It’s time to hit the books, and with that comes a mountain of back-to-school expenses. The National Retail Federation reports that American families plan to shell out nearly $864 on school supplies for elementary and high school students and just under $1,440 on supplies for college students. The Retail Council of Canada says the
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More than half of parents and grandparents say that kids today are less financially prepared than they were growing up. A survey of 1,000 U.S. parents and grandparents finds shared cross-generational concerns about their kids’ financial preparedness. But the results also show striking differences around beliefs for how to best equip kids, including setting
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Restaurant chains are falling into two camps: those that are expanding and those that are contracting. On one end, growth-driven brands like Culver’s, Texas Roadhouse, and Nothing Bundt Cakes are opening hundreds of new locations; on the other, legacy heavyweights including Wendy’s, Papa John’s, Denny’s, and Pizza Hut are closing locations. While inflation, changing
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Whether you’re adding money to a savings vehicle such as a high-yield savings account or a certificate of deposit, you’re probably hoping it will grow over time. That’s where compound interest comes in — it’s a simple yet powerful tool for making your dollars and cents add up faster. What is compound interest? Interest
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Summer spending can add up through higher utility bills, groceries, gas and activities. CreditFresh research found that 70% of 2,000 Americans surveyed in June 2026 spend more during the summer, adding an average of $1,859 over a typical 13-week season. As summer winds down, reviewing recurring charges, food waste, convenience spending and small daily
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Postpartum psychosis is one of the most serious (but most misunderstood) perinatal mental health conditions. It’s a psychiatric emergency that requires urgent care, yet many people don’t recognize what it can look like. Unfortunately, lack of knowledge, stigma, and fear often delay diagnosis and treatment. What matters most is that it is treatable, and
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Over the last few years, people have grown more careful about what they put into their bodies. Before a consumable product goes into the cart, many shoppers examine the ingredient panel to see what a brand is willing to show: A March 2026 survey by the International Food Information Council found that 79% of
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Ask financial advisors whether their clients have noticed the AI assistant sitting in on their planning meetings, and the honest answer is no — but clients are noticing the benefits. Emotionally intelligent advisors drive nearly two times the sentiment lift of their peers (17.5% vs. 9%), according to Jump‘s 2026 Financial Advisor Insights Report.
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For most of the last century, American classrooms looked roughly the same, whether you were in Seattle or rural Mississippi. A teacher stood in the front of the room, textbooks were open, and students took notes. Today, technology is reshaping how many students learn, but that transformation isn’t happening equally across the country. Many
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Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean runs June 1 through Nov. 30, and the financial toll it leaves behind is staggering. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), hurricanes have caused more than $1.5 trillion in damages in the United States since 1980, averaging $23 billion per hurricane. In 2024, Hurricanes Helene
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Treating ADHD isn’t a “one size fits all” journey — there’s no one treatment that works for everyone. Medication remains one of the most effective options for kids and adults. Stimulants are the most common type of medicine for ADHD. Research shows that about 70% of children and adults taking stimulants notice an improvement
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Someone walks away from a collision, waves off the ambulance, and drives home sore but more or less functional. Then morning comes with a headache that won’t quit, a hand that’s gone numb, or a stomach that feels tight and wrong. But those injuries didn’t appear overnight: They were slowly coming to the surface
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GLP-1 medications created the largest protein demand shock in a generation, and they did it by making people eat less. Over 9 million Americans are now on Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or a competitor. Clinical research shows that 25%-40% of the weight lost on these drugs comes from lean mass rather than fat. A study
Continue ReadingWith summer winding down, drivers may be spending more time on the road. As the back-to-school season quickly approaches, the morning rush will see an increase in both parents and new student drivers navigating the roads. A Bureau of Transportation Statistics report indicates August historically sees a peak in miles traveled, in part due
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Summer brings increased risk of uncomfortable skin conditions that can dampen outdoor fun and limit time spent enjoying warm-weather activities. Heat rash and sunburn are two common warm-weather problems often confused due to similar timing and some overlapping symptoms, particularly when both occur during outdoor summer events. However, these conditions have fundamentally different causes,
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Most controllers can pull up their accounts payable aging report in a few clicks. Fewer can say, with confidence, which of those open invoices are simply moving through the normal approval queue and which ones have quietly stalled for three weeks because nobody claimed them. On a lean team, that gap tends to surface
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Customers are drowning in advertising—on phones, social media, streets, storefronts—everywhere. Standard campaigns blur together, and brands that rely on rational messaging and price alone lose in the noise. Sensory marketing changes this equation, TEAM Concept reports. By engaging sight, touch, smell, sound, and taste, brands can trigger emotional responses that drive purchasing decisions far
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In the school’s car pickup line, five minutes before it starts moving. In the doctor’s office waiting room for an appointment that you’ve been heavily anticipating. In bed, just before going to sleep. In these transitional moments, many people reach for their phones — not to scroll, but to play. According to a June
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By Stephy Chung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — There’s a plucky little Qing Dynasty artifact that at first glance looks out of place among China’s many Forbidden City treasures. Instead of the ornate porcelain and cloisonné enameling often associated with imperial vases, this one is made of blown glass. With its swirling red, white and
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Yan Diomandé is set to have an incredibly bright future. At just 19, the attacker has signed for arguably the world’s biggest soccer team in Real Madrid and will begin his debut season for Los Blancos as they face Espanyol on Saturday.The Spanish giant signed the Ivory Coast international
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Por Diego Mendoza y Ivonne Valdés, CNN La Armada mexicana anunció el rescate este miércoles de dos pescadores que permanecieron a la deriva a más de 160 kilómetros de la costa de México sin comida ni agua durante cinco días.Las labores de búsqueda y rescate comenzaron el 14 de agosto, cuando la cooperativa de pescadores
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By Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — Pakistan’s former leader and cricket icon Imran Khan was taken back to prison Friday morning after a medical check at a private hospital in the capital Islamabad, the government said.Khan’s sons told CNN this month they were worried about his health, claiming they were unable to visit him
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By Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Christian metal band Demon Hunter is suing Netflix over its animated hit “KPop Demon Hunters,” alleging trademark infringement and accusing the streamer of unfair competition as the show’s success eclipses the band’s brand.The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by Hyde Lane, the corporate entity for Demon Hunter, against Netflix, Netflix
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — When Lake Mead last plunged to record-low water levels in 2022, its dramatically receding shoreline revealed all manner of curiosities.For the first time in years, the sun shone on the gutted frame of a World War II-era vessel. Water retracted from the abandoned wreck of a houseboat. Dozens of
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CNN By CNN meteorologists Chris Dolce and Dakota Smith (CNN) — Destructive tornadoes and drenching storms pummeled the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, including a waterspout that came ashore in the New York City area. 🌧️ Get your local forecast with the CNN Weather app The waterspout hit Nassau County, New York, on Long Island, Thursday evening,
Continue Reading By Nick Paton Walsh, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — A new wave of North Korean troops, already numbering 8,500 in Russia, contains a drone unit that could attack targets inside Ukraine, according to a senior Ukrainian intelligence official.North Korea, who signed a NATO-style mutual defense pact with Russia two years ago, has
Continue Reading Por Jim Sciutto, CNN “No me olviden”. Este es el ruego desesperado de la fotoperiodista iraní Yalda Moaiery, quien ha dedicado más de dos décadas a documentar la vida bajo el régimen iraní, incluyendo, más recientemente, la sangrienta represión de las protestas en enero, la guerra con Estados Unidos y una nueva campaña de represión
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CNN By Diego Mendoza, Ivonne Valdes, CNN (CNN) — Two fishermen were rescued Wednesday after floating adrift more than 100 miles off the coast of Mexico with no food or water for five days, the Mexican navy announced. Search and rescue efforts began on August 14, when the men’s fishing cooperative sent out a distress
Continue Reading By Diego Mendoza, Ivonne Valdes, CNN (CNN) — Two fishermen were rescued Wednesday after floating adrift more than 100 miles off the coast of Mexico with no food or water for five days, the Mexican navy announced.Search and rescue efforts began on August 14, when the men’s fishing cooperative sent out a distress call saying
Continue Reading Por Aaron Cooper, Alex Stambaugh, Martin Goillandeau y Alexandra Skores, CNN Un avión chárter del Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército de Estados Unidos se estrelló entre la niebla cerca de una estación remota de radar en el oeste de Alaska. Las ocho personas que iban a bordo murieron, según funcionarios militares y federales de aviación.El
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