Skyrocketing U.S. home prices, which have surpassed bubble levels of 2005-06, are being driven by a dramatic increase in the cost of residential land, according to Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. Published July 9, 2019
U.S. freight trains have been growing up to three miles long, creating lengthy delays at railroad crossings for emergency responders and raising concerns about potential derailments, according to federal auditors. Published July 8, 2019
A public interest advocacy group has identified the country's "most wasteful and pointless" transportation projects, which are costing taxpayers $25 billion. Published July 3, 2019
States are enacting their own online data privacy laws, creating a hodgepodge of restrictions that telecom and tech companies increasingly are railing against. Published July 1, 2019
Hackers across the country increasingly are holding hostage the data in cities' computer networks. Published June 20, 2019
NASA deliberately hid major cost overruns on the rocket program underpinning its plans to return astronauts to the moon, according to the federal government's top watchdog agency. Published June 19, 2019
The Seattle Police Department recently erected a billboard in Indianapolis to recruit Hoosiers for its force in Washington state, and other police departments have addressed staffing shortages by allowing officers to sport beards, mustaches and tattoos. Published June 18, 2019
The tariff war raging between China and the U.S. is wreaking logistical havoc on America's gateway for trans-Pacific trade, the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Published June 17, 2019
States are losing gas tax revenue on hybrid and electric cars, but their efforts to raise registration fees on those vehicles for road maintenance projects is meeting opposition from environmentalists and auto manufacturers. Published June 12, 2019
The cyberattack of a Customs and Border Patrol subcontractor has exposed facial recognition data of tens of thousands of people crossing the southern border, raising security questions as jurisdictions debate how to govern the rapidly expanding biometric technology. Published June 11, 2019
A new study attributes part of the decline in the U.S. urban homicide rate over the past 30 years to the rise of cellphone usage in the drug trade. Published June 10, 2019
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to expand the powers of mobile phone companies to automatically identify and block robocalls with newly devised filters. What's more, the blocks on unwanted callers can be made without getting customers' permission first. Published June 6, 2019
U.S. city officials increasingly are trying to find their own ways to repair roads, build bridges, improve sewers and provide communications amid squabbling among federal officials over funding a $2 trillion infrastructure plan. Published June 5, 2019
The federal government has wasted hundreds of billions of dollars over several decades by building its information technology from scratch rather than buying off-the-shelf systems, public watchdog groups say. Published June 2, 2019
Washington has become the first state to legalize "green funerals" -- the process of mixing human remains with straw and wood chips and placing them in soil to help grow flowers and trees. Published May 28, 2019
With parades, military displays and graveside ceremonies, millions of Americans took time Monday to commemorate the hundreds of thousands of service personnel who fought and died for the country. Published May 27, 2019
Laws aimed at stopping pedestrians focused on their smartphones from wandering into traffic are generating criticism from safety advocates who say such measures are misguided and fruitless. Published May 23, 2019
It's a scenario straight out of Hollywood: A Russian pilot ejects from a hijacked F-4 Phantom and leaves behind an improvised nuclear device that will detonate in 90 minutes. Can your bomb-disposal robot deactivate it in time to save the world? Published May 16, 2019
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an approach to identify the hidden hands running the illegal, anonymous marketplaces on the darknet. Published May 15, 2019
Call it the scuttlebutt hour. People engage in verbal gossip about 52 minutes a day, with women and men generally dishing the same amount of dirt, and richer and poorer folks equally airing others' dirty laundry, according to a study. Published May 14, 2019
