As recently as June, many stock analysts predicted the stock market would end 2025 without any real gains. At the time, several prominent forecasters projected the S&P 500 index would close out the ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia. Shinatria Adhityatama examines cave art in one of the caves of ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, originally from Southeast Asia and introduced through the pet trade. The non-venomous constrictors disrupt the ecosystem by preying on native ...

Americans began 2025 with affordability on the brain, hopeful that inflation would keep falling and that a new president would make good on promises to cut prices. The year brought good news on that ...

Free File is not Direct File, which the IRS has discontinued for the 2026 tax season. This tax season, according to the IRS, eight private-sector partners are offering guided tax software products ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Follow Kristine Villarroel Every time Kristine publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your ...

The S&P 500 posted a total return of 9.9% from mid-July through December 2025. Here is how Barron’s Roundtable panelists’ picks performed in the same period. Share ...