
Victoria will force home sellers to reveal their reserve price. Will other states follow?
If you’ve ever tried to buy a home at auction, you know how frustrating it can be to show up thinking you can afford a parti...

First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare
Hollywood screenwriter Samuel Ornitz speaks before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 29, 194...

Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies
U.S. farmers, including those who grow soybeans, are under pressure from various Trump administration policies.Jan Sonnenmair/Gett...

AI is providing emotional support for employees – but is it a valuable tool or privacy threat?
Does AI that monitors and supports worker emotions improve or degrade the workplace?Marta Sher/iStock via Getty ImagesAs artificia...
Who wins and who loses as the US retires the penny
By now, Americans know the strange math of minting: Each penny costs about 4 cents to make. Chances are you have some in…

College students are now slightly less likely to experience severe depression, research shows – but the mental health crisis is…
Some schools have started experimenting with preventive strategies to promote the mental health of their student body.Fl…

‘Jeffrey Epstein is not unique’: What his case reveals about the realities of child sex trafficking
Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivor Lisa Phillips speaks during the press conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act in…
New data shows the ACT and Queensland economies are beating the rest of the nation
The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies in Aus…

As AI leader Nvidia posts record results, Warren Buffett’s made a surprise bet on Google
Fortune Live Media, CC BY-NC-NDThe world’s most valuable publicly listed company, US microchip maker Nvidia, has r…

50 years after Franco’s death, giving a voice to Spanish dictator’s imprisoned mothers
A protester holds a banner with pictures of people who went missing during the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco…

Beyond the habitable zone: Exoplanet atmospheres are the next clue to finding life on planets orbiting distant stars
Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable…

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell game – donors have counted fossil fuel projects, airports…
Climate finance is meant to help low-income countries adapt to climate change and recover from disasters like Hurricane …

The Dayton Peace Accords at 30: An ugly peace that has prevented a return to war over Bosnia
World leaders clap as, from left, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, Croat President Franjo Tudjman and Bosnian Presi…

Orthodox Judaism is making space for women’s religious leadership – even without traditional ordination
Orthodox Jewish women attend an event celebrating the completion of the 7 1/2-year cycle of daily study of the Talmud, t…

Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
The work of seeking and synthesizing information can improve understanding of it compared to reading a summary.Tom Werne…

Vice President Dick Cheney’s life followed the arc of the biggest breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine
Cardiovascular medical technology evolved rapidly over the past half-century.Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen/iStock via Gett…

Florida residents’ anxiety is linked to social media use and varies with age, new study shows
Younger Floridians who spend a lot of time on social media tend to be more anxious on average than other adults in the S…

Real wages have grown – just – over the past year. But they’re still down near 2011 levels
New data show wages have risen by a bit more than inflation, but overall real wages are still languishing near 2011 leve…

