Where does your money buy a better life? This ranking compares quality of life and living costs across 41 major U.S. cities.

U.S. crude oil imports from OPEC fell 84%, from 5.42 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2008 to 0.86 million bpd in 2025. Canada supplied 3.91 million bpd in 2025, more than 4.5 times the volume ...

China’s rise stands out because of the scale involved. Nearly 800 million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty over the past four decades, accounting for nearly three-quarters of the global ...

72% of ranked U.S. hospital brands cluster in the Northeast corridor, California, and Great Lakes/Midwest. Johns Hopkins ranks first in the U.S. and globally. Only 18 states have a top-250 hospital ...

Bill Gates held the title of world’s richest person in 18 of the 40 Forbes lists since 1987, including 13 consecutive years. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi ranked first in six of the first eight annual lists, ...

Hawaii has the highest grocery costs in the U.S., at 36.3% above the national average, followed by Alaska at 26.6%. California is the most expensive state for groceries in the contiguous U.S., at 10.5 ...

For more than four centuries, the Mercator projection has shaped one of the world’s most familiar views of the planet. The icon map was designed to make navigation on the Earth’s oceans easier, but it ...

Though there are many well-known names in the list, one of the biggest through lines continues to be the importance of tech. And there were many apps and services going public through other means as ...

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield briefly hit 5.04% on September 15, its highest level since 2007. Yields have risen even faster elsewhere, led by South Korea (+178 basis points) and Japan (+145 basis ...

Soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the two most-followed people on Instagram. Americans account for 14 of the 20 people in the ranking. Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has nearly as many ...