Month: July 2024 (Page 2)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced June 18 that he wants to restrict students’ usage of smartphones during the school day, citing the mental health risks of social media.
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Car dealerships in North America continue to wrestle with major disruptions that started last month with cyberattacks on a software company used widely in the aut…
The post-pandemic surge in global sales of luxury handbags, shoes, and apparel is set to stall this year, according to a new study by the Bain and Company consultancy. Amid a crea…
The word “onigiri” became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble sticky rice ball and mainstay of Japanese food has entered the global lexi…
Thieves have increasingly targeted EV charging stations, intent on stealing the cables, which contain highly conductive copper wiring. The price of copper is nearing a record high…
Home to about 1.7 million cows, California is the country's leading dairy producer and a large contributor of methane. Cow burps and manure emit the potent planet…
The U.S. Surgeon General has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms and their effects on young people’s lives, similar to those now mandato…
It's summertime and the kids are home from school when one day they walk into the kitchen and say, "I'm bored!"
For parents, the first inclination might be to …
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade,…
The Dutch ship Oosterschelde is on a two-year mission to work with future scientists who will study species discovered by Charles Darwin and develop projects to save them. The jou…
