Hugh Jackman, Lupita Nyong’o, Aaron Paul and Demi Lovato will co-host this year’s Global Citizen Festival, an annual free event held in New York’s Central Park. Performers at the Sept. …
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Hurricane Irma Threatens Millions of Homes, Worries Insurers
Real estate experts say Hurricane Irma’s winds threaten 8.5 million homes and businesses in Florida. A report from data analysis firm CoreLogic says storm surges — floodwaters driven by high …
your ads here!Apple Embarks on Emmy Quest With Big Bet on Video Streaming
Television is one of the few screens that has Apple hasn’t conquered, but that may soon change. The world’s richest company appears ready to aim for its own Emmy-worthy programming …
your ads here!Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept. 9
This is the Top Five Countdown! We’re taking aim at the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart for the week ending September 9, 2017. …
your ads here!Rwanda’s Largest Solar Field Also Empowers Orphans
In Rwanda, less than 15 percent of the population has access to electricity. In rural areas, it can be as low as one percent. In order to increase Rwanda’s energy …
your ads here!New Genetic Discovery May Eventually End Premature Birth
Researchers have found genetic mutations that affect whether a woman is likely to have her baby early or carry it to full term. Even late preterm babies, those born between …
your ads here!New Genetic Discovery May Someday End Premature Birth
An international team of researchers has identified — for the first time — six genes that determine the length of pregnancy and whether a baby is born preterm. Preterm birth …
your ads here!World’s First Biodegradable Car Designed
There are smart cars, hybrid cars, electric cars, and now a biodegradable car. A group of technology students has built the first car with a biocomposite structure. VOA’s Deborah Block …
your ads here!DC’s Bats Good for Environment but Threatened by Disease
Washington, D.C., is home to nine species of bats. They play a vital role in the ecosystem, but biologists are worried that some may have contracted a deadly disease called …
your ads here!UN Environment Head: Asia Must Lead Charge for Pollution-free Planet
Asia-Pacific — home to more than half the world’s population and some of its fastest-growing economies — is a key battleground in the fight against pollution, one of the biggest …
your ads here!Ryan Aiming for Low- to Mid-20 Percent US Corporate Tax Rate
With Republicans in Congress under pressure to deliver on taxes, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday the GOP plan will aim to reduce the corporate tax rate to low- to …
your ads here!Equifax: Cyberattack Could Affect 143M Americans
About 143 million Americans could be affected by a cyberattack on the credit monitoring company Equifax. The Atlanta-based company said Thursday the hackers obtained names, social security numbers, birth dates, …
your ads here!Alcohol Industry Accused of Misleading Public Over Cancer Risk
Scientists have accused the alcohol industry of misleading the public over the link between alcohol and cancer. Researchers looked at the websites of 28 global organizations representing the alcohol industry, …
your ads here!Cholera Outbreak Threatens More Than 1M People in Nigeria Refugee Camps
At least 1.4 million people uprooted by Boko Haram’s insurgency in northeast Nigeria are living in ‘cholera hotspots,’ prey to an outbreak of the deadly disease which is sweeping through …
your ads here!BMW Gears Up to Mass Produce Electric Cars by 2020
Germany’s BMW is gearing up to mass produce electric cars by 2020 and will to have 12 different models by 2025, it said on Thursday, as traditional manufacturers race to …
your ads here!Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter to Step Down in December
Graydon Carter, the longtime editor of Conde Nast’s culture magazine “Vanity Fair,” will be stepping down in December after 25 years at the helm, the publication said on Thursday. Carter, …
your ads here!Poll: Two-thirds of Americans Get Their News from Social Media
A full 67 percent of Americans now report receiving at least a portion of their news from social media, according to a new poll released Thursday. The Pew Research poll …
your ads here!SpaceX Launches Air Force’s Super-secret Minishuttle
SpaceX launched the Air Force’s super-secret space shuttle on Thursday, a technology tester capable of spending years in orbit. The unmanned Falcon rocket blasted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, …
your ads here!Stephen King Joins Moviegoers for Special Screening of ‘It’
Movie fans attending a special screening of the movie It in Bangor, Maine, got a bonus: Author and local resident Stephen King joined them. King’s radio station, WKIT-FM, sponsored the …
your ads here!Researchers: For City Economies to Prosper, Poor Need Clean Power
Giving the poorest people in the world’s fast-growing cities access to affordable, clean energy supplies, while wiping out the use of hazardous solid fuels is essential for urban economies to …
your ads here!No Smartphones! Vintage Mobile Phone Museum Opens in Slovakia
As new smartphones hit the market month in month out, one Slovak technology buff is offering visitors to his vintage cellphone museum a trip down memory lane – to when …
your ads here!Kate Millett, Feminist Author of ‘Sexual Politics,’ Dies
Kate Millett, the activist, artist and educator whose best-selling “Sexual Politics” was a landmark of cultural criticism and a manifesto for the modern feminist movement, has died. She was 82. …
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