The country saw the largest increases in the mortality rate in decades among young kids and teenagers in 2020 and 2021, according to a research article released Monday.  Two researchers from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and one from the University of Washington’s pediatrics and epidemiology department and Seattle Children’s Research Institute found...

Another house has collapsed into the ocean in Rodanthe on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Tennessee's lieutenant governor is “pausing” all social media activity after revelations that he repeatedly commented on posts of nearly nude photos of a young gay model and other LGBTQ personalities.

State prisons are at the core of America’s mass incarceration problem.

Southwest Airlines unveiled plans on Tuesday to increase staffing and equipment this winter to avoid another mess of mass cancellations and delays like the one that disrupted holiday travel late last year.  "We understand the root causes that led to the holiday disruption, and we're validating our internal review with the third-party assessment. Now, we...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday night that fighting in Bakhmut and throughout eastern Ukraine remains “very tough.” “It is very tough in the east, very painful,” Zelensky said in his nightly address to the Ukrainian people. “We need to destroy the enemy's military might, and we will. Bilohorivka and Maryinka, Avdiivka and Bakhmut,...

Moody’s Investors Service is weighing a credit downgrade for six U.S. banks following the second- and third-largest bank failures in the nation’s history. The credit rating firm said Monday that the regional banks are “exposed to the risk of uninsured deposit outflows” in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank collapse, which prompted fears that wealthy...

The story of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure should be a cautionary tale about the consequences of ignoring sound money principles. In December 2020, the Federal Reserve said that it expected its interest rate to remain at 0.1 percent through 2023. Today, rates are set at 4.5 percent. That rapid mismatch crushed SVB and will likely...

Former White House press secretary turned MSNBC host Jen Psaki took a swipe at Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday night, saying recent court filings show the conservative firebrand does not respect his viewers. "I had about 20 seconds where I thought ... Tucker Carlson, maybe he's one of us," Psaki said during an...

A traditional Mediterranean diet rich in seafood, fruits and nuts may help reduce the risk of dementia, even among those with a higher genetic risk for the condition, new research suggests. Researchers at U.K.'s Newcastle University assessed data from 60,298 individuals in the UK Biobank who were followed for an average of nine years.  They...