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Teens are turning to AI for connection, with dangerous results
Teenagers are increasingly using AI chatbots for friendship, emotional support, and even romance. When 14-year-old Soul Setzer III formed an intense …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
What drives us to carry out acts of kindness for total strangers?
In honor of World Kindness Day — we’ve partnered with the Humankind team at USA TODAY for a deeper exploration on the topic of compassion. What drive…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The government shutdown caused a lot of pain for Americans
Nobody seems to have gotten everything they wanted out of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Not the Democrats. Not the Republicans. And definitel…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Golden parachutes for failed college football coaches become the norm
College football season this year is…. different. How so, you ask? It’s not just the breakout success of Indiana’s Hoosiers and the crushing disappoi…
2 months ago
Migrants are heading south now, not north
After record highs in 2024, border crossings have collapsed. ICE raids, deportations and new asylum limits are now driving a wave of reverse migratio…
2 months ago
How an unlikely alliance saved the U.S. fishing industry
It wasn’t so long ago that America’s fisheries were in a state of collapse, with cratering fish stocks and well-meaning but impractical government re…
2 months ago
Are Trump's tariffs legal? The Supreme Court hears arguments
By imposing sweeping tariffs on foreign imports, President Donald Trump has turned US trade policy on its head. The question now before the Supreme C…
2 months ago
Democrats escape the political wilderness with Mamdani win
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Nov. 4 election not only makes him the leader of the Big Apple; It also turns him, for better or worse, into one of t…
2 months ago
How SNAP became a political pawn in the government shutdown
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — feeds 42 million Americans. But during the ongoing government shutdown, it’s been caught in…
2 months, 1 week ago
Thoughts on America's 250th birthday
On July 4th 2026, America will celebrate its 250th birthday. The United States is the world’s oldest and still-evolving experiment in democracy. From…
2 months, 1 week ago