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Jerome Powell

The Fed’s summertime pause on interest rates could easily turn into a permanent vacation

By Ryan Herzog and The Conversation

Stressed office worker

Workplace stress could be easily fixed but help only comes after problems emerge, according to hundreds of findings on the topic

By Emily Rosado-Solomon, Jaclyn Koopmann, and others

Andy Jassy

The dark side of Amazon returns: Boxes getting sent back has metastasized to an $816 billion yearly problem

By Simone Peinkofer and The Conversation

Glass blower

Glass isn’t a liquid or a solid, and scientists are still discovering new aspects of the millennia-old material

By John Mauro, Katelyn Kirchner, and others

woman at laptop

Forget the ChatGPT ‘doom-hype cycle.’ Evidence shows humans are just as unoriginal when it comes to language.

By Brendan H. O'Connor and The Conversation

Francis Suarez

Miami has so many Spanish speakers it’s creating a new English-language dialect: ‘Get down from the car’

By Phillip M. Carter and The Conversation

GRIMES, IOWA – JUNE 01: Former President Donald Trump greets supporters at a Team Trump volunteer leadership training event held at the Grimes Community Complex on June 01, 2023 in Grimes, Iowa. Trump delivered an unscripted speech to the crowd at the event before taking several questions from his supporters. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s unsealed indictment shows ‘striking’ personal involvement in hiding classified documents, criminal law scholar says

By Gabriel J. Chin and The Conversation

Cristiano Ronaldo

Messi aside, Saudi Arabia is ripping the American playbook with its mega play for soccer

By Stefan Szymanski and The Conversation

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 7: Traffic goes over the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge as smoke from Canadian wildfires casts a haze over the area on June 7, 2023 in New York City. Air pollution alerts were issued across the United States due to smoke from wildfires that have been burning in Canada for weeks. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

A toxicologist breaks down exactly how wildfire smoke hurts your lungs and what people from New York to Detroit should be doing to stay safe

By Christopher T. Migliaccio and The Conversation

Hailee Steinfeld

The new ‘Spider-Verse’ movie doesn’t have only one Latino Spider-Man. Oscar Isaac’s voice is bringing Miguel O’Hara to life.

By Regina Marie Mills and The Conversation

Photo of a person’s hand holding a model of a tiny house

The housing market is so broken that many 40- and 30-something millennials have no choice but to build homes in their parents’ backyards

By Jeff Kruth, Murali Paranandi, and others

Executives

Ultrawealthy heterosexual couples are living like the 1950s never ended, according to research of 30 years of data

By Jill Yavorsky, Sarah Thebaud, and others

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 11: A sign is posted in front of a home for sale on May 11, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Home prices in San Francisco have fallen sharply during the first quarter, faster than in other parts of California and the country. The fall in prices comes on the heels of record average home prices of $1.2 million in the middle of 2022. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Personal Finance

Credit scores are critical for getting approved for home and car loans. Here’s how they’re calculated and how you can improve your score

By D. Brian Blank, Tom Miller Jr., and others

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 06: Patrick Mahomes attends Kentucky Derby 149 at Churchill Downs on May 06, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Jeff Schear/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)

People can’t get enough of spontaneous moments because they think it reveals authenticity—but they like a plan when money’s on the line

By Jacqueline Rifkin, Katherine Du, and others

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC – OCTOBER 06: President of Moldova Maia Sandu attends the Meeting of the European Political Community in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Lukas Kabon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Moldova is desperate to get into the EU but it’s going to be have a tough time getting out of Russia’s long shadow

By Tatsiana Kulakevich and The Conversation