• CDC: U.S. Birth Rate at Record Low After Pandemic Boost

    Fertility rates in the United States hit a record low in 2023, according to provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday.

  • Birth Rates PLUMMETING Keep Elon Musk Up at Night

    How do we solve the crises that are currently burdening America? While Dave Rubin knows there are “some political ways,” like how “a certain orange man would be better than a certain man with dementia,” there are some more important, more tangible ways that are in your control. “It’s find a mate and have a family. Start the basic building blocks of society, bottom up. The way your parents did it and your grandparents did it,” Rubin explains, adding, “the way civilization has done it for...

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    The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spike

    The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 – while still high – went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.

  • U.S. birth rate hit record low last year, signaling surge in childlessness

    As data analyst Stephen Shaw has documented in his film ‘Birthgap,’ declining birth rates in the U.S. and around the world are being driven by an ‘explosion’ in women choosing not to have children.

  • Elon Musk reissues warning that 'human civilization will end' if birth rates 'continue to plummet'

    While globalist elites have repeatedly insisted that population growth has become the enemy of civilization, leading to planetary decline, Elon Musk has remained firm in his belief that the opposite is true.

  • Today's 30-year mortgage rates plummet while 15-year mortgage rates rise | May 1, 2024

    The interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 7.125% as of May 1, which is 0.375 percentage points lower than yesterday. Additionally, the interest rate on a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.625%, which is 0.125 percentage points higher than yesterday. With mortgage rates changing daily, it’s a good idea to check today’s rate before applying for a loan. It’s also important to compare different lenders’ current interest rates, terms, and fees to ensure you get the best deal.  Rates last...

  • From Universal’s TikTok deal to Blackstone’s bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

    The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days Source

  • Is The Economy Behind The Low Birth Rate? Unlikely

    We need to convince young people to have more kids. One way to do that might be to stop feeding their victimhood complex.

  • Europe’s best beach holidays: Pesaro, Italy

    Pizzas, aperitivos and a big sandy beach add to the offbeat charm of this Adriatic resort townI hadn’t heard of Pesaro before my ex-flatmate sent me there in summer 2018. I was writing a book at the time, and Giulia reckoned the best place for me to do such work was in her grandad’s old flat, a modest unit in a block put up in 1946, during the short reign of Umberto II. It had lain empty since her nonno – Dottor Spinicci – died of liver failure, having failed to take his own medicine.The flat’s...

  • Peloton’s pandemic-era fairy tale is officially over

    The pandemic sucked. Four years ago we were all stuck at home, and would continue being stuck at home for months on end. With all of us trapped in our houses, some products experienced a serious COVID-19 bump. Grocery delivery services absolutely blew up, as did Zoom and the perfectly-timed Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The same goes for Peloton and its line of exercise equipment. People were buying bikes and treadmills in droves, ballooning the company’s market cap from $6 billion to $50...

  • VinFast Is Burning Through Its Founder’s Cash At An Alarming Rate

    Good morning! It’s Friday, April 26, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are

  • PUC investigating FirstEnergy’s proposed rate increase

    EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU)— The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is investigating FirstEnergy's rate increase request that would bring in an additional $503 million in revenue. On Thursday, the PUC unanimously voted to suspend FirstEnergy's proposed June 1 rate increase and investigate the rise in cost for electric distribution services. Officials say the rate increase requests []