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With Israel poised to attack Iran, having already blindsided friends and foes alike with its blitz against Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, all the talk...
The effects of bullying on teens’ mental health are well-documented. But could bullying also shape their future aspirations? Our latest research...
When Joe Biden was the Democrats’ candidate for president in 2020 and again this year, he staked his candidacy on being the person who would save...
NATO's next boss, Mark Rutte, will need all the coalition-building skills he honed as Dutch prime minister to hold the Western alliance together amid...
Americans who watched the vice presidential debate between Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance were in for a big surprise: a cordial tone and an...
Deepfake pornography – where someone’s likeness is imposed into sexually explicit images with artificial intelligence – is alarmingly common....
When veteran U.S. diplomat Kurt Campbell traveled to the Solomon Islands to counter Beijing's influence in the South Pacific country, he quickly saw...
An influential group of law enforcement leaders is pushing police departments across the U.S. to change how officers use force when they subdue people...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has drawn a "red line" for the United States and its allies by signaling that Moscow will consider responding with...
In late July, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris released a campaign ad about the U.S.-Mexico border that resembled something out of the...
Companies are increasingly highlighting their support for diversity, but that can backfire if consumers sense tokenism, a recent analysis from my...
Despite ongoing worries about how artificial intelligence will affect jobs, research shows that employers increasingly value something that only human...
Taylor Swift did not endorse Donald Trump. Nor did Lady Gaga or Morgan Freeman. And Bruce Springsteen was not photographed in a "Keep America...
In nearly every country that hosts foreign-born citizens, immigration emerges as a lightning rod for controversy. The economic realities of...
With the 2024 election looming, the first since the mass popularization of generative artificial intelligence, experts feared the worst: social media...
When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. In September 1774, nearly two years before the...
When her husband turns on the television to hear news about the upcoming presidential election, that's often a signal for Lori Johnson Malveaux to...
Michael Crichton, the creator of “ER” and author of “Jurassic Park,” died in 2008. So why is his estate suing Warner Bros now? It turns out...
Allowing people to bet on the outcome of U.S. elections poses a great risk that some will try to manipulate the betting markets, which could cause...
Hours after an apparent attempt on Donald Trump's life over the weekend, Elon Musk took to his social platform X to post a thinking emoji and a...
Music generates passion and emotion, so it’s little surprise that popular tunes have been featured in presidential contests since the days of George...
Turkey tends to march to its own drum in international affairs. Take the United Nations vote on Dec 14, 2022, when the body’s General Assembly...
The U.S. is divided when it comes to state and federal marijuana policy, but recent political developments could move the country toward a greater...
Is Brazil's shutdown of Elon Musk's X a drastic but necessary move in the global fight against disinformation, or pure censorship? Supreme Court judge...
It's a practice that's about as American as apple pie — accusing immigrant and minority communities of engaging in bizarre or disgusting behaviors...
What parent hasn’t been there? It’s been a long day, you still have dinner to make, maybe lunches for tomorrow too, and you just don’t have the...
The secret to avoiding red lights during rush hour in Utah's largest city might be as simple as following a bus. Transportation officials have spent...
Understanding disinformation has emerged as a lightning rod in the United States ahead of the November election, with academics and think-tanks facing...
Of all the questions confronting voters in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, few are as puzzling as the seemingly unwavering support for a...
Most discussions of retirement focus on the financial aspects of leaving the workforce: “How to save enough for retirement” or “How do you know...
Usha Chilukuri Vance loves her “meat and potatoes” husband, JD Vance. She explained to a rapt Republican National Convention audience how their...
As the U.S. becomes increasingly polarized, diversity, equity and inclusion – also known as DEI – efforts have been touted as a way to bridge...
Should African people be called black – or is the categorizing of people by skin color a racist practice? How about Africa? Is the name of the...
German state elections that dealt a heavy blow to the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and historic wins for two anti-establishment...
Over the past four years, Congress and state governments have worked hard to prevent the aftermath of the 2024 election from descending into the chaos...
U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent approval of a major shift in U.S. nuclear weapons strategy highlights the attention the country’s national...
Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination “on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth.”...
More than 4,000 athletes with physical, vision and intellectual impairments are competing in 22 sports during the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris....
The past decade and a half has seen upheaval across the globe. The 2008 financial crisis and its fallout, the COVID-19 pandemic and major regional...
In the two years since saboteurs planted explosives on Nord Stream 1 and 2 – gas pipelines that spanned the Baltic Sea to connect Russia to Germany...
The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran in recent months is frequently explained as another extension of Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza....
With the Olympic torch extinguished in Paris, all eyes are turning to Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics. The host city has promised that the next...
Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy – who...
Breaking is a style of hip-hop dance that has been around for nearly 50 years. Along with hip-hop and other associated Black and Latinx street...
OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy envisions a world in which artificial intelligence bots can be made into subject matter experts that are “deeply...
Republicans, as you’ve probably heard, are being called “weird.” In a quip that launched a million memes, Minnesota governor-turned-VP candidate...
In some corners of the Democratic Party, last week felt like déjà vu. The party's vice-presidential nominee’s military record was under assault...
An unrelentingly bitter U.S. presidential race, defined by name-calling, attack ads and stunted campaigning, has so far left little space for...
Iran's threatened retaliatory strike on Israel over the assassination of Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh drew major world powers on Tuesday into a...
After a successful Olympic Games on home soil in Tokyo, Japan was hoping to maintain its Olympic momentum with a strong showing in Paris. Winning 20...