2026-01-10 21:00:17
The new US dietary guidelines are distorted by politics and tainted by the influence of the meat and dairy industries — but they may still improve Americans’ health because they reverse previous nutrition standards that were themselves politicized and unduly influenced by the sugar industry.
2026-01-10 21:00:17
Our columnists have some predictions about AI, the housing market, the Fed and more.
2026-01-10 21:00:15
Hours after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on a snowy Minnesota street, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he’d been worried just such a thing might happen ever since the Trump administration made his city the latest focus of its aggressive immigration crackdown.
2026-01-10 16:00:15
Play experts were dismayed this week when The Lego Group launched Smart Bricks — blocks that play sound, light up and react to movement — at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Their worry: Kids won’t use their imaginations. But the real risk is that Lego misses an opportunity to teach children robotics.
2026-01-10 01:45:34
Americans seemed to have received some good news Friday on the labor market: The unemployment rate in December fell to 4.4% from a revised 4.5% in the November (highly noisy) monthly report. The stock market reacted by climbing toward a record, and bond traders pared bets that the Federal Reserve would continue cutting benchmark interest rates to protect jobs. And yet, key parts of the report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest that while conditions may not be deteriorating, the ground
2026-01-10 00:00:15
About 200,000 members of the gig economy went on strike on New Year’s Eve. Is that a sign of things to come?
