Welcome to the Inside Scoop newsletter. A milestone birthday seems to invite a lot of reflection. Historian Heather Cox Richardson joined us to help us look back at our 250-year history and the ...

Chris O’Brien was 9 years old when he watched a parade of 16 tall ships in New York Harbor for America’s 200th birthday on his grandparents’ TV. Now a veteran of the Coast Guard, he’s been planning ...

A new AI-powered framework could transform how astronomers measure the expansion of the Universe. By analyzing images of Type Ia supernovae and modeling their environments in unprecedented detail, ...

For decades, Americans were told college was the safest investment you could make. But tuition exploded, wages stalled, and student debt became almost impossible to escape through bankruptcy. Now ...

The moment of truth is just about here. The Strait of Hormuz has reopened, for now, and Middle Eastern countries that shut off their oil wells during the war (the term is actually “shut in”) are about ...

“Hearts of Heroes” follows first responders and their stories of heroic rescues from across the country. The show has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy, and has earned a Parents’ Choice Award and ...

Bank of America forecasts three Fed rate hikes in 2025, pushing the policy rate to 4.25-4.5% as Core PCE climbs toward 3.5%. Altria (MO) leads the four picks with a 6% yield, while Chevron (CVX) ...

As the United States marks 250 years of its founding, many Christians are joining the celebration with a particular conviction that our nation was always, at its heart, a Christian nation. Some think ...

The annual Heart of America Shakespeare Festival will return to Southmoreland Park this summer with “McBeth.” File photo “MacBeth” will return to the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival this summer ...

On the eve of the Catholic Church marking the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops honored America’s 250th birthday by consecrating the nation to the Sacred ...