Pew Research Center found that 66% of U.S. adults under 30 use AI chatbots, the highest of any age group, yet 48% of them believe AI will harm society, also the highest share. Heavy users are most wor…
Employment for workers aged 22 to 25 in AI-exposed jobs has dropped about 12% since ChatGPT launched in November 2022, while older age groups in the same jobs continued to grow. The decline is driven …
Health insurance claim denial rates on Affordable Care Act marketplace plans ranged from 13% to 35% among the largest insurers in 2024, with an average of 19%. UnitedHealth and Blue Cross Blue Shield …
Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz in June 2026, spiking global oil prices, but the U.S. depends on the strait for only 2% of its petroleum, while Asia relies on it for up to 90% of crude i…
Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire on June 12, 2026, after SpaceX's record-breaking IPO pushed his net worth to roughly $1.1 trillion. His wealth is now 3.7 times that of No. 2 Larry Page…
GLP-1 drug use peaks in middle age, with 22% of adults aged 50-64 taking them, then drops sharply to 9% at age 65 due to Medicare's ban on covering weight-loss medications. The overall adult usage rat…
U.S. abortions rose roughly 18% after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, driven entirely by abortion pills mailed via telehealth. In-person abortions fell 12%, but telehealth surged from 5% to 27% of…
ICE detention hit a record 70,766 in January 2026, with about 70% of detainees having no criminal conviction, according to data from TRAC. The surge was funded by $75 billion in new money in 2025 and …
Curaçao, with a population of about 156,000, becomes the smallest nation ever to qualify for a men's World Cup, breaking Iceland's record. The 2026 tournament's expansion to 48 teams opened the door f…
A new Gallup survey shows that the rise in LGBTQ+ identification is concentrated among young women, with 31% of Gen Z women identifying as LGBTQ+ compared to 12% of Gen Z men. Most of the increase is …
U.S. beekeepers lost an estimated 55.6% of managed honey bee colonies from April 2024 to April 2025, the highest annual loss since record-keeping began, yet the total number of colonies remained stabl…
New U.S. college graduates now face higher unemployment than the average worker, a reversal of a decades-long trend that began in early 2019, before the pandemic and generative AI. By early 2026, rece…
U.S. gas prices surged to $4.48 per gallon in May 2026, a 59% jump since January, driven by the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz closure, but adjusted for inflation they remain below the 2008 record of $…
Workers in Germany average 1,330 hours per year, the fewest among OECD countries, and generate about $98 per hour, while Mexican workers average 2,200 hours and produce only $25 per hour. Across 40 OE…
The misery index, which adds unemployment and inflation rates, has historically tracked consumer sentiment, but since 2021 the relationship has broken down. Despite a misery index near 8%—similar to t…
Felix Rosenqvist beat David Malukas by 0.0233 seconds to win the 110th Indianapolis 500 on May 24, 2026, the closest finish in the race's 110-year history. The margin broke a 34-year-old record set by…