December 23, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the Metric Conversion Act, designed to bring US weights and measures in line with the rest of the world. The United States is one of the last holdouts ...

Former President Gerald Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act 50 years ago. However, he did not make metric adoption mandatory, and the efforts fell flat. For a look at where metric measurements have ...

A coalition that tried and failed to block OpenAI’s conversion earlier this year is back with a new tactic: a California ballot initiative aimed at reining in the startup’s power. The planned ...

Google’s new “Original Conversion Value” metric gives advertisers long-needed clarity by revealing the true, unadjusted revenue their campaigns generate. A new column called “Original Conversion Value ...

The Buffalo Bills' defense was dominant on Sunday, generating seven sacks and three turnovers in a 40-9 victory. Arguably the team's biggest contribution came from none other than Michael Hoecht, ...

Volatility punctuated the global lithium market during the third quarter of 2025, with prices, supply/demand dynamics and geopolitics converging to reshape the landscape. After slipping to a four year ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Oct. 7 in Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge to Colorado’s 2019 law prohibiting licensed health care professionals from providing so-called conversion ...

The practice surged in the 1980s and 1990s, before medical groups began warning it was harmful. By Ellen Barry As a teenager, Julie Rodgers attended Tuesday night group therapy sessions in which young ...

Protesters gathered at the Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024 ahead of oral arguments in a major transgender rights case. (Kelsey Reichmann/Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court is set to ...

The United States is one of just three countries that "prefers" imperial measurements over the international metric standard. The motivation why has less to do with official policy than you might ...

Coach Dan Campbell's aggressive play-calling helped the Detroit Lions secure a 38-30 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. The Lions successfully converted all three of their fourth-down attempts during ...

Back when I was a Catholic-school kid in northern Wisconsin, my school lessons briefly focused on the metric system. This was in the late 1970s. Along with learning cursive and the referents of rosary ...