Tag: cognitive

Portland's official slogan is "The City That Works," but many residents believe the city is anything but that after a turbulent few years. Homelessness and...

A group of Republican senators has written to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ask why a Christian organization was initially denied tax-exempt status. The...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, a sizable minority of coronavirus infections have resulted in long COVID, a perplexing collection of lingering and often...

Russia categorically denied plans to invade Ukraine on Monday, accusing the US of "whipping up hysteria" and "provoking escalation" of a military conflict between...

They are some of the top athletes in the world in their respective sports – elite in their training, meticulous in the preparation, the best...

President Volodymr Zelensky's message to the West and its leaders is as follows: "We are all Ukrainians." As he fights an existential battle for his...

The Biden administration emphasized on Monday the severity of the economic sanctions imposed on Russia over the weekend, in which the US and its...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson clashed Monday with a lawyer for a student group seeking to end affirmative action in college admissions, questioning whether the...

At the scene of a plane crash in Los Angeles on Sunday, police pulled a bloodied pilot to safety just seconds before a train...

Reshad Jalali was nine years old when U.S.-backed forces ousted the Taliban from Kabul in 2001, and he recalls hearing Afghan singers on the...

They once dotted shopping plazas in America with ubiquity, beckoning binge watchers with shelves of VHS cassettes, microwave popcorn and boxes of candy —...

A group of men detained at Arkansas' Washington County Detention Center claim that the jail's medical staff gave them the anti-parasite drug ivermectin without...

The Haitian gang that police say kidnapped 17 missionaries last week has threatened to shoot the hostages in the head if the demanded ransom...

According to a report filed Monday by the  Congressional Budget Office, the number of Americans employed will not return to its pre-pandemic level until...

According to a report from a law firm hired by the school to conduct an athletics department review, the school has taken numerous steps...

According to the Department of Justice, a South Carolina man was arrested after making multiple threats to shoot up schools in Anderson County (DOJ). The...

The first two minutes of the Netflix documentary "Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul," about former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, should raise eyebrows and cause viewers...

On the campaign trail in 2016, Donald Trump took an unusual stance, defending his namesake "university" against allegations of fraud. Rather than deferring to his...

Amazon has recently surpassed Walmart to become the world's largest retailer outside of China. Here's how Amazon did it, and what you can take...

Russian strikes in Ukraine continued as the Kremlin urged Kyiv to resume grain shipments despite a Russian missile attack over the weekend that threatened...

It's much easier to laugh at the idea of Lifetime's Harry and Meghan movies than it is to laugh at them, as long as...

Starboard Value, an activist investor, has nominated a minority slate for Box Inc.'s board of directors, pitting its nominees against Chief Executive Officer Aaron...

Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a lot more on his mind these days than the sport. For more than a decade, he's been focused on...

If you're the type of parent who prefers to drive your children to school, there was no better place to be last school year...

Uvalde police officers are being chastised once more after a newly released video shows them stopping for hand sanitizer and to check their phones...

As the first full winter of Russia's war with Ukraine approaches, the US is running low on high-end weapons systems and ammunition available for...

Automobile manufacturers have been dealing with a headache for a little more than two years, and they are no longer sure if they will...

According to a Google cybersecurity official and the former head of UK foreign intelligence, a new website that published leaked emails from several leading...

According to a recent study, 58 of the top medical schools in America are teaching critical race theory, and some of the teaching materials...

According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, gun ownership is more prevalent in areas of America that had a large...

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday that the Justice Department is launching a "pattern or practice" investigation into the Minneapolis police department. "Today, I am...

Joe Biden began his presidency with a promise to advance equity, which entails favoring certain races and ethnicities over others in order to reduce...

Senate Democrats scrambled on Thursday to rally behind a broad election reform bill ahead of a vote next week, with a key member of...

Members of Texas Governor Greg Abbott's reelection campaign handed out empty pill bottles with a fake label attached that blamed President Joe Biden's "open...

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams appeared to take a tenuous lead in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, but it could be...

The Republican Conference's second-highest ranking member publicly called for the removal of GOP conference chair Liz Cheney, who has repeatedly criticized former President Trump...

There has been a recent surge of parents choosing to enroll their kids in private schools due to the lack of face-to-face contact in...

The Russell Westbrook experiment in Los Angeles has yet to click, and I'm not sure it ever will. LeBron James' absence from games due...

The metaverse has recently become a hot topic of discussion, with both Facebook and Microsoft claiming ownership. But what exactly is the metaverse? And...

Although pandemic restrictions are being relaxed across the country due to a drop in Covid cases, experts believe the virus will be around for...

The federal government spent $660 billion more than it collected in tax revenue this March, the Department of Treasury said Monday, as the Biden...

This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed optimism about the pandemic's state in the United States. "We are certainly out of the pandemic phase in this...

Mehle Taylor, 10, drew a picture of Rogelio Torres, one of her close friends who was brutally killed in last month's school shooting massacre,...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sought a record-tying third term on Tuesday, while Democrat Beto O'Rourke sought an upset in America's largest red state in...

If you are among the workers who live in fear of the stacked blocks in your Microsoft Outlook calendar detailing back-to-back meetings, this new...

On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency stunned scientists and local officials across the country by issuing new health advisories for toxic "forever chemicals" found...

Following the May massacre in Uvalde, Texas, a simple account of the police response took hold: Following his command, scores of officers from over...

Elaine Moore's family is running out of an increasingly valuable resource as California's drought worsens: water. This summer, two Central Valley almond growers' wells ran...

Recently, in the podcast “Stars are blind”, Paris Hilton talked about an appearance on “The Late Show With David Letterman" saying she agreed to...

Twitter saw an increase in daily users but narrowly missed revenue expectations in the last three months of 2021, when a new CEO took...

As the country approaches the one year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic, much of the population continues to try and work, learn, and live...

Tens of thousands of soccer fans packed Budapest's Puskas Arena last week to watch Euro 2020 matches. It was Europe's first full-house international soccer...

The family of Daunte Wright gathered around his white coffin draped in red roses Wednesday, taking in one of the last times they would...

Former President Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages, escalating his feud with US news organizations that...

Somalia's government urged people who had fled violence in the capital to return home on Wednesday, as tensions eased after the president called for...

The Senate Parliamentarian ruled against attaching the measure to a $3.5 trillion spending bill on Sunday, putting a major stumbling block in Senate Democrats'...

In comparison to the rigors of licensing in other countries, getting a driver's license in the United States is simple for teenagers. However, a...

Stores in two South African provinces were ransacked for the fifth day in a row on Tuesday, just hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa dispatched...

Car insurance premiums skyrocket by as much as 130% when a new teen driver is added onto an already existing policy and may even...

Rep. Matt Rosendale is introducing legislation on Wednesday that would force President Biden to reverse his moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal...

The federal arrest of an anti-abortion activist has sparked a firestorm of criticism and accusations of a double standard in the enforcement of reproductive...

Despite authorities dismissing a vague and viral TikTok trend warning of nationwide school violence on Friday as non-credible, widespread school closures, stretched law enforcement...

According to a report by a panel that advises state officials, oil refineries, utilities, and other companies that must pay to emit greenhouse gases...

Afghans and Westerners stranded in Kabul following the Taliban takeover began trickling into the city's US-controlled airport for evacuation flights, but entry remained extremely...

Figures show that excess deaths in England and Wales are currently higher than in the main pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Throughout October, there...

President Joe Biden announced a plan on Thursday to release roughly 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve...

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is investigating Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak for displaying the letter "Z" on the podium next to a Ukrainian competitor...

The day after gathering more than 200 red-robed cardinals from around the world and elevating 20 new "princes of the church," Pope Francis emphasized...

Former President Donald Trump recently compared gender and pronoun education to "child abuse." Florida Governor Ron DeSantis accused his critics of "sexualizing kindergarten children." And South...

According to a forthcoming book, former President Barack Obama chastised his own former White House physician for criticizing Joe Biden's cognitive health on the...

After being briefly detained by police last week, an opposition politician and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin has fled Russia. Dmitry Gudkov claimed...

The shaggy dog who greets Eilyn after school is one of the 8-year-few old's familiar comforts in her new life. When her parents boarded a...

Did you know that nearly 60% of the universe consists of dark matter that remains unseen by us? This is a much lesser known...

According to Emin Gün Sirer, the founder of Avalanche, Bitcoin will eventually be outpaced by other coins as their faster, cheaper networks digitize more...

For Missouri couple Becky and Robert Carson, who, along with dozens of others, have been stuck at an airport in Iceland with little food...

A Norfolk, Nebraska, mother and daughter are facing criminal charges in connection with an alleged self-managed abortion earlier this year. It's a scenario that...

On Wednesday, The White House unveiled an approximately $2 trillion jobs plan focused on infrastructure and the climate, a blueprint that represents President Biden’s...

President Biden advocated Wednesday for the expansion of free school meals as part of a new national strategy to end hunger and increase healthy...

According to the head of the International Energy Agency, Europe must prepare immediately for Russia to cut off all gas exports to the region...

Michelle Lockhart had to work two jobs as a teenager in Atlanta, as a camp counselor and a fast-food worker, to support her family. She...