In late October, a group of 19 Buddhist monks set off for a 2,300-mile trek across the United States, beginning in Fort Worth Texas, with a final destination of Washington, D.C. Their mission? To ...

Single-use vapes, or e-cigarettes, contain lithium batteries and liquids, encased in plastic, that when discarded, can leach chemicals into the environment or even explode and cause fires at waste ...

As the Trump administration rolls out another heavy-handed Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown in a United States city, residents of Charlotte, North Carolina are not going down without a ...

It’s no secret that homosexual behavior is natural in the animal kingdom. Bonin flying foxes, a type of bat, curl up in same-sex clusters to keep warm during mating season. Male zebra finches form ...

When Trudy Veenstar’s husband Auke passed away in April 2023, she didn’t just lose a life partner, she lost her travel buddy. It wasn’t until nearly a year later, Veenstar booked her first solo trip: ...

As electrification infrastructure expands across Europe, Austria encountered a problem: the general public is not fond of how the new pylons — which resemble traditional power lines — look. So, the ...

As an estimated 1.4 million federal workers enter a third week either furloughed or working without pay, private nonprofits continue to show up in support of those impacted by the government shutdown.

A backyard in the heart of London hosts an array of animals that you’d just as easily find in yards across the United States, including squirrels, rabbits, foxes, and local birds. But there’s one ...

At Pondville Correctional Center in Norfolk, Massachusetts, some incarcerated individuals are adding a beekeeper’s veil to their standard-issue uniforms. It’s part of a new pilot program, in which a ...

Last week, President Trump signed an executive order that makes it easier for states to remove homeless encampments from public places, as well as force people experiencing homelessness into mental ...

Over the Independence Day weekend, catastrophic flooding hit six counties in central Texas, where, as of the most recent reports, at least 80 have been killed. In Kerr County, home to Kerrville and ...

Two young entrepreneurs — Aris Isaac and Kaydyn Mack — have taken New Tampa, Florida’s beaches by storm. And it all started with some cardboard boxes, an RC car, and a dream. In 2024, Mack, then a ...