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The FAA approved the 737 MAX 10 after nearly a decade, two fatal crashes and a door plug blowout. A certificate says the plane meets the rules, but Boeing can only win back public confidence one uneventful flight at a time.
As retailers face soaring diesel costs, American shoppers are once again being asked to absorb the pressure. This holiday season, my family is choosing gratitude, connection and financial peace over the expectation to spend.
Corporate profits jumped by $400 billion in the second quarter, while inflation-adjusted hourly pay fell 0.7% over the past year. The gap between economic growth and financial security is widening.
In a New York Times op-ed, Cambridge professor Chris Marquis argues that MBA programs train managers to put shareholders first and can’t be fixed. His critics say he goes too far. The real question is who pays for the way business leaders are taught to think.
I stood in line to vote Monday, Oct. 19, surrounded by other Harris County residents who had made the same decision: rather than wait until Election Day, we were going to cast our ballots early. I took a photo of the line while I waited, not knowing that we were part of what would become a record-breaking opening day for early voting.
Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to a record low in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. On the same day, Harris County posted historic early-voting turnout. The overlap makes for a tempting narrative, but disapproval is not the same thing as participation.
Harvard's endowment has reached $68 billion, yet the university has eliminated staff positions. At Temple, Penn State and Utah, financial restructuring is changing how campuses operate—and raising concerns about what students may lose.
The alpha-beta ranking came from a study of captive wolves that the scientist behind it has spent decades disowning. Online, it has become a way to police how young men love, grieve and connect.
The reverse Great Migration is reshaping Atlanta, Houston, Dallas and other Southern metros. BlackPressUSA points to jobs, housing and family ties, while the population gains are also concentrating more Black consumer spending, professional networks, homeownership and political influence across the South.
Millions of renters face eviction filings each year, even as the emergency protections that temporarily suppressed cases during the pandemic have disappeared. The national numbers put Atlanta’s housing shortage into a sharper frame: the problem is not simply whether cities can build enough homes, but whether renters can remain in the ones they already have.
As India prepares a national obesity guideline, physicians are pushing for a broader way to identify metabolic risk—one that looks beyond BMI. At the same time, the country is proving that recognizing obesity as a health problem does not automatically translate into embracing GLP-1 treatment.
One woman lost 42 pounds on Ozempic and says she would do it again, even after watching her face become more hollow and mature. I stopped taking Wegovy when I began seeing some of the same changes.