Yes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical winter.

The longest federal government shutdown in history ended the way they all do. With a whimper not a bang. The main difference was that it’s usually the Republicans who force a shutdown and end up suing ...

Winter Solstice 2025 arrives on December 21st, marking the Northern Hemisphere's shortest day and longest night. This ancient event, when Earth's tilt causes the sun to appear stationary, signifies a ...

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. chart history. The 1994 modern Christmas classic has spent a cumulative 20 weeks atop the Billboard Hot ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In seconds, this artificial intelligence technology can produce new content responding to prompts Elysse Bell is a finance and business writer for Investopedia. She writes about small business, ...

Most people might not have heard of the Framingham Heart Study. But the massive public-health research effort, now in its 77th year of conducting in-depth analysis of more than 15,000 people, is the ...

Today's economy looks very different compared to last year's, and concerns about inflation, market downturns and even a potential recession are weighing on the minds of many Americans. In these ...

The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25%. While we don't know for sure what moves the Fed will make with interest rates this year, the consensus is the pace of rate ...