By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance offered Republicans a glimpse of what could be the party’s future on Thursday night, as he hammered home a midterm message with overtures to disaffected voters, a pro-family pitch in personal terms, and plenty of red-meat attacks on Democrats. Then President Donald Trump stepped on
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Yang, CNN (CNN) — Work to rebuild trade routes destroyed by catastrophic flooding in Nepal has begun, with a new bridge across the Tadi River that the Nepali Army is calling the “bridge of hope.” Nepal will need a lot of it, as the country starts digging itself out of a disaster-related economic
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Earlier this year, The New York Times hired Oumi, an AI testing company, to answer a basic question: How often are Google’s AI Overviews right? The AI overviews are the summaries that sit on top of the search results that billions of people see every day. Oumi measured Google’s Gemini 3 model as accurate
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The wage numbers that matter most to your business may be the ones coming from your own backyard. National wage trends provide useful context, but they don’t provide the same local granularity it takes to attract and retain employees in your specific market. Local pay can move at a different pace, shaped by the
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How to get return on investment (ROI) from Yelp Ads comes down to tracking what happens after the click. Yelp reports the clicks, calls, and directions your page generates, and your own attribution has to show which of those became paying customers and whether the profit covered what you spent. That gap is why
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The TD 2026 Love & Money Survey shows that financial pressure is affecting far more than household budgets. Americans say money is influencing how they communicate with partners, when they pursue major life milestones, how often they rely on family support and how confident they feel about their financial future. Despite these pressures, TD
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In April 2024, Data by Toast surveyed 850 U.S. diners about how they were feeling about rising menu prices, then conducted a similar survey in July 2026. Prices have kept climbing in the two years between waves, and so has guest skepticism—but not in the way that might show up in a restaurant’s traffic
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Wage equality helps define how workers share in economic growth. When top earners pull far ahead of median workers, rising high-end pay concentrates gains among a relatively small group. According to the Economic Policy Institute, earnings inequality has “redistributed wages away from most workers” and stifled “broader-based wage growth.” However, wider wage gaps may
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Although a baby’s “graduation” from the NICU is an exciting milestone, transitioning from a highly controlled newborn intensive care environment, including monitoring and 24/7 nursing care, to a home routine can feel stressful. You may be excited to finally have your baby home while also wondering how you’ll manage without the NICU team right
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At the start of 2026, OpenAI began testing advertising inside ChatGPT, bringing paid messages into conversations people already use to compare products and solve everyday problems. The rollout arrived after a change many internet users had already begun to recognize. Rather than typing a few chopped-up keywords into a search box, people now ask
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Black students have been excluded from high-quality mathematics for generations — with dire outcomes academically and professionally, a California-based math equity group found. Just Equation’s recent report, “Calculated Barriers,” notes that while these students make up 15% of the nation’s public school population, they accounted for only 6% of those enrolled in AP math
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As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, its citizens commemorate a democracy more diverse, free and inclusive than it’s ever been. The path to this milestone was imperfect and paved in blood and suffering. Still, few of the revelers will likely pay heed to the anniversary of another historic event: the 150th anniversary of
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A playground is more than just a place where kids come to play. It’s where they build confidence, exercise their imagination, and make friends. Playgrounds are also where communities gather and families create memories that last a lifetime. These and many more reasons establish them as a worthy addition to a community, school, or
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With numerous scissor lift heights, sizes and power sources, choosing the right machine for each application can be challenging. When you understand which details to focus on, you can determine the exact lift you need for each project. This comprehensive guide from Herc Rentals helps you differentiate between different types of scissor lifts and
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Americans overpay an estimated $54 billion a year on their car loans, according to an analysis from Caribou. Most drivers don’t shop around for auto loan rates the way they would for a mortgage, and that often means they pay more than they need to. Refinancing an auto loan gives drivers a chance to
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Switching to fresh dog food means giving your pup better ingredients and better nutrition, but it also means handling their food more like you handle your own. That starts with knowing exactly how long fresh dog food stays safe in the fridge. Unlike dry kibble, fresh food is perishable. Storing it the right way
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For many skilled tradespeople, business can run smoothly day after day until one single accident changes everything. All it takes is one slip, one dropped tool, or one big spill to trigger a lawsuit large enough to wipe out years of hard work. An established business can vanish with just one claim. Most small
Continue ReadingEvery few months, a new money phrase takes over TikTok, and suddenly everyone’s either Moneymaxxing, “loud budgeting” their friends out of brunch or admitting they “doom spent” their tax refund on a weighted blanket and a flight to Cabo. These trends look like jokes, and some of them are jokes. But string them together
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While we’ve barely put away the sunscreen and summer gear, the holiday season “creep” is slowly making its way into stores and online. And for many people, it’s not only the most wonderful time of the year, but also the most expensive. Whether you expect to spend on gifts, holiday décor, meals, or travel,
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Crime statistics in the U.S. have shifted considerably in recent years, and the most recent data points in an encouraging direction. Figures from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and independent research both suggest broad declines in violent and property crime, though the numbers come with important caveats about how crime data is collected and
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