The longest government shutdown in US history hit air traffic controllers hard. Thirteen thousand worked without pay for over a month, taking up jobs driving for DoorDash and Instacart to survive.
How tall could we really build? After a century of competition, skyscrapers are reaching new extremes: Saudi Arabia's upcoming 1-kilometer-tall Kingdom Tower in Jeddah is set to triple the Empire State Building's height.
Brett Johnson is a reformed internet fraudster who stole more than $1 million through stolen credit cards, counterfeit documents, and phishing schemes.
Caring for aging parents can be one of the most emotional and financially challenging experiences in adult life — but it can also be immensely rewarding. Four Americans share how they became caregivers to their elderly parents, and the lessons learned along the way.
Videos of myself and colleague Peter Kafka, made with Sora (Peter would like it to be known that the video of him is where he's signing a song about poop).
Captain Richard de Crespigny is the Qantas pilot who safely landed Qantas Flight 32 on November 4, 2010, after one of its engines exploded shortly after takeoff, tearing through vital systems and leaving hundreds of lives in his hands.
Known for its colorful pink hues and rich salt deposits, Lake Retba, or Lac Rose, is a driving force of Senegal's economy. But extracting salt from a hypersaline lake comes with its fair share of risks for local miners.
Japan has long harvested a shrub called mitsumata for its money supply. But when mitsumata started dying out, Japan frantically searched for alternatives to make yen.
