Electric school buses are giving kids a cleaner, but costlier, ride to class
BEVERLY, Mass. — It’s a gray November morning, and we’re on board a long, yellow school bus. The bus bounces over this Boston suburb’s patched...
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Skyrocketing demand for ADHD meds is straining the U.S. health care system
Stories about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, have been having a resurgence in the social media zeitgeist the past several years, and it may...
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How the U.S. became a global corn superpower
The United States has just about 90 million planted acres of corn, and there’s a reason people refer to the crop as yellow gold. In 2021,...
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How Atlanta’s growing economy burned low-income renters and homebuyers
Metro Atlanta is on a hot streak. More than 6 million people now live in the region, according to recent Census Bureau estimates. Experts say...
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How drought cost America’s cotton industry billions
Cotton farmers in Texas, where about 40% of the U.S. crop is produced, are facing a severe drought that is costing the industry billions. A...
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Why U.S. rail travel is so expensive
Amtrak’s Acela is the fastest passenger train in the Western Hemisphere, but tickets can be pricey. Amtrak fares can vary dramatically in the Northeast, home...
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Here are the three big issues facing Ukraine as a tough winter approaches
Winter is on the way, and in war-torn Ukraine the fight against Russia appears far from over. Moscow continues to target Ukrainian power plants and...
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Why hearing aids are so expensive
An estimated 48 million Americans have some form of hearing difficulty, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America. But only about 20% of people...
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More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant
There are more than 100,000 people in the United States waiting for an organ transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, known as...
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The U.S. defense industry faces surging demand and a supply chain crunch
The war in Ukraine and rising tensions over Taiwan have caused demand for high-tech, American-made weapons to surge. And with the ongoing supply chain crunch...
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How Gautam Adani became the world’s fourth richest person while billionaires like Jeff Bezos lost tens of billions
Gautam Adani has had a very good year. The Indian billionaire briefly surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the second-richest person in the world...
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Layoffs loom on the horizon, some economists say
From rising inflation to a red-hot job market and the negative gross domestic product in between, economists are divided on the health of the U.S....