Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

A student walks across the Pleasantville campus of Pace University in Pleasantville, New York. The university waived application fees for a month in the fall. Credit: Emmanuel Guillén Lozano for The ...

Three immigration chiefs appeared before a House committee to defend the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda. ICE chief Todd Lyons said his agents plan to "execute their mission with ...

When German immigrants came to the United States, they brought a tradition to forecast the end of winter with them — but there was one catch. According to German lore, if a hedgehog saw its shadow on ...

Generative AI can support creativity—but only if you use it strategically. Simply giving people access to AI tools doesn’t guarantee better ideas. What matters is how thoughtfully they engage with the ...

Alix Earle is inviting guests into her dressing room. The leading social media personality (and recent “Dancing With the Stars” frontrunner) is expanding her digital universe with “Get Real With Me,” ...

Todd Combs, one of Warren Buffett's handpicked investment lieutenants and a key executive at Geico, Berkshire Hathaway' s crown jewel insurance business, is leaving the conglomerate after a 15-year ...

Bussin’ With The Boys is getting an altcast for Saturday’s SEC Championship Game. Taylor Lewan and Will Compton will call Georgia-Alabama on ESPN2 with Josh Pate and Harry Douglas. The news came out ...

The end of Donald Trump’s Georgia state case 10 months into his second White House term means that of the four criminal prosecutions in which he was indicted on felony charges, only the Stormy Daniels ...

Only 776 air traffic controllers and technicians who had perfect attendance during the government shutdown will receive $10,000 bonuses while nearly 20,000 other workers will be left out, the Federal ...

As head of the federal agency that fights workplace discrimination, Andrea Lucas has said two men in particular have shaped her sense of mission. One is her father, an industrial salesman who she has ...

Do you or your child, teen, or young adult struggle with ADHD? If you answered yes, then you know that getting started can be the hardest part of getting a task or assignment done. Getting started is ...