I think plug-in electric cars are really cool. I’d like to own one eventually. There are many ways in which plug-in electrics are superior to gasoline-powered cars, including some of the reasons I switched my outdoor power equipment from gas-powered to DeWalt 60-volt-battery powered.

Although it seems to have been accidental, Russia downed a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace on Tuesday. The question: How to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future?

San Francisco’s plan to give $5 million in reparations to each qualifying black resident in the city continues to move forward. One minor detail that no one has worked out yet is where that money is going to come from.

Maternal mortality rates for American women rose again in 2021, hitting Black women particularly hard, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There were 32.9 deaths for every 100,000 live births in 2021, up from 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019, per the CDC. Among Black women, the maternal...

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) on Thursday said he’ll sign a divisive bill restricting minors from using social media without parental permission. Cox said at a meeting with reporters that he’ll “absolutely” sign the social media bills sent to his desk this session: Utah Senate Bill 152 would require social media companies to verify that...

Many of the multinational firms complicit in China’s labor abuse continue to raise funds in U.S. capital markets.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Thursday called on a state assembly member who has been accused of sexual misconduct to resign, saying his behavior was “unacceptable.”  Hochul said at a press conference that she supports the two women who have come forward with allegations against Juan Ardila, a Democratic assemblyman who has served...

President Joe Biden's administration is ramping up pressure against the popular video sharing app TikTok, threatening to ban the app if the Chinese-based ByteDance doesn’t sell its stake. The demand, confirmed by TikTok late Wednesday, marks the latest escalation in U.S. governmental pressure on the company. It has been facing increasing criticism from both sides...

Recycling processes could be better standardized, and there needs to be better public awareness.

March 20 marks the official start of spring, when flowers start to blossom and pollen starts to wreak havoc on people's allergies. A new report from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ranked the country's 100 largest cities from least to most challenging for allergy sufferers.