Securing the U.S. middle class may depend on college. Does a degree still pay off?
Even at the worst of the 2007 to 2009 recession the unemployment rate for college degree holders barely reached 5 percent, half of what the less educated faced and proof of the value of higher education.
Following opioid suits, family behind deadly OxyContin squabbles
A united front among members of the billionaire Sackler family behind painkiller OxyContin is showing signs of strain from litigation over who bears responsibility for the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic.
Months before shooting, parent warned Colorado school could be next ‘Columbine’
Five months before Tuesday’s deadly shooting at a Colorado school, a district official urged the school’s director to investigate allegations of student bullying and violence by a parent who feared they could lead to the next “Columbine.”
‘Golden Spike’ event marks 150th anniversary of Transcontinental Railroad
Carloads of visitors streamed over a mountain pass in the high desert of northern Utah on Friday for a day of speeches, music and a historical re-enactment marking the 150th anniversary of the first U.S. Transcontinental Railroad.
A quarter of Americans don’t trust Census on citizenship: Reuters/Ipsos poll
The Trump administration has repeatedly assured Americans that it will not use data from a proposed citizenship question on the 2020 Census to target undocumented immigrants. But more than a quarter of Americans don’t believe it, according to a Reuters…
Heavy rain and widespread power outages hit southeast Texas, Louisiana
Hailstones the size of golf balls accompanied by as much as four inches of rain pelted the U.S. Gulf coast from Texas to Louisiana, flooding highways, downing power lines and closing some schools, officials said.
Teens accused of deadly Colorado school shooting set to be charged
The two Colorado teenagers accused of opening fire with handguns at their Denver-area charter school this week, killing one classmate and wounding eight others, were due to return to court on Friday for the formal filing of charges.
One Marine dead, six injured in training accident in California: media
One Marine was killed and six others were injured in an accident on Thursday morning when their light-armored vehicle rolled-over at Camp Pendleton, California during a training drill, media reports said.
One Marine dead, six injured in training accident in California: media
One Marine was killed and six others were injured in an accident on Thursday morning when their light-armored vehicle rolled-over at Camp Pendleton, California during a training drill, media reports said.
Puerto Rico oversight board to take local governments under its wing
Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board on Thursday unexpectedly added the island’s towns and cities to its mandate, a move that it said was aimed at trying to help them avoid insolvency.
