A group of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders is asking Starbucks to stop charging extra for vegan milk alternatives, saying the practice amounts to a tax on people who …
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Baby Formula Shortage in the US Challenges Families
One of the three companies that make baby formula in the U.S. has halted production, adding to what was already a baby formula shortage due to supply chain issues and …
your ads here!April 2022 Tied for Earth’s 5th Warmest Ever, NOAA Reports
Scientists with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Friday that April 2022 tied April 2010 as the fifth warmest April on record. In a release, NOAA’s National Centers …
your ads here!Moon Goes Blood Red This Weekend: ‘Eclipse for the Americas’
A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America. The celestial action unfolds Sunday night into …
your ads here!Malawi Moves to Administer Cholera Vaccines as Cases Rise
Plans are underway in Malawi to start administering the cholera vaccine in some southern districts, as the number of cholera cases has been rising since an outbreak began in January. …
your ads here!Bracing For Her Future: Baby Giraffe Fitted With Orthotic
Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe. …
your ads here!Meatpackers Convinced Trump Officials to Keep Plants Running During COVID Crisis, Report Says
Top U.S. meatpacking companies drafted the executive order issued by President Donald Trump in 2020 to keep meat plants running and convinced his administration to encourage workers to stay on …
your ads here!North Korea’s Kim Orders Lockdown as First COVID-19 Outbreak Is Confirmed
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered a nationwide lockdown Thursday to try to contain a highly transmissible variant of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, which was confirmed in the country …
your ads here!First Look at Black Hole in Center of Our Galaxy
An image once thought impossible becomes reality. Plus, the International Space Station has four fewer passengers. And you might have heard of the company that was trying to catch a …
your ads here!Thousands of Citizen Scientists Document Urban Plants, Animals
Rare and threatened species were among the plants and animals tracked by citizen scientists from around the world in this year’s City Nature Challenge in Los Angeles. The findings from …
your ads here!Astronomers Capture 1st Image of Milky Way’s Huge Black Hole
The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers believe nearly …
your ads here!Justices to Meet for 1st Time Since Leak of Draft Roe Ruling
The Supreme Court’s nine justices will gather in private Thursday for their first scheduled meeting since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade and sharply …
your ads here!North Korea Officially Reports First COVID-19 Outbreak
North Korea officially confirmed its first COVID-19 outbreak Thursday, with state media reporting a sub-variant of the highly transmissible omicron virus, known as BA.2, had been detected in Pyongyang. “There …
your ads here!US Lawmakers Fail to Pass Measure to Protect Abortion Rights
Democratic party lawmakers in the U.S. failed Wednesday to pass a measure essentially codifying the right to an abortion. The vote comes after revelations the Supreme Court is poised to …
your ads here!US Records More Than 107,000 Drug Overdose Deaths for 2021
The U.S. set another record for drug overdose deaths last year with more than 107,000 fatalities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Wednesday. The provisional 2021 total represents …
your ads here!DNA Molecules May Ease Future Data Storage Crunch
Researchers say DNA can replace hard drives to help store the world’s ever-increasing digital output. Matt Dibble has the story …
your ads here!Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Hit by Mass Coral Bleaching Event
For the fourth time in seven years, the authority that administers one of Australia’s greatest natural treasures has reported widespread bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. This occurs when the …
your ads here!Study: Shipping a Major Threat to World’s Biggest Fish
A new study led by the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. and the University of Southampton, along with experts in Australia and New Zealand, found that industrialized shipping could …
your ads here!Earth Given 50-50 Chance of Hitting Key Warming Mark by 2026
The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with a nearly 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the …
your ads here!US Senate to Vote on Abortions Rights Bill
Democrats are moving forward this week on a Senate vote on a bill that would codify abortion rights into federal law, in the wake of a leaked draft from the …
your ads here!Leaked US Court Opinion Mobilizes Abortion Rights Supporters, Opponents
The U.S. Supreme Court may overturn federal protections for abortions, according to a leaked draft of an opinion expected in the next few months. That would leave the legal status …
your ads here!As Beijing COVID Outbreak Proves Stubborn, Mass Tests Becoming Routine
Millions of Beijing residents queued up for another round of COVID-19 tests Sunday as China’s capital seeks to trace and isolate every infection to contain a small but stubborn outbreak …
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