This week I've been: Defending Hades 2's honour in the Game of the Year awards, failing. Last week I was: Appreciating player housing in MMORPGs. So—the Steam replay for 2025 debuted recently, giving ...

For many people in the U.S., this winter is getting colder — and staying warm is getting more expensive. Nationwide, the December average temperature is expected to be 8% colder than the average ...

Social Security is a major source of income for more than 74.7 million Americans. How far does the average check actually go? Most retirees collect about $1,959 a month from Social Security as of ...

Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs. In the past, ...

The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance. By David W. Chen The ...

The year 2000 was 25 years ago. If that sounds surprising because you keep referencing 2000 as "a few years back," stop holding your phone at arm's length and just buy some reading glasses already.

Funding has nearly run dry for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), leaving millions of Americans without food assistance come November because of the ongoing government shutdown.

ACA marketplace premiums are projected to rise by 26% in 2026, with potential further increases if premium tax credits expire. Rising hospital costs, expensive weight management drugs, and potential ...

In 2024, 1.38 million Ohioans, or one in nine households, received SNAP benefits. The average SNAP benefit for an Ohioan was $159 per person in 2022. The government shutdown that started in early ...

As someone who's been playing golf for over 15 years-and as a former Division I golfer-I can honestly say that one of my biggest breakthroughs came when I finally learned my carry distances. For years ...

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell this week to its lowest level in more than a year, extending a recent trend that's helped give lagging U.S. home sales a boost. The average long-term ...

The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance rose for the third year in a row in 2025, approaching an average of almost $27,000 for a family plan, according to an annual survey from KFF released ...