Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

The Army has changed how it approaches fitness and now embraces a method that includes physical aspects, as well as nutrition, mental health, sleep, and spirituality. “For so long, the Army has been ...

Starting this summer, most college programs will have to show that their students earn more than someone with only a high school diploma to avoid being cut off from federal funding, as part of a new ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — When most people think about hurricanes and storm recovery, Christmas isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But this year just a couple days before Christmas, a Seminole ...

RACINE — After falling victim to a state funding cut that eventually led to the dissolution of the nonprofit that once oversaw it, the First Choice Pre-Apprenticeship program is back up and running ...

Expanding the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program and financing scholarships to the Northland Workforce Training Center are among the first initiatives to be funded with federal stimulus money in ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — A new drug is helping surgeons see cancer that once went undetected, lighting up tumors in real time during surgery. Dr. Mallory Hunt, an assistant professor of cardiothoracic ...

U.S. Central Command officials have confirmed that airstrikes launched on Iran on Saturday involved the first combat use of the U.S. military’s new autonomous kamikaze drone. The Low-cost Unmanned ...

A Lockheed Martin-built HIMARS fires the Precision Strike Missile during a U.S. Army flight test in 2019. (U.S. Army) The U.S. military recently deployed Lockheed Martin’s long-range Precision Strike ...