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An election year raises interest for a lot of people in American presidents, past and present, and their place in the country’s history. And what could engrave a president more permanently (and...
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McDonald’s is practically ubiquitous in the United States. Sometimes it feels like you can’t drive more than a mile or two without seeing the Golden Arches. (In some places, that is literally...
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Who doesn’t speed a little on occasion? While apps today alert us to red light cameras, speed traps, and more, we should not take speeding lightly. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety...
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There were nearly 130 million households living in the United States in 2022, and of those, 37.1 million, or 28.6%, were one-person households — people living alone. If we consider the entire adult...
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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....
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While the current recession may rob many people in the United States of their opportunity to have the American dream in their future, for the residents in one place, that chance is close to zero.
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The effect that the environment has on the places people live in America has been in stark relief this month. But one tiny corner of America almost certainly will not be affected by climate change...
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The diner is a uniquely American institution. Historians trace its origins back to the horse-drawn lunch wagons that began appearing on the East Coast in the 1870s. These evolved into restaurants on...
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The United States spends more per capita on health care than any other large developed country — and without a single-payer national health care system, much of that spending is shouldered directly...
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“There’s one thing that’s really great about waking up early,” the comedian Kathy Griffin apparently once said, “and it’s not jogging or greeting the day — it’s just that that’s...
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The United States is a large and diverse country with many traditions and laws varying from state to state. It’s no surprise then that some citizens look at people living in far-off states as if...
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Property crimes — a category that includes burglary, motor vehicle theft, and larceny — are the most commonly reported crimes nationwide, according to the FBI. There were about 7.2 million...
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America’s first Chinese restaurant is said to have been Canton, which opened in San Francisco in 1849. Today there are more than 40,000 such eating places nationwide. It’s hard to find a city or...
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As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues to increase in the United States, health organizations and government officials are continuing to warn the most at-risk populations, urging them...
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