The Price of This Household Item Is Plunging
The inflation rate for August, as measured by the consumer price index, rose 8.3%. On the surface, this appeared to be an improvement compared to the 9.1% rate in June and 8.5% in July.…
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Queen’s Best Albums, According to Billboard
Queen has been a household name in rock for years, with songs in the Official Singles Chart Top 100 for the past six consecutive decades. In fact, Queen briefly overtook The Beatles as the…
The Worst States Driving The Climate Crisis
The summer of 2022 was one marked by destructive climate anomalies. Record-breaking heat waves in China, Europe, the U.K., and the U.S. jeopardized power grids, shut down transportation infrastructure, and fueled wildfires. Severe flooding…
The Most Visited National Parks in the US
As COVID-19 restrictions loosened from the height of the pandemic in 2020, Americans eagerly hit the road in 2021 to take in the beauty of one of the nation’s 423 national parks located in…
The Price Of This Household Item Is Soaring
The July consumer price index numbers offered a glimmer of hope that inflation in the U.S. had started to slow. In June, consumer prices had been up 9.1% year over year. July’s CPI increased…
The 25 Biggest Hits by the Rolling Stones
Now celebrating their 60th anniversary, The Rolling Stones are both the world’s most quintessential rock outfit and an enduring cultural institution. To blaze a trail back to their origins is to revisit the earliest…
All the Prime Ministers Who Served Under the Queen
During the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II as sovereign of the United Kingdom, 15 men and women served as the nation’s prime minister. The first was Winston Churchill, who was born in 1874.…
When You’re Most Likely to Die in a Drunk Driving Accident in Every State
Traffic fatalities spiked in the United States at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic and have continued to climb. According to a survey conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, the trend is…
8 States That Might Tax Student Debt Forgiveness
President Joe Biden’s executive order to wipe out some student loan debt raised immediate questions about how states would treat this relief for tax purposes. The plan forgives up to $10,000 in outstanding federal…
Best Non-Action Movies From the Most Popular Action Stars
It pays to be an action star. Tom Cruise reportedly could rake in $100 million for his recent “Top Gun: Maverick” military drama. With a box office haul of $1.4 billion worldwide, Cruise will…
Madonna’s Best Albums According to Billboard
Michigan-born Madonna Louise Ciccone – Madonna for short – moved to New York City in her early 20s and soon became a fixture of the underground nightclub circuit. When her inaugural singles “Everybody” and…
America’s Most Politically Divided Cities
Political polarization is one of the main concerns of Americans today. In a recent survey by FiveThirtyEight, 28% of those surveyed claimed that political extremism or polarization was one of the most important issues…
The Best Fall Foliage in Every State
What’s better than a pumpkin spice latte and unlikely to go out of fashion? Autumn foliage. Nearly every state goes through a dramatic, multicolored transformation as temperatures drop in the fall. (Here are 40…
The Biggest Pop Hits by the Beatles
In “The Beatles: Get Back,” the 2021 documentary produced by New Zealand film director Peter Jackson and released by Disney+, viewers are treated to a rare glimpse into the creative interactions among the members…
America’s Largest Veterans Hospitals
Since 1930, when President Herbert Hoover created the Veterans Administration (now called the Department of Veterans Affairs) the VA has provided medical services for veterans who have been honorably discharged, whether they served in…