A stark CDC warning during the West African Ebola crisis underscored how quickly an outbreak can outrun public health systems. The projection of 20,000 cases was less a prediction than a demand for urgent action, and it reshaped the world’s response.

The U.S. remains one of the world’s biggest beef producers, yet shoppers are still paying unusually high prices. The answer lies in a slow cattle cycle, a shrunken herd, resilient demand, and a supply chain where retail prices do not move in lockstep with ranch output.

Anthropic’s push for a coordinated global option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development has triggered one of the sharpest debates in tech this year. Supporters see a necessary safety valve; critics see an impractical idea that could entrench the biggest labs while doing little to stop the global race.

A sharp divergence between bank layoffs and restaurant hiring offers a revealing snapshot of today’s economy. It shows where consumer demand is holding up, where caution is rising, and why the next phase of growth may look far less balanced than the headline jobs numbers suggest.

Amazon stretched Prime Day to four days for the first time in 2025, turning its flagship summer sale into a longer, more complex shopping event. Here’s what changed, how the new format affects deals, and the smartest ways shoppers can prepare.

AI has gone mainstream faster than almost any consumer technology in recent memory, yet only a sliver of users are paying for it. That gap says less about weak demand than about how AI is likely to be bundled, monetized, and woven into everyday products over the next few years.

Forecast agencies say El Niño is highly likely to persist through winter, a signal that can reshape storm tracks, flood risk, drought patterns, and energy demand across the United States. The smartest response is not panic, but early, region-specific preparation.

Eli Lilly’s diabetes drug Mounjaro has become one of the fastest-growing medicines in the world, with first-quarter 2026 sales up 125%. But as demand explodes, physicians are pressing harder on safety, long-term use, access, and whether medicine is moving faster than the evidence.

For a few feverish days, New York convinced itself history was finally within reach. The Knicks pushed to the edge of a breakthrough that would have ended a 53-year title drought, and the city responded the only way it knows how: with obsession, hope, and no sleep.

A new lawsuit claims Amazon’s Ring cameras captured and analyzed the faces of visitors, neighbors, delivery workers, and passersby without their knowledge or consent. The case could become a major test of how far consumer facial recognition can go at the front door.

Ford is recalling nearly 420,000 full-size SUVs in the U.S. after regulators said a front seat belt defect could keep restraints from working as intended in a crash. The action expands earlier recalls and raises fresh questions about supplier quality, recall execution, and owner response.

A surge of early-season heat is set to intensify along the Mid-Atlantic coast this weekend, with forecasters warning that the warmup is unfolding more quickly than earlier projections suggested. Cities from Virginia to the New York metro area could face a sharp jump into summerlike conditions, with hot days, warm nights, and growing health risks.