The Daily Populous

After adjusting for inflation, charitable giving by Americans was close to seven times as big in 2016 as it was 62 years earlier.

Of course, one reason total giving went up is because the U.S. population almost doubled.

But if we recalculate inflation-adjusted charitable giving on a per capita basis, we see that has also soared: by 3½ times. »

"South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker issued an "apology" to China through the show's Twitter account on Monday.

The statement comes after The Hollywood Reporter reported that "South Park" had been banned from China's internet.

The creators of "South Park" have issued an "apology" to China after the show's most recent episode mocked the country's censorship and Hollywood's reliance on its theatrical market for movies. »

Turkish forces attacked SDF positions in the city of al-Malikiyah in the Hasakah area in northern Syria, according to Syrian state news agency SANA.

The SDF includes Kurds and others in eastern Syria which the US has helped train, assist and advise during the war on ISIS.

This story has been updated to include new reporting and clarify claims and counter claims about Turkish airstrikes inside Syria. »

Cigarette smoking is linked to between 80 and 90 percent of lung cancer deaths in the United States.

In mice, e-cigarettes caused a type of DNA damage that Tang and the team suggest is linked to lung tumor susceptibility.

Of the 40 mice exposed to the nicotine vapor, nine of them (22.5 percent) developed adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer. »