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.

Seeks to track the performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index by investing at least 90% of assets in index constituents, aiming for exposure to 100 of the largest nonfinancial companies listed on Nasdaq. The ...

Montpelier’s Country Club Road property, with the former Elks Club house in the background. Photo by John Lazenby/The Bridge This story by Phil Dodd was first published in The Bridge on Oct. 14, 2025.

Sam Mangel, a federal prison consultant, confirms new details first reported by The Wall Street Journal about a top-secret meeting involving Jeffrey Epstein accomplice and former girlfriend Ghislaine ...

A traffic consultant previously hired by the Town of Oyster Bay has been fired after posting anti-Muslim comments on social media, while the town is involved in pending litigation over the denied ...

As Western Sydney University (WSU) prepares to shed hundreds of staff due to its dire finances, leaked documents have revealed it is paying consultants as much as $2,850 each a day. Internal documents ...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman was paid $15,000 to advise a consulting firm running a social media influencer campaign for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to filings with the U.S.

Under the direct supervision of the Division Manager, AHGC2, the Civil Society Officer is responsible for providing policy and technical support on mainstreaming Civil Society Engagement throughout ...

Yorkville City Hall last week hosted its second data center sound study in recent months. Representatives of Project Steel presented an initial study examining whether the project could meet sound ...

What began as a father-son initiative has grown into a thriving organization with more than a dozen contributors and 200-plus years in combined industry expertise. David Nix and his son, Harrison, ...