These three companies are on track to receive a prestigious distinction for consistently increasing their dividends. There are about 55 companies that qualify as Dividend Kings — meaning they have boosted their payouts for at least 50 consecutive years. The list will likely grow as existing Dividend Kings retain their status and new companies gain

An exchange-traded fund can help smooth out volatility when investing in high-growth themes like artificial intelligence. Investors can earn a reliable, practically risk-free annual return of up to 5% by purchasing U.S. government bonds, or they can invest in the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.12%) index, which has delivered a compound annual return of 10.5% since

Claim: In July 2025, scientists discovered a mysterious intergalactic object that was “most likely” an alien ship that could reach Earth by November 2025. Rating: Rumors of an incoming alien attack invaded some social media feeds in late July 2025 after the New York Post published an article about a potential “alien probe.” While the

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The big drugmaker should be even bigger over the next five years despite facing a patent cliff. Five years ago, the eyes of the world were on Pfizer (PFE -2.00%). The big drugmaker was racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine with its partner, BioNTech (BNTX -1.41%). Its stock was poised for a huge gain once

Doctors and aid workers inside Gaza, themselves overworked and underfed, have been warning for months about the critical lack of food and the spiraling cost of the little that was available due to Israel’s offensive and crippling aid restrictions. They say that their worst fears are coming to pass. “We are now facing a massive