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At Shanghai's weekly "marriage market," parents advertise their unmarried adult children with signs taped to umbrellas. Chinese parents and the government are doing what they can to reverse the trend of falling marriage rates. The sign above the entrance reads: "Comprehensively manage the marriage market, maintain the order of the park together."

China's Marriage Rate Plummets As Women Choose To Stay Single Longer

"Before, in China, you married to survive," says a Shanghai magazine editor. "Now I'm living well by myself, so I have higher expectations in marriage."

Marchers carry an LGBTQ pride flag during the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City in June. The Senate bill would require the Census Bureau to protect all sexual orientation and gender identity information it collects.

Senate Bill To Require Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Data By 2030 Census

A group of Democrats says the data could help more LGBTQ people get access to social services and strengthen civil rights protections. Some privacy experts worry the data could be used against people.

Portman: U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Not Effective Enough

Ohio Senator Rob Portman says the United States' needs to consider new sanctions on Russia's government in order to change its behavior.Portman, speaking…

A Conversation With Dion Brown, New President Of The Freedom Center

After 21 years in the Air Force and positions with the St. Louis Blues Museum and the B.B. King Museum in Mississippi, Dion Brown has come to Cincinnati…

Texas Blues Rocker Delbert McClinton Coming To The Cincy Blues Fest

Blues rock legend Delbert McClinton is coming to Cincinnati to headline the 2018 Cincy Blues Fest. The man behind "Givin' It Up For Your Love" among many,…

Two years after Uber paid $680 million to buy the self-driving truck startup Otto, the company is folding that effort. In this photo from 2016, an Otto engineer sits behind the steering wheel of a self-driving, big-rig truck during a demonstration in San Francisco.

Uber Parks Its Self-Driving Truck Project, Saying It Will Push For Autonomous Cars

The move comes after Uber has spent roughly $925 million in recent years to jump-start its effort to create a viable line of self-driving freight trucks.

National Flood Insurance Program Needs Long-Term Solution, Democratic Rep. Crist Says

The Senate on Tuesday voted to renew the National Flood Insurance Program hours before it was set to expire during the height of hurricane season.

Exploring Ways To Get Homeless Off Streets And Into Shelters Or Housing

Last week the City of Cincinnati shutdown and fenced off an area near Paul Brown Stadium that had been the site of a homeless camp. Now, city officials…

President Trump believes his emphasis on immigration is critical to rallying his voters this fall, and he may be right. They may care more about the promise of a wall than they have about his promise that Mexico would pay for it.

Trump's World Pulses With Promising News

Three times in three days, Trump has threatened to shut down the government over funding for his border wall. The president believes immigration will rally his voters this fall, and he may be right.

Wildfires More Common in Western U.S.

A century's worth of fire suppression in forests, drought and heat from climate change, and the "suburbanization" of the woods mean that fires like the Carr Fire in Redding, Calif., are the new norm.

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