This Is the Greatest War Movie Ever Made
Unlike most film genre’s war movie writers and directors tie the movie to a specific war, no matter how fictional the characters or implausible the plot. On rare occasions, the best war movies connect…
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80% of Water in This City Has Dangerous Variants, Medical Officer Says
The battle to essentially end the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. involves three factors: Vaccination rates. President Biden wants vaccines available to all American adults by May 1. Vaccination rates have picked up. Some…
The Best Company to Work For in Every State
As many Americans spend the bulk of their waking hours at work, job satisfaction is an important component of their overall happiness. Job satisfaction depends on factors like pay, benefits, work-life balance, stability, office…
The Coldest Places in America Today
The winter of 2021 has been an eventful one, with major winter storms hitting large parts of the country, including areas unprepared for cold and snow, such as Texas and other Southern states. Hundreds…
Children’s Mental Health a Year Into the Pandemic and Going Forward
COVID-19 has affected people of all ages. Though children are not at a high risk of experiencing a severe form of the illness, they are as exposed as adults to the life changes and…
25 Cities With the Lowest Paying Jobs
The U.S. Senate recently rejected an amendment in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that would have raised the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. This means that millions of Americans will continue…
The Worst G-Rated Movie Ever Made
The pandemic has meant that a lot of people are spending a lot of time at home without many entertainment options. They’re not going to sporting events or concerts or movie theaters, and in…
States Where COVID-19 is Growing the Fastest
Following a surge that exceeded some of the most dire predictions, new cases of COVID-19 are declining in the United States. There were an average of 16.8 new daily cases of the virus for…
St. Patrick Wasn’t Irish and Other Lesser-Known Facts About St. Patrick’s Day
Every year on March 17, everyone is, at least a little bit, Irish. St. Patrick’s Day is unimaginable without everything green, corned beef and cabbage, and a parade. But, it turns out, none of…
COVID-19: This Is the Only State Left With Zero Variants
The pace at which COVID-19 has spread across the U.S. has slowed. The U.S. is reporting a fraction of the daily confirmed and fatal cases compared to less than two months ago, when there…
The State With the Highest Property Taxes
Though property taxes are generally set by local authorities such as cities, counties, and school boards, states often establish parameters in order to keep tax rates somewhat uniform. Each state, however, has different parameters,…
25 Cities Where Murders are on the Rise
There were 16,425 murders in the United States in 2019, according to the FBI’s most recent statistics. While violent crime decreased 0.5% overall from the year prior across the country — thanks largely to…
This State Shows Threat to COVID-19 Recovery, New Data Show
As the rate of new cases of COVID-19 continues to drop, the effort to get back to “normal” has become a race between vaccination on one hand and what many experts believe is a…
26 Countries That Consume More Energy Than They Produce
Every day, commonplace activities that many of us take for granted, such as turning on a light switch or driving to work, consume energy. While an individual’s energy consumption is relatively insignificant, cumulative personal…
America’s Fastest-Growing First Names
Nearly 3.5 million babies were born in the United States in 2019. Many of these babies were given names that have been among the most popular in the country for a decade, like Olivia…