressed jail officials over why he was being held under conditions the judge described as unusually harsh. Judge challenges confinement conditions During a hearing in Washington Monday, Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui questioned how Cole Allen […]
