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Disaster survivors face these roadblocks to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes

Research shows that residents and builders need accurate, easily accessible information about how to efficiently reduce rising disaster risk.

As Florida and the Southeast begin recovering from 2024’s destructive hurricanes, many people are asking: How can we rebuild sustainably and in a way that avoids the same damage, costs, and trauma in future storms?

This hidden iPhone feature makes filing your expense reports a breeze

All those receipts, in one handy spot.

Apple’s iOS 18, the operating system that powers the iPhone, is one of the company’s best software updates in years. A big reason is that iOS 18 integrates Apple Intelligence across the iPhone, allowing for all kinds of new productivity features.

What to know about Trump’s potential plans to extend tax cuts

Extending tax cuts will put serious strain on the national debt, which is currently at unsustainable levels.

The economy was one of their top issues as voters went to the polls this year. So what does Donald Trump’s return to the White House—as well as Republican gains in Congress—mean for the U.S. economy?

Harris’s election loss shows American women still face a glass ceiling

Gender was part of the campaign landscape in many different ways this election.

Kamala Harris was a candidate of many firsts, including the first Black and South Asian woman to run for president as the Democratic nominee.

‘Your body, my choice’: Women face new surge of hate speech on X and TikTok following Trump’s election victory

Posts have even surfaced on social media showing the phrase being chanted by boys at girls in schools.

It’s no surprise that a Trump victory would lead to an increase in online harassment and hate speech against women. Trump has attacked women’s reproductive rights and access to abortion (which was on the ballot in 10 states this election), and used anxiety around masculinity as a key voting issue, often uttering sexist, crude insults on the campaign trail. Not to mention, he was found liable of sexual abuse.

How extreme weather affects migration between the U.S. and Mexico

Scientists predict migration will grow as the planet gets hotter.

Extreme weather is contributing to undocumented migration and return between Mexico and the United States, suggesting that more migrants could risk their lives crossing the border as climate change fuels droughts, storms, and other hardships, according to a new study.

What another Trump presidency could mean for families struggling to afford childcare

Trump supports a limited expansion of the child tax credit. But the president-elect has announced few specifics to address the steep costs of childcare.

As the American public prepares for another presidency under Donald Trump, many are likely thinking about the potential impact on their personal finances. Some people have expressed concerns about how Trump could reverse President Biden’s loan forgiveness efforts, while others may be eagerly anticipating the tax breaks that the president-elect promised on the campaign trail.

Mountain Fire in Southern California’s Ventury County destroys 132 structures

Officials in several Southern California counties urged residents to be on watch for fast-spreading blazes, power outages and downed trees during the latest round of notorious Santa Ana winds.

Southern California firefighters working to contain a wildfire that has destroyed 132 structures in two days could be assisted by a forecast of fierce wind gusts easing early Friday, officials said.

Judge rejects Biden’s legalization program for immigrant spouses

Biden announced the program in June before dropping out of the presidential race and paving the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to face Donald Trump, an immigration hardliner.

A U.S. judge in Texas on Thursday ruled against President Joe Biden’s program offering a path to citizenship for certain immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens, a blow that could keep the program blocked through Biden’s final months in office.

Why MrBeast is in the hot seat over his ‘Beast Games’ competition show

Participants claim the show fell short of upholding basic standards of cast and crew treatment.

What happened with MrBeast’s Beast Games?