Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a dramatic rate, according to four new U.N. scientific reports that provide the most comprehensive and localized look at the state …
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Film Details ‘Hidden Figures’ in Black Female Pro Wrestling
Ramona Isbell is worried. What will people say when they find out? After all, she mostly kept her secret for more than 50 years. The practices. The out-of-town — and …
your ads here!Iowa Inmates to Perform at New York City Opera
Inmates from an eastern Iowa prison have spent weeks learning German and perfecting inflections to make their New York City opera debut in a broadcast performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio. Heartbeat …
your ads here!Black Identity, Technology Celebrated at Afrotectopia Fest
Being black and working in the tech industry can be an isolating experience. But at the Afrotectopia festival in New York, it’s what everyone has in common. Tina Trinh meets …
your ads here!Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Sets Course for Popular Social Media Site
Now that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spoken publicly about the firm’s data controversy, the chief question remains whether the changes he outlined will be enough to restore the public’s …
your ads here!Black Identity, Technology in US Celebrated at Afrotectopia Fest
Being black and working in the tech industry can be an isolating experience. New York nonprofit Ascend Leadership analyzed the hiring data of hundreds of San Francisco Bay-area tech companies …
your ads here!Australians Try to Save 15 Beached Whales
Australian rescuers were racing against time to save 15 short-finned pilot whales Friday after more than 150 of the migrating mammals beached on the country’s west coast. Most of the …
your ads here!US Researchers Test Dyes That Make Cancer Glow During Surgery
Researchers in the US are testing fluorescent dyes that can illuminate cancer cells during surgery. One specialist says using the new techniques and fluorescent dyes could change the way we …
your ads here!Fearing Trade War, Some US Farmers Worry About Trump China Tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memo paving the way for major tariffs on Chinese imports. It’s part of Trump’s plan to crack down on China’s theft of …
your ads here!US Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Activated; Some Countries Exempt
The White House announced late Thursday which countries will be temporarily exempt from the tariffs on steel and aluminum that go into effect Friday. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump …
your ads here!Indian Airliner Makes History with Flight to Israel via Saudi Airspace
Saudi Arabia opened its airspace for the first time to a commercial flight to Israel with the inauguration Thursday of an Air India route between New Delhi and Tel Aviv. …
your ads here!‘The Last Animals’ Sheds Light on Rhino, Elephant Extinction
The death this month of 45-year-old Sudan, the last male northern white rhino on the planet, rings the alarm on the imminent extinction of other endangered animals. The news also …
your ads here!Toys R Us Founder Charles Lazarus Dies at 94
Just a week after the empire he started announced it is shutting down, Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus died at 94. “There have been many sad moments for Toys …
your ads here!Cosby Wants Judge Ousted Over Wife’s Sex-Assault Advocacy
Bill Cosby’s lawyers on Thursday asked the judge in his upcoming sexual assault retrial to step aside, arguing the judge could be seen as biased because his wife is a …
your ads here!Zuckerberg Apology Fails to Quiet Facebook Storm
A public apology by Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg failed Thursday to quell outrage over the hijacking of personal data from millions of people, as critics demanded that the social media …
your ads here!Trump Launches Action Toward Imposing Tariffs Against Chinese Imports
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday, initiating actions to consider imposing tariffs on a long list of nearly 1,300 Chinese imported products worth about $60 billion. …
your ads here!Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Growing Rapidly, Study Finds
The world’s largest collection of ocean garbage floating in the Pacific Ocean, halfway between Hawaii and California, is now bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined. The sprawling patch of …
your ads here!Daylight Turns Plastic Sheet into Germ-Killing Material
Daylight-powered microbe-killing masks and suits may someday help protect health workers from deadly germs like Ebola, according to new research. Scientists have developed membranes that produce a tiny bit of …
your ads here!Sea Lions Feast on Fragile Fish in US Northwest Survival War
The 700-pound sea lion blinked in the sun, sniffed the sea air and then lazily shifted to the edge of the truck bed and plopped onto the beach below. Freed …
your ads here!Trump Takes Action on Chinese Imports
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a document Thursday setting the stage for an estimated $60 billion in new tariffs on Chinese imports that could quickly lead to a trade war …
your ads here!Sealed and Delivered: Royal Wedding Invitations Dispatched
Time to check that mailbox. Kensington Palace said Thursday that invitations for the wedding between Prince Harry and his American fiancée Meghan Markle have been dispatched. Some 600 …
your ads here!Rare, Endangered Primate is Born in Jerusalem Zoo
An Israeli zoo says an endangered primate known as a golden lion tamarin has been born in captivity. The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo says the monkey was born two weeks ago …
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