A good example of a near-monopoly from recent history is the De Beers Group, perhaps the best-known diamond mining, ...

In the late 1800s, more than a hundred years before smartphones and weather apps, a physicist discovered you could step ...

The types of glass that we encounter in everyday life, such as window glass or smartphone screens, are disordered solids. This means that they consist of particles locked in place, like those in ...

As the calendar turns toward February 25, 2026, classrooms across the country are charged with a familiar blend of anxiety ...

A Georgia man whose son is accused of committing a deadly school shooting is standing trial for murder – possibly the most extreme example to date of a movement to hold parents responsible after their ...

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of ‘Today’ show co-host Savannah Guthrie, has intensified, with police reportedly investigating the host's brother-in-law as a potential suspect in ...

A federal judge on Tuesday cleared the way for New York’s so-called Green Light Law, ruling against the Trump administration’s effort to block the state from giving people driver's licenses without ...

A new Florida law makes it illegal to have anything that obstructs your license plate. License plate frames are legal as long as they do not cover any numbers, letters, or the registration decal. The ...

Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law died by suicide, medical examiners revealed weeks after she plunged to her death from a California parking garage. Carrie Romney was killed by “blunt traumatic injuries,” ...

Carrie was married to Mitt's older brother, who filed for divorce months prior to her death Greta Bjornson is a staff editor at PEOPLE covering current events. She previously led the news team at ...

On this Thanksgiving Day thinking about all the blessings to be thankful for, Gov. Shapiro signing the Crown Act prohibiting discrimination based on a person’s hair type is another blessing and a ...

New Jersey state Sen. Gordon Johnson introduced legislation on Nov. 13 to strengthen Daniel’s Law, saying recent amendments have weakened the statute and jeopardized the safety of judges, law ...