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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on June 25, 2026, in Washington. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul

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In 2 landmark decisions, the Supreme Court expands gun rights for concealed carry holders and casual drug users

Staff Writer - June 28, 2026

Private U.S. colleges and universities are charging an average of $44,961 in tuition for the 2025-26 school year. Catherine Lane/Moment via Getty Images

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College is unaffordable for many Americans – but don’t just blame rising tuition

Israeli soldiers patrol near the border with Lebanon on June 9, 2026. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images

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Israel’s ‘campaign between the wars’: How strategy to contain Iran and its allies risks further straining ties with US

A June 24, 2026, earthquake shook buildings to the ground, trapping and killing people in Caracas, Venezuela, and nearby communities. Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images

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Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San Andreas, and the risks aren’t over yet – a geophysicist explains

The U.S. is falling short of what its national wealth makes possible for its people. Eric Raptosh Photography/Tetra images via GettyImages

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Americans are not as well off as people in peer nations – US safety net’s shortfalls show up in global data

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More mass shootings are happening at grocery stores – 13% of...

Staff Writer - May 15, 2022

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At a popular evangelical tourist site, the Ark Encounter, the image...

Staff Writer - May 9, 2022

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Ketanji Brown Jackson’s path to Supreme Court nomination was paved by...

Staff Writer - March 26, 2022

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How the presence of pets builds trust among people

Staff Writer - February 27, 2022

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The #BettyWhiteChallenge highlights the growth of animal philanthropy and the role...

Staff Writer - January 19, 2022

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Rifts between older mothers and their adult children usually endure –...

Staff Writer - January 3, 2022

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bell hooks will never leave us – she lives on through...

Staff Writer - December 23, 2021

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As spiritualism’s popularity grows, photographer Shannon Taggart takes viewers inside the...

Staff Writer - December 22, 2021

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A record-tying heat wave helped spread a wildfire in Northern California’s Shasta and Trinity counties in July 2018. Terray Sylvester/Getty Images

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Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how...

Staff Writer - June 18, 2026

Dmitri Kalashnikov, University of California, Merced; Cong Yin, University of California, Merced; Madhulika Gurazada, University of California, Merced, and Mukesh Kumar, University...

Space is full of satellites and debris – data centers could one day join the mix. NicoElNino, NASA/iStock via Getty Images

Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper,...

June 16, 2026

A sign on a dirt hiking trail in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska points to naturalist John Muir’s cabin. Wanderluster/iStock/Getty Images

Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife,...

June 15, 2026

Companies can be analyzed as moral actors, not just profit-makers. wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Why corporate inclusion policies are moral decisions, not just business ones

June 14, 2026

As ocean temperatures rise during El Niño, fish can find themselves in hot water. Geoff Trodd/Unsplash

El Niño is back, and ocean temperatures are already near record...

June 12, 2026