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Pennsylvania legalized online gambling in 2017. Tatiana Maksimova/Moment Collection via Getty Images

Personal Finance

Nearly a third of Pennsylvania gamblers are at risk of problem gambling − but few seek treatment

Staff Writer - March 5, 2026

Charitable crowdfunding is on the rise, but the IRS hasn’t caught up yet. wassam siddique/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Crowdfunded generosity isn’t taxable – but IRS regulations haven’t kept up with the growth of mutual aid

It has been raining tariffs … until now? Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images

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Supreme Court rules against Trump’s emergency tariffs – but leaves key questions unanswered

Teachers are often expected to juggle many competing responsibilities, fueling a sense of burnout. www.andrerucker.com/Getty Images

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I asked students whether they’d want to be teachers? They quickly responded, ‘Why would I?’

The number of women on S&P 500 boards has increased in recent years. Fang Xia Nuo/Getty Images

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Are women board members risk averse or agents of innovation? It’s complicated, new research shows

Protesters support birthright citizenship on May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Personal Finance

How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action...

Staff Writer - July 12, 2025

Fast fashion has gotten pricier in recent months. Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

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That $20 dress direct from China now costs $30 after Trump...

Staff Writer - July 10, 2025

Edith Schaecher, center, and her daughter and granddaughter look at a photo album recovered from her tornado-damaged home in Greenfield, Iowa, in May 2024. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

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The aftermath of floods, hurricanes and other disasters can be hardest...

Staff Writer - July 8, 2025

Activists in Seattle gather signatures to put a social housing initiative on the ballot. In early 2025, voters passed the measure, which implements a payroll tax on high incomes to fund the program. House Our Neighbors, CC BY-SA

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From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make...

Staff Writer - July 7, 2025

People shop for food in Brooklyn in 2023 at a store that makes sure that its customers know it accepts SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps and EBT. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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‘Big’ legislative package shifts more of SNAP’s costs to states, saving...

Staff Writer - July 6, 2025

Musician Jimmy Buffett and his wife, Jane Slagsvol, attend a Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts event in 2018 in New York. Evan Agostini/Invision via AP

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Legal wrangling over estate of Jimmy Buffett turns his widow’s huge...

Staff Writer - July 2, 2025

Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks with reporters about the reconciliation process to advance President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill on June 3, 2025. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

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What is reconciliation − the legislative shortcut Republicans are using to...

Staff Writer - June 26, 2025

Evidence suggests that insurance companies use AI to delay or limit health care that patients need. FatCameraE+ via Getty Images

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How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage

Staff Writer - June 21, 2025

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EXPLORING NATURE

The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, hosts a supercomputer that scientists rely on for weather and climate research. National Science Foundation

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Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...

Staff Writer - February 25, 2026

Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...

Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...

February 19, 2026

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

February 17, 2026

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

February 17, 2026

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

February 12, 2026