A recent West Health-Gallup survey asked Americans a relatively simple question, which was what do they think about the U.S. healthcare system right now? They didn’t respond positively. Around 23%, or roughly one-in-four, adults said they thought it was “in a state of crisis,” which is the highest Gallup has recorded for this question. 47% of Americans think the U.S. healthcare system has major problems.

The idea of America “de-Indianizing” its tech workforce has been around for quite some time now. The debate is over whether America should rely less on workers who are born in India, especially those coming to the United States & filling positions through the H-1B visa program. Some people believe we should limit this reliance to support American workers, while others think the doors should stay open to foreign talent.

One band of snow can transform a quiet night into chaos, and Chicago is about to find out how fast that happens. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning beginning at midnight Sunday in advance of an intense lake-effect system that could drop as much as eight inches of snow on the city by Monday morning. Meteorologist Gino Izzi described it as a “ferocious, thin band of snow" capable of delivering two to three inches per hour, something rare enough that it's been years since the city has seen rates this high.

A powerful winter storm could deliver whiteout conditions, foot-plus snow totals, and dangerous wind gusts to Michigan as the Thanksgiving travel rush is getting underway. Winter Storm Watches have been issued by the National Weather Service for the western Upper Peninsula, where travel from Tuesday night through Thursday morning may be "very difficult to impossible" in some areas.

Here's a brain-teaser: the name "Jesus" would have meant absolutely nothing to the man from Nazareth himself. In fact, the letter "J" never existed during his era. For anyone who's ever wondered how religion came to be or who just likes a linguistic surprise, the story of Jesus's name is one of history, translation, and the power of words to connect and sometimes confuse across centuries.

“The trust of our customers and the integrity of our platform remain paramount.” With those words, Walmart’s director of global communications, Blair Cromwell, confirmed that the retail giant had pulled a controversial T-shirt from its online marketplace and canned the third-party seller responsible. The move came after a social media firestorm over the shirt’s imagery, an open white hand hovering above a Black clenched fist, accompanied by the phrase “paper beats rock,” which critics linked to racist and even Nazi symbolism.

What happens when a beloved fast-food chain decides to shrink in order to grow? Wendy's is answering that question with one of its boldest moves in years, closing roughly 350 underperforming U.S. locations by 2026 while rolling out a sweeping turnaround plan it calls "Project Fresh." Image Credit to Wikimedia Commons | License details Interim CEO Ken Cook announced plans Nov.

Could one storm possibly produce both blanketing snow and hazardous winds strong enough to fell trees? The answer for those living in Alaska and Washington will certainly be "yes" within the next 48 hours, as the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter storm warnings in both states, with predictions of as much as 18 inches of snow in the Washington Cascades and winds gusting as high as…

Could a single night change the life of a very enthusiastic and very happy little child beyond recognition? This is what an Illinois-based family had to face. Lacy, who had just turned nine that year, had been very enthusiastic and very happy, but ever since a certain night, ‘everything changed,’ and the next months would be a blur of fear, confusion, and searching,’ according to Crystal, Lacy’s mom.

In what ways can one measure the influence of one man who has realized so much in such a way as to leave a generation of television in his wake and define the topography of feeling for the masses? The influence caused by the death at 78, confirmed by his husband Claudio Gama, of actor Anthony Geary set off waves of ire in its wake for those who grew up with the actor or had known him through his magnificent role as Luke Spencer on “General Hospital” all those years back with his peerless performance.

"What is it like to finally grasp the notion of feeling safe? For Ralph, a golden retriever mix with a husky, it is the quiet amazement of the first snow." Image Credit to depositphotos.com In fact, it all began in the most uncertain of circumstances, and that was at the parking lot of the Oklahoma-based Walmart, and it was there that he and his four other siblings were abandoned by his parents.

Could a single chart possibly illustrate where a state’s protective mechanisms failed? In Minnesota, the numbers paint a picture of astounding proportion: payments made to Feeding Our Future jumped from 1.4 million in 2019 to 140.3 million in 2021, a sharp increase of 2,818% in a two-year period a trend that is now at the forefront of the largest COVID-19 scandal in the country, and one that demonstrates not only where a particular nonprofit went rogue in a federally funded program designed for children’s nutrition but where the protective mechanisms failed along the way.

A casual walk can change the course of history. In the rolling countryside of the Kutnohorsk Region in the Czech Republic, a woman's quiet stroll ended with the unearthing of one of the largest medieval coin hoards discovered in recent years more than 2,150 silver denarii dating back to the early 12th century. Image Credit to Wikimedia Commons | Licence details…

"This is my best friend and I was there for all of it." When Romy Reiner spoke those words in 2015, seated beside her brother Nick during a Los Angeles Times interview, they were a testament to resilience, recovery, and sibling devotion. The two were promoting Being Charlie, the semi-autobiographical film inspired by Nick's battle with addiction, a project co-written with their father, Rob Reiner, and directed by him.

This is not something one hears every day in relation to a headlining festival performer's real feelings, but this is basically how Florence Welch has described getting onto the stage at Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour show at Wembley Stadium. “If they're ever going to put anyone on this tour on Mars, I've achieved something,” Welch has described. Welch has appeared in Taylor Swift's new Disney+ show Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour - The End of an Era, in which she details being unexpectedly given choreography notes on their surprise performance together on Florida!!!)

One can easily come to a conclusion regarding why it is a great change for one’s heart when they switch from drinking a normal soft drink to a “diet” soft drink. Nevertheless, it is important to note that current indications are showing points towards sugar or artificial soft drinks increasing one’s risks of heart arrhythmias, better known by their condition of atrial fibrillation or AFib.

Can the secret to nature's brightest display lie in the balance of day and night? As the autumnal equinox approaches, experts and amateur sky enthusiasts everywhere are eager for what promises to be an intense display of the Northern Lights, an event commonly referred to as the ‘equinox effect.’ This is more than just an average change of seasons it is indeed the exact position of Earth's magnetic field and the sun's wind that lets more charged particles into the atmosphere.

It’s difficult to imagine a “lap dog” with a seventy-pound stature, yet Nico, with his spacious and squishy face, as well as his kind eyes, has demonstrated for almost two years now that the measure of one’s gentleness does not actually relate to his size. However, Nico’s story does not follow the typical path of shelter rescues. Nico was bred to be a guard dog for a drug house, which meant his childhood involved unpredictability and difficulties.

A quiet period of hurricane season has come to a end, and it appears that the Atlantic is gearing up for some activity. The National Hurricane Center is tracking two tropical disturbances that are indicating a potential for becoming tropical depressions in the upcoming days. It can be a very unsettling time if you are living in a coastal region when hurricane season is in full swing.

“It only takes one storm to make it an impactful year for your community,” the National Hurricane Center reminded residents this week, as Tropical Depression 9 strengthened near the Bahamas and is expected to become Tropical Storm Imelda. A swath of increased surf, gusty winds and the potential for flooding will impact the coming days along Florida's east coast and much of the Southeast, even as powerful Hurricane Humberto spins nearby in the Atlantic.

This is a question which looms large over the existence of millions of young people: What is there left to live for when the dream of home ownership ceases to be an option? This is already the defining trait for Generation Z, who were born between the years of 1997 and 2012, and it seems to be a very telling factor.

There is a daring forecast going around the world of finance: Elon Musk might be the world’s first trillionaire in the coming year. There’s basis for this kind of chatter, too. There was an unprecedented increase of $167 billion in his net worth in the past few months due to Tesla’s success in inventing self-driving cars and the subsequent increase in the price of Tesla stock.

A abrupt change in weather patterns is about to melt away much of the snow that recently fell in the Midwest and Northeast, thus decreasing the chances of having a white Christmas. According to meteorologists, the definition of a white Christmas is having at least an inch of snow on the ground by Christmas morning, and this year, that is only going to occur in the far northern part of the United States and the mountain states of the West.

In view of the dangers posed by eating out, to give only illustration from just last week, Suzanna's Kitchen, a food processing company in Georgia, recalled 62,550 pounds of completely cooked bone-in breaded chicken because it contains an undeclared ingredient of soy, which was not indicated in its labeling because of ‘an error involving the use of the correct code instead of a code not used in the statement of the non-allergen ingredient,’ The New American.

When the rivers in the sky refuse to rest, the communities on the ground have got to be ready for the long haul. A life-altering series of storms fueled by atmospheric rivers is about to come crashing down over Washington, Oregon, and Northern California, bringing heavy rain, snow, and high winds. This is all happening after the region has seen the effects of last week's floods that were considered record-breaking.