The Stock Market Is Back on Track
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The stock market has been on a wild ride lately, but after a big drop yesterday it’s now back on its trendline of the past couple of years: For the time being, all that’s happened is that a few big drops have wiped out the…
Trump Rips Into Alec Baldwin and Misspells the Actor’s Name—Twice
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump lashed out at Alec Baldwin early Friday after the actor described it as “agony” to continue impersonating the president on Saturday Night Live. Baldwin’s remarks, which came during an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, included an appeal to voters to…
Childhood Obesity Is Just Getting Worse, and This New Study May Offer Some Clues
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In 2014, it looked like the United States was finally making some progress in reducing childhood obesity—after years of steady increase, the rates had finally begun to decline. But a pair of new studies suggests the good news was short-lived: Over the past four years,…
Whoopi Goldberg’s Oscar Was Once Found in an Airport Trash Can—and Other Insane Oscar Stories
Illustrations by Jason Schneider Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The 90th Academy Awards gala takes place on Sunday, with all the hoopla and scandal the Oscars always entail. From the very first ceremony in 1929, the awards have never been without controversy, and they probably never will—remember last year’s La La…
California’s “Jungle Primary” Could Turn Democrats’ Enthusiasm Into a Fiasco
vesmil/iStock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since Donald Trump’s election, liberal activism has exploded across Southern and Central California, including in traditionally Republican bastions such as Orange County. In response, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has drawn up an aggressive battleground map that targets 10 districts as part of its effort…
Raw Data: Mass Shootings at Schools
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This comes from a study by James Alan Fox of Northeastern University, who says that (a) mass school shootings are not on the increase, and (b) in general, schools are safer than they’ve been since the 90s.