John Hood explores how misinterpreting data can lead to flawed conclusions about government policies and their effectiveness.

he bodies of nine backcountry skiers killed in California's deadliest avalanche on record have been recovered and all of the victims identified. The Nevada County Sheriff's Office on Saturday ...

So, thanks to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July of 1776, we’re about to begin celebrating America’s 250th “birthday.” There’ll be the usual parades and fireworks this summer, I’m ...

If you had meticulous records of my wake-up times and compared them against daily sunrises, you’d find a consistent pattern: the sun almost always rises after I do. Since you are not a loon, however, ...

The House voted on Wednesday to rescind tariffs that President Trump imposed on Canada last year, delivering a largely ...

The first El Niño in three years could develop during the coming months, raising the possibility of worsening drought and ...

Overview Wordle today starts with ‘H’, ends with ‘T’, and has two vowels.The word functions as both a verb and a noun, ...

One of the consequences of climate change is that weather events are becoming more extreme. In counterintuitive ways, like ...

Experts in healthcare and sustainability participating in a Vatican conference this week have condemned growing income gaps ...

Gold prices, which briefly declined at the start of the year, have risen again and surpassed $5,100 per troy ounce on the ...

Europe's smoke-flavor phaseout forces snack makers to rethink recipes, labels and timelines before taste and trust drift so early. The post EU Smoke Flavoring Restrictions Are Turning Classic Snacks ...

A study in Risk Sciences examines whether alternative “big data” and the LASSO variable-selection method can strengthen health risk assessment in critical illness insurance. Using insurer application ...