Blog Verité

Though potential interest-rate cuts are a positive for the precious metal, this year’s experience shows that many other factors are at play.

To invest wisely in 2024, we have to decide why the economy defied expectations.

Powerful waves have smashed against sea walls in California, flooding beachfront buildings and leaving eight injured.

Billions of people around the world are expected to head to the polls in 2024. But experts warn that these elections are ripe targets for bad actors seeking to disrupt democracy. (Image credit: Thierry Roge/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Christmas has come and gone but your tree is probably still up. Here are some tips to dispose of your tree or give it new life. (Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images file photo)

More than 1 million immigrants, most lacking permanent legal status, are covered by state health programs. Several states, including GOP-led Utah, will soon add or expand such coverage. (Image credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)

Wildfires worsened by climate change spewed smoke over much of North America this year. It’s a new reality Americans haven’t yet processed: how dangerous the smoke is for human health. (Image credit: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

NPR’s Greg Myre has been covering both the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Israel-Hamas fighting. He looks at where both these wars stand and the prospect for a permanent solution. (Image credit: Valentyn Kuzan/AP)

The GOP presidential candidate tries to get back on track as rivals question her readiness and honesty.

A look at the latest forecasts for Democrats and Republicans, based on combined ratings from three nonpartisan political analysts.