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What Is the Enrollment Cliff—and Why Colleges Are Closing Economy

What Is the Enrollment Cliff—and Why Colleges Are Closing

The enrollment cliff, driven by plummeting birth rates after the 2008 recession, is now hitting U.S. higher education. Here's how it works, which coll...

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How the US Cuba Embargo Works—and Why It Persists Economy

How the US Cuba Embargo Works—and Why It Persists

The US embargo on Cuba is the longest trade embargo in modern history, spanning over six decades. Here's how it works, why Congress locked it into law...

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Why Home Distilling Is Illegal—and How That May Change Economy

Why Home Distilling Is Illegal—and How That May Change

Home brewing beer and wine is legal across the United States, but distilling spirits at home remains a federal felony. Here's why the ban exists, how...

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SpaceX-xAI Mega-Merger and Gemini 3.1 Mark AI's New Era Technology

SpaceX-xAI Mega-Merger and Gemini 3.1 Mark AI's New Era

SpaceX's record $250 billion acquisition of xAI and Google's launch of the ultra-efficient Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite model cap a historic Q1 2026 that saw...

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Iran-US Ceasefire Triggers Historic 16% Oil Price Crash Economy

Iran-US Ceasefire Triggers Historic 16% Oil Price Crash

President Trump and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and sending oil prices plunging more than 16% — the largest si...

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JD Vance in Budapest: American Campaign Support for Orbán Culture

JD Vance in Budapest: American Campaign Support for Orbán

U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Budapest for a two-day visit five days before the April 12 parliamentary elections, openly supporting Viktor O...

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Housing Market Stalls as Mortgage Rates Hit 7-Month High Living & Furniture

Housing Market Stalls as Mortgage Rates Hit 7-Month High

US mortgage rates climbed to 6.46%, their highest in seven months, as the war in Iran drives oil prices higher and reignites inflation fears — but ris...

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Artemis II Crew Shatters Apollo 13 Distance Record Science

Artemis II Crew Shatters Apollo 13 Distance Record

NASA's Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft reached a record 252,756 miles from Earth on April 6, surpassing Apollo 13's 56-year-old record by...

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Poland Submits Application for Nuclear Power Plant Construction Technology

Poland Submits Application for Nuclear Power Plant Construction

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (Polish Nuclear Power Plants) has submitted an application to the National Atomic Energy Agency for a permit to construct...

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Super Mario Galaxy Movie Blasts Off With $372M Global Debut Culture

Super Mario Galaxy Movie Blasts Off With $372M Global Debut

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened to $372.5 million worldwide in its first five days, becoming 2026's highest-grossing animated film and the third-b...

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Iran War Enters Week 6 as Trump Sets Hormuz Ultimatum Economy

Iran War Enters Week 6 as Trump Sets Hormuz Ultimatum

The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran reaches its sixth week with over 2,076 casualties, as President Trump threatens to destroy Iran's infras...

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How NASA's SLS Mega-Rocket Works—and Why It Matters Science

How NASA's SLS Mega-Rocket Works—and Why It Matters

NASA's Space Launch System is the most powerful rocket ever built for crewed spaceflight, designed to send astronauts beyond low Earth orbit for the f...

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