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Gas prices were well over $4 a gallon on April 28, 2026, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Business

What’s in the price of a gallon of gas?

Staff Writer - May 1, 2026

The U.K. Parliament passed legislation in an effort to control spiraling rental costs and reverse rising homelessness rates. Matt Cardy/Getty Image

Business

England’s ‘once in a generation’ housing law takes effect as US housing legislation sits in congressional purgatory

The Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz has largely brought oil traffic to a halt, hitting petroleum-exporting countries hard. Asghar Besharati / Getty Images

Business

The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals — the war in Iran shows how that power has declined

The Emiratis are poised to turn their back on their oil cartel buddies. Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images

Business

UAE’s OPEC exit has been long in the works – and may mark the beginning of a Gulf realignment

An artisanal miner holds a cobalt stone at a mine near Kolwezi, Congo, in 2022. About 20,000 people work there among toxic materials. Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images

Business

The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating ‘sacrifice zones’ that harm water and health of world’s poor

Business

Valentine’s Day: the pressures of shopping for romance

Staff Writer - February 11, 2022

Business

Disasters can wipe out affordable housing forever unless communities plan ahead...

Staff Writer - February 9, 2022

Business

The 50 biggest US donors gave or pledged nearly $28 billion...

Staff Writer - February 8, 2022

Business

As China welcomes the world to Winter Olympics, its economy is...

Staff Writer - February 5, 2022

Economy

Why are people calling Bitcoin a religion?

Staff Writer - February 3, 2022

Business

CNN president Jeff Zucker’s resignation shows why even consensual office romances...

Staff Writer - February 2, 2022

Business

Would you pass this financial literacy quiz? Many won’t – and...

Staff Writer - February 1, 2022

Business

The IRS already has all your income tax data – so...

Staff Writer - January 31, 2022

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A German security guard checks for radiation after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986. Patrick Piel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Environment

Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation...

Staff Writer - April 22, 2026

Lauren Cassidy, Binghamton University, State University of New York On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear...

Seagrass has made an unexpected return to Mosquito Lagoon. Captain William B. Wolfson, Grassroots Guide Service, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback

April 22, 2026

A long-running experiment is testing tree mixes to develop the healthiest forests. Mickey Pullen/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

April 21, 2026

People tend to be offended when they get a personal note written by AI – if they know. Ekaterina Buravleva/iStock via Getty Images

Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive...

April 20, 2026

Cannabis plants are seen at Harborside Oakland Dispensary on Aug. 11, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support

April 18, 2026