Canadian Wildfires Map Shows Three US States Warned About Air Quality
Canadian wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have prompted air quality alerts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday and Thursday as residents are advised to “limit prolonged or heavy exertion.” Why It Matters The elevated levels of fine particulate matter resulting from wildfire smoke could present significant health risks, especially for people with asthma, heart […]
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Bread, Fritters Recall Map Shows States With New Warning
Hillside Orchard Farms is recalling multiple flavors of their fruit breads and fritters due to the products having a missing egg allergen label. Why It Matters Numerous recalls have been initiated in 2025 due to the potential for damaged products, foodborne illness, contamination and undeclared food allergens. Millions of Americans experience food sensitivities or allergies […]
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Map Shows Best—and Worst—States To Retire in
By Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S. and European politics, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the British Royal Family. Aliss joined Newsweek full time in January 2024 after a year of freelance […]
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Map Shows States With the Best- and Worst‑Kept Roads
Indiana has emerged as the state with the best-maintained roads in the country. This is the conclusion of a new analysis by tire experts Local Tire Guys, which used federal data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Federal Highway Administration to assess the quality of roads across all 50 states. The team ranked each state […]
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Map Shows Region Leading 2050 Global Population Increase
Almost every country in the world has seen fertility rates decline over the past few decades, but one region’s birth rates are still so high that it is expected to provide more than half the global population increase until 2050—sub-Saharan Africa. The global fertility rate was 2.2 births per woman last year, down from five […]
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Tuna Salad Products Recall Map Shows States With New Warning
Albertsons, Randalls and Tom Thumb stores in four states are recalling certain items containing tuna salad supplied by Reser’s Fine Foods due to fears of potential Listeria contamination. Newsweek reached out to Albertsons via email Monday night for comment. Why It Matters Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium capable of causing serious and sometimes fatal infections, […]
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Map Shows States with the Best—and Worst—School Systems 2025
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey led the nation in public school quality in 2025, according to a new analysis by personal finance website WalletHub. How It Was Calculated The study ranked all states and the District of Columbia across 32 metrics clustered into two main categories: “Quality” and “Safety.” Among these were graduation and test […]
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Map Shows Cities Hit by the Highest—And Lowest—Inflation
As the national inflation rate ticks up to 2.7 percent—its highest point since February—WalletHub’s July 2025 analysis of inflation trends across 23 major U.S. cities highlights stark regional differences in cost-of-living pressures. How It Was Calculated WalletHub analyzed the effect of inflation across the United States by examining 23 major metropolitan areas using two key […]
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Map Shows Where Xi Jinping Is More Popular Than Donald Trump
Confidence in President Donald Trump and views of the United States have fallen among the world’s major economies over the past year, while China and its leader, Xi Jinping, have risen slightly in popularity, according to Pew Research Center’s spring survey. In nine of the 24 nations polled, excluding the United States, confidence in the […]
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Map Shows States Where Unemployment Claims Are Rising and Falling
State data on unemployment paints an uneven picture of the U.S. jobs market, with the number of claims rising in some area while falling in others. Using analysis from personal finance website WalletHub, Newsweek mapped the states with the highest number of unemployment insurance claims, noting how these have changed in recent weeks and over […]
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