In a significant milestone for US social policy, one of the most populous states in the country has transformed a pandemic relief pilot project into a permanent financial support initiative. This ...

Cook County in Illinois has unanimously approved plans that could give thousands of residents $500 a month in free cash. America's second largest county is committing $7.5 million to fully fund a ...

NEW DELHI: India has an estimated 25.61 lakh people living with HIV (PLHIV), the second largest number globally in 2024, although the annual HIV incidence rate remains very low in the country, ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

The world has a new most populous city. Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, tops a ranking that is increasingly dominated by Asia. It edged out Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and Japan's Tokyo to earn the ...

Police searching for a missing elderly man after a suspected murder-suicide have found a second body. Nottinghamshire Police launched a murder investigation following the disappearance of Brian Wright ...

Two winners split the $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot in September. Changes to Powerball and Mega Millions have led to increasingly large jackpots in recent years. By The New York Times In September, ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to embark on the largest unmanned systems buildup in U.S. history — an effort that could deliver more than 300,000 small drones over the next ...

Brian Cornell opened Target’s earnings call last week by listing his accomplishments as CEO and taking responsibility for the company’s current woes. Then, in a pass-the-baton moment, he turned the ...

Tech giant Apple is proof of how far high-quality products and strong brand loyalty can go. It first became the world's most valuable company on Aug. 9, 2011, 15 days before Steve Jobs resigned as CEO ...