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A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico could become a hurricane by the weekend and make landfall on the Florida panhandle.
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Hurricane Maria, called "potentially catastrophic" by the National Hurricane Center, has been raised to Category 5 as it heads for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
North Korea Thumbs Nose at World, Launches Another Missile Over Japan
North Korea is not backing down. Flouting international condemnation, the isolated rogue nation fired a ballistic missile over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Friday.
FBI Firearm Background Checks Down Sharply From a 2016 Pace
The pace of FBI firearm background checks so far this year is down drastically, by about 9%, from 2016. Through June 30, the FBI has performed 1.2 million fewer firearm background checks than in…
Will Mayweather-McGregor Be the Highest Valued Fight of All-Time?
Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Connor McGregor, both highly esteemed fighters in their own right, have been dancing around and toward each other over the past year, working to what is one of most highly…
Best States for Immigrants
The California Senate passed a bill this month that provides a number of protections to immigrants in the state in light of recent crackdowns by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The legislation limits the power…
Divorce Rate Lowest Since 1980, Still High in Washington, DC
Divorce rates dropped 25% from 1980 to 2015. However, in several areas, led by Washington, D.C., the rates are still high. According to The Bowling Green State University National Center for Family and Marriage…
The Richest President in US History
Americans will go to the polls next week to elect the 45th President of the United States. While this year’s election is in many ways highly unusual, the two major party candidates share at…
Des Moines Murder Rate Almost Double the Nation’s
Two Des Moines police officers were gunned down early this morning in what was described as an ambush killing. This follows a deadly weekend in Chicago, the most recent indication of the soaring violence…
Google Is World’s Most Valuable Brand
BrandZ has released its 2016 list of 100 most valuable brands. Google ranked in first place at $229 billion and Apple in second at $228 billion.
Glassdoor Announces Bain Leader as Highest Rated CEO
Glassdoor has released its list of the 50 highest rated CEOs based on employee votes from workers at the companies.
Black Americans Invented Memorial Day
Through the fog of history, several groups lay claim the invention of Memorial Day. To some extent that is because the holiday has had different names. To some extent, the fame of starting one…
Obama’s First 2,644 Days In Office
April 30 is the final White House Correspondent’s Dinner. 2016 will be filled with “lasts” and will be the first 20 days of January 2017, until he hands the helm to someone else at…
Amazon Leads Most Reputable Company List
The Reputation Institution has released its list of top 100 most reputable companies based on U.S. consumer perceptions.
Germany Ifo Business Climate Index Collapses
The Business Climate Index posted monthly by Germany's Ifo Institute has dropped "sharply" according to the organization.