Non-cash benefits bring many Americans above the poverty line — and our poverty statistics should reflect that. Over the past 50 years, the federal government’s welfare spending has increased by 765 ...

The next Mega Millions jackpot is an estimated $366 million, with drawings held every Tuesday and Friday. No one won the jackpot in the previous drawing on Friday, Feb. 9. To win a prize, a player ...

So … this has been a challenging month, hasn’t it? On Wednesday, The Washington Post cut one-third of its staff. Right now I’m at a loss as to what to say about ...

No one won the Mega Millions jackpot in the Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, drawing. The winning numbers for the drawing were 5, 11, 22, 25, 69, and the Mega Ball was 21. The jackpot for the next drawing on ...

The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, were 3, 8, 31, 60, 65, with a Powerball of 4. No one won the $65 million jackpot, but tickets in Louisiana and Texas each won $1 ...

Player can pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers — five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Mall). Players can also select the ...

EDF said its UK nuclear fleet performance was "very good" in 2025, meeting 12% of total UK electricity consumption. The company said it plans to operate its last two Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors until ...

Your monthly Social Security benefits are based on your earnings history. Working long enough and delaying your claim could lead to larger monthly checks. Even if you take those steps, Social Security ...

Put down Wordle. New brain-exercise-for-the-day just dropped. “Can you read 900 words per minute?” a viral post that has been doing the rounds on X, challenges. “Try it.” If you made it to 600 words ...

No one won the $199 million Mega Millions jackpot for the Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, drawing. The winning numbers for the Jan. 9 drawing were 12, 30, 36, 42, 47, and the Mega Ball was 16. The next Mega ...

Alison Baverstock is the founder and director of the charity Reading Force (1159890) which is funded by grants from organisations, charities and benevolent ...

If any reading goals are at the top of your New Year’s resolutions list, chances are you’re already steps ahead of most folks. Americans aren’t reading much these days, and that’s relatively unchanged ...