2026-01-31 21:00:46
Some scientists and activists scoff at bottled water as a wasteful, environmentally destructive substitute for the stuff that comes free from the tap — especially when many brands are just filtered tap water.
2026-01-31 21:00:31
The scenes playing out in Minneapolis in recent weeks offer an object lesson in the dangers of federal overreach. After the killings of two American citizens — to say nothing of the brutal treatment of immigrants, both legal and otherwise — the outrage is palpable and growing.
2026-01-31 21:00:29
Trump’s tariffs and immigration policies are making it harder for companies to get ahead.
2026-01-31 21:00:27
Crime plummeted in the US in 2025 after a steady but less-precipitous decline in 2024. Not only is the scary rise in violence that began early in the Covid-19 pandemic now receding in the rearview mirror, but population-adjusted rates of some crimes — murder and burglary, notably — are approaching levels not seen in more than half a century, if ever.
2026-01-31 21:00:25
The FBI raid on the Fulton County elections center outside Atlanta on Wednesday looked to many like the latest attempt by the Trump administration to sow doubt on the 2020 presidential election. In fact, the goal is likely far more nefarious. It looks like a dress rehearsal for taking control of ballots in key states in November — when the Republican Party’s control of Congress will be at stake and the president’s ability to fend off accountability in jeopardy.
