The Global Origins of Town Names in Every U.S. State (With Maps!)
The history of the United States is such, though, that many of its towns and cities have simply been given names honoring ...
COVID-19 XEC variant is now circulating in the US. Here's what you should know about it.
KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States as it accounts for nearly 60% of positive cases, but the ...
The Secretive Dynasty That Controls the Boar’s Head Brand
The deli-meat company made its owners fabulously wealthy. But they have remained silent, even as the company faces the ...
A new COVID-19 variant is circulating. Here's what to know about the strain, symptoms
The CDC is "monitoring the XEC variant," Rosa Norman, a CDC spokesperson told USA TODAY. This variant "is the proposed name ...
Driving these Sacramento roads can take you to the places they are named after
Have you ever wondered if Auburn, Folsom or Freeport boulevards could take you to their named destination? Before the ...
The Powerful Companies Driving Local Drugstores Out of Business
The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy ...
A Tunisian couple says ‘Swagg Man’ ripped off millions to invest in Miami properties
A French rapper who goes by the stage name “Swagg Man” fell in love with the movie “Scarface,” moved to Miami and that’s where the fraud allegations occur.
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All Over The Map: Unusual seismic activity and twisted name origins of Mount Adams
The peak, of course, wasn’t always known as Mount Adams. Accurate understanding of Indigenous names for mountains is often difficult to come by, and it’s hard to know which, if any ...
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Debunking myths: tracing Palestine’s ancient roots
Between 3000 – 4000BCE a neolithic stone-copper age emerged with rich regional cultures, and between 3000 – 1250BCE Canaanite ...
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Grocery chains are bigger than ever. See who runs the stores near you.
Over the past three decades, the traditional supermarket industry shrunk as a handful of big-name grocers acquired their smaller local and regional rivals. Now Walmart, Kroger, Aldi (Süd ...
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Rock in Rio through the ages
In part one of our deep-dive into 40 years of the Brazilian festival, IQ takes a look at the history of the landmark event ...
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Here’s How Every State in America Got Its Name
One explorer wrote the name Kansas on a map and after that ... These are other states that were almost a part of the United States. Texas comes from the word teysha meaning “hello friend ...