Americans to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Let’s face it, a lot of Americans who love the Olympics don’t sit glued to our seats watching swimming, track and field or cycling in the years between each games. But
Why a focus on mental health is essential for students returning to school in the fall, experts say
smolaw11/iStock (NEW YORK) — It’s been a school year like no other in recent memory — combining the challenge of remote and hybrid learning for millions with the agony and strain of a pandemic that has killed
Opera singer delivers her own baby in the car while husband drives
Courtesy of Emily Geller Hardman (NEW YORK) — One woman was prepared for every aspect of her daughter’s birth — except for the location. Emily Geller Hardman, 35, was 37 weeks pregnant when she attended a family
Duchess Kate self-isolating after COVID-19 contact
Karwai Tang/WireImage (LONDON) — The Duchess of Cambridge is self-isolating at home after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. “Last week The Duchess of Cambridge came into contact with someone who has subsequently
As recently discovered unmarked Indigenous graves in Canada nears 1,000, activists demand justice
Tuangtong/iStock (NEW YORK) — For decades, beginning in the 1800s, thousands of Indigenous peoples from Canada were taken from their homes and families by the Canadian government, shipped thousands of miles away in some cases and placed
American lawyer convicted of assaulting Hong Kong police officer to be sentenced
DNY59/iStock (HONG KONG) — An American corporate lawyer convicted of assaulting a police officer in Hong Kong during a period of citywide unrest about 18 months ago is to be sentenced July 6. Samuel Phillip Bickett, 37,
Man dies in fireworks accident after mortar shell explodes next to him
ChristopherBernard/iStock (NEW YORK) — A man has died after in a tragic fireworks accident after a mortar shell exploded inside of a firework tube, sending shrapnel into the man’s body and killing him on site. The incident
K-pop classes now in schools as music's boom becomes growth industry in South Korea
nigelcarse/iStock (SEOUL, South Korea) — Dozens of children repeat after their instructor’s dance moves to K-pop group NCT Dream’s latest song “Hot Sauce,” as sweat drips from their foreheads. These children, all around 8 years old, are
This is how mass deforestation is wiping out species around the world
richcarey/iStock (NEW YORK) — The mass-clearing of trees will be the doom of many forms of life on this planet. Forests are critical to the Earth’s ecology. They capture and store carbon out of the atmosphere. They
French automaker Bugatti survived two world wars. Can it outlast the electric crusade?
Bugatti (NEW YORK) — Does every automaker have to go electric? Industry trends and government regulations are pointing in that direction. No more naturally aspirated engines. No more turbochargers. No more engines, in fact. Instead, mute conveyances