Stronger hurricanes and tornado-producing storms continue to make landfall in the southern United States, with September’s Hurricane Florence causing more than $5 billion in property damage in the Carolinas so far. While strong winds can cause obvious leaks and breaks, underlying damage that homeowners don’t initially notice can also crop up — and quickly escalate. […]
In 2008, five FBI agents showed up at the home of Californian Kevin Cogill to arrest the 27-year-old. His crime? Cogill had leaked nine songs from an unreleased Guns N’ Roses album, which the band had been working on for more than a decade. Since the music industry has gone digital, new security issues continue to […]
Parents often talk among themselves about issues and events, both positive and negative, occurring in their children’s school. However, that potentially-valuable feedback rarely reaches school administrators and teachers unless they attend a PTA meeting or there’s a one-on-one discussion about their child. “Most teachers only hear from parents when things are bad,” says Shani Dowell, a […]
When you contract an unexpected illness or are laid up with an injury, you’re likely already feeling some stress. When will you recover, are you contagious, will there be long-term consequences? But for billions around the world, that stress is magnified by an additional set of questions including: do they have the cash upfront to […]
For many patients, just getting to their doctor’s appointments is an uphill battle. Medical or cost restrictions may make public transportation and ride sharing not a viable option. Nearly 4 million adults and children with chronic conditions miss or delay medical appointments each year, because they don’t have a ride. On the other side of the equation, hospitals […]