Precise numbers are hard to come by, but it's long been estimated that more than 70 million adults in the U.S. have some kind of criminal record, a number extrapolated from FBI and state data. (Hsu, NPR)
Read MoreMore than half of unmarried young adults — ages 22 to 35 — say not having enough money is their biggest barrier to dating, according to a national research project from Brigham Young University’s Wheatley Institute and the Institute for Family Studies. (Closson, The New York Times)
Read MoreThe songs in question? "Choosin' Texas," of course, still cruising at 16 weeks at Number One, followed by Wallen's "Been By Now," Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You," the Wallen-Langley collab "I Can't Love You Anymore," and Lefty's "Boston." How innately "country" some of those songs are is up for debate, but it's clear that America loves a hit with at least a hint of twang. (Moss, Yahoo!)
Read MoreBy some estimates, 25,000 people in the United States are affiliated with SSPX—a tiny fraction of the roughly 53 million American Catholic adults. Many Catholics may not even know that the Church finds itself in arguably its largest schism since the 19th century. (Parrales, The Atlantic)
Read MoreA U.K. government-backed AI research institute said Tuesday that during routine tests, models built by OpenAI and Anthropic unexpectedly took “autonomous, unsanctioned action on the live internet, targeting real people and organisations.” Most of the bad behavior happened over a three-day period in late July during one test. (McMillan, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreIn 2025, 43.8 million Americans (ages 12 and up) used marijuana regularly, compared to 36.1 million Americans who smoked cigarettes, according to the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Marijuana use was highest among adults 18 to 25 (8.4 million people), while cigarette use was highest among adults 26 and up (32.2 million people), the survey, released on July 28, shows. (Cross, USA Today)
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