The global pandemic plunged the entire world into economic free fall and societal unrest. Since then, one notable country has emerged successfully to stabilize global markets and calm fears—it’s the United States, which has maintained the lowest inflation rate of any major nation.
No place outside is safe during a thunderstorm, so when thunder roars – go indoors. When you see the clouds building up, hear thunder or see a flash of lightning, it’s time to dash inside to a lightning-safe place.
Colorado used 1.5 billion fewer plastic or paper shopping bags since the implementation of the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act of 2021 that entered into force at the beginning of 2023, and is now a leader in the nation.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the federal law making it a crime for anyone subject to a domestic violence court order to possess a gun. The 8-to-1 decision was the first since the court in 2022 broke sharply with the way gun laws had previously been evaluated by the courts.
85 years after white rioters burned her family home down, Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" is moving back to the same lot, in a home gifted to her with the help of several North Texas organizations.
A new academic analysis published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine details the enormous sums that privatized Medicare Advantage plans have cost U.S. taxpayers in recent years and calls for the abolition of the program.
People are likely to act more hedonistically while on holiday. Now, travellers also look to social media for proof of how others behave. If their peers from home are throwing caution to the wind while on holiday, this can cause a domino effect of bad behavior.
Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, was overwhelmingly elected Mexico’s first female president on June 2, 2024, a historic milestone in a country rife with gender-based violence and misogyny.
Almost every fifth student in the U.S. and Europe says they have experienced bullying. Nearly half of teens say they have been the victim of cyberbullying, according to a 2022 survey by the Pew Research Center. Yet punishing the perpetrators tends to worsen the bullying for the victims.
For the first time in Brazil, a traditional community has been awarded the concession to manage and operate visitor facilities inside a state conservation unit. The Caiçaras, a traditional fishing peoples, of Cardoso Island have lived in what is today Ilha do Cardoso State Park since the 19th century.
For better or worse, many of us never forget high school: the unrequited romantic crushes, chronic embarrassment, desperate struggles for popularity, sexual awakening, parental pressure and, above all else, competition – social, athletic, academic. What is it about this period of our lives that makes it seem more meaningful and memorable than any other?
The Oakland School District in California is set to fully transition its school bus fleet to electric buses, meaning this fleet of electric buses and chargers will double as a virtual power plant, sending 2.1 gigawatt hours per year back to the grid, and saving 25,000 tons of emissions.
As bombs rain down on Gaza, community-led groups are providing children with psychological first aid (PFA) — play, support and laughter — alongside food and healthcare aid.
A new initiative launched by Parley for the Oceans and the Australian SailGP Team aims to fight plastic pollution by raising awareness through a group of individuals who have a special relationship with the ocean — the sailing community.
Modern technology and international cooperation are key to ending the pileup of waste in this iconic setting.
Dramatic dash cam video shows strangers on I-94 in Minnesota come together with highway personnel, and desperately fight to remove a trapped man from a car engulfed in flames — and succeed!
Too often, outdoor electric lighting installations at night are over lit, are left on when not needed, and are harmful to the environment. As a result, light pollution is a growing global issue that can negatively affect our environment as well as our quality of life.
With more than 1200 volunteers who have cleaned up nearly 9.9 tons of marine litter from beaches in East Africa’s Seychelles islands over the past five years, this Parley Seychelles cleanup effort shows the potential for citizens to tackle marine trash.
Millions of wildflowers now delight a small Vermont countryside community after two transplanted Long Islanders got tired of mowing their massive lawn all day and planted wildflowers instead, delighting the neighbors, birds, bees and butterflies.
She was four years old when a cyclone devastated her hometown. Six when she started cold-calling landowners to get them to plant new trees. Ten when National Geographic shone a light on her work. Meet Prasiddhi Singh, the young girl taking on climate change one tree at a time.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) finalized three rules to protect threatened species and their habitats, the Department of Interior announced.
As news deserts expand, students journalists in academic-media partnerships are stepping up to bolster local coverage, from student-staffed statehouse bureaus to papers run by journalism schools.
Beekeepers triumphed against a deadly insecticide linked to a nationwide honey bee die-off, which remains banned in California thanks to Earthjustice’s legal work, after a state agency approved the insecticide sulfoxaflor for use.
People often celebrate Women’s History Month by reflecting on the most historic moments women achieved since the beginning of time. While it’s important to remember women who changed the world, it’s also crucial to celebrate the women setting records today.
Places across the U.S., including Chicago’s Cook County, are testing no-strings cash as part of the social safety net. Toni Preckwinkle, president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, says people “can invest in their families in ways that make them more stable over time."
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