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How hard is it to get into the nation’s most selective universities? See the 25 lowest acceptance rates in the US.
People are applying to more colleges than ever before, but admission to some of the US’s top universities remains highly competitive. Using federal data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Business Insider compiled a list of the 25 universities in the US that are hardest to get into…
The top 15 party schools in the US, ranked
West Virginia University also made it to the top 10, after Niche named it the ninth-best party school in the US. Located in Morgantown, the school’s social life is shaped by Mountaineers athletics, Greek life, and campus traditions. Its Greek community hosts more than 70 social, professional…
Retiring Before 65? Your 2027 Obamacare Premium Is Headed up Another 15% — and $1 of Income Decides Whether You Get Help
If you retired before 65 and buy your own health insurance, I’ve got a number for you: 15%. That’s the median premium increase 276 insurers in all 50 states and D.C. want for 2027 Obamacare plans, according to a KFF analysis updated Aug. 3. Last year they asked for 18% and got 20%. Year two
Gas prices are climbing again. See the states where it is the most and least expensive.
Filling up is getting more painful by the day. The national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose to $4.28 on Thursday, up 6 cents in 24 hours and 13 cents over the past two days, according to AAA. That’s $1.08 more per gallon than drivers were paying a year ago. The price
The NFL is about to test the best way to survive a brutal work trip
Wondering about the best way to plan your next work trip? A bunch of football players might hold the answer. The San Francisco 49ers take on the Los Angeles Rams Thursday in a clash of divisional rivals AND warring ideologies over the best way to travel for work. The game kicks off from Melbourne…
Used Car Prices Are Finally Falling Again — Here Are the 20 Models Dropping the Fastest
Used car prices in the U.S. have been falling after steadily climbing for months. Overall, prices for 1- to 5-year-old vehicles dropped by an average of 1.3% from June 2025 to June 2026, according to iSeeCars. Prices for used cars dropped or held steady from the beginning of the year to June. The…
The State of Women’s Finances: How Homeownership Is Becoming The Great Equalizer
Finance is different for everyone. We all inhabit our own money realities: white people and people of color, Gen Z and baby boomers, high earners and those with lower incomes. Women live in their own financial reality, too. One where the gender pay gap is a force holding back their progress…
We asked AI how it could kill humanity. Here’s what it told us.
The researchers building our favorite chatbots are increasingly voicing concerns that AI could hurt — or end — humanity. So we asked four of the most-used generative AI tools what an AI doomsday could look like. We posed the same question, in identical wording, to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini…
Jimmy Kimmel is fighting with Donald Trump’s FCC again
Jimmy Kimmel is once again fighting with the Federal Communications Commission. Kimmel said on Wednesday that Trump’s “FCC has threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our network, ABC, our affiliates, our local stations — based on simple, traditional editorial decisions, guest bookings it…
Are digital price tags driving grocery price hikes?
Does your grocery store hike the price of milk during your hurried commute home? Is it raising the cost of ice cream during a July heat wave? Are you seeing “personalized” prices based on your income or shopping history? As technology advances, these scenarios are becoming increasingly realistic…