Tower Rock is normally only accessible by boat. Here's what it looks like now
A rock formation in the Mississippi River normally only reachable by boat is accessible by foot for the second year in a row as water levels plummet.
2023-09-23 14:20
US EPA says no immediate lead health threats from telecom cables
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON The U.S. environmental regulator said Thursday soil sampling for lead in two Pennsylvania towns
2023-09-23 01:30
The Government Is Mailing Out Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests Again—Here’s How to Get Them
The USPS will soon be on its way with more government-issued at-home COVID test kits. Here’s how to make sure they stop at your door.
2023-09-22 22:22
Exclusive: Satellite images show increased activity at nuclear test sites in Russia, China and US
Russia, the United States and China have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in recent years, satellite images obtained exclusively by CNN show, at a time when tensions between the three major nuclear powers have risen to their highest in decades.
2023-09-22 12:50
Top Chinese university scraps English tests in move cheered by nationalists
A top university in northwest China has scrapped English tests as a prerequisite for graduation, rekindling a heated debate about the role of the world's lingua franca in the country's education system after years of rising nationalist sentiment under leader Xi Jinping.
2023-09-22 10:20
Kraft Single-Serve Cheese Slices Are Being Recalled Owing to an 'Unpleasant' Mistake
That clingy plastic film on single-serve slices is working a little too well, prompting Kraft to issue a warning.
2023-09-22 02:59
Biden cancels $37 million in student loan debt for former University of Phoenix students
The Biden administration is canceling nearly $37 million of federal student loan debt for more than 1,200 borrowers who attended the University of Phoenix because it found that the for-profit school misled students about job prospects.
2023-09-21 03:46
Sunak’s Green Rollback Imperils Britain’s 2050 Net Zero Target
Rishi Sunak’s plans to backtrack on green policies will put the UK’s 2050 net zero target in jeopardy,
2023-09-20 18:47
Asia Stocks Fall as Fed Expected to Stay Hawkish: Markets Wrap
Stocks in Asia were on the backfoot as traders awaited the Federal Reserve’s next policy decision, with interest
2023-09-20 11:55
An anti-affirmative action group is suing the US Military Academy at West Point over race-based admissions policies
The US Military Academy at West Point is being sued for its race-based admissions policies by the same group that won a landmark case against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Supreme Court over affirmative action earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
2023-09-20 10:59
Temple University Acting President JoAnne Epps dies suddenly after falling ill during event
Temple University Acting President JoAnne Epps died suddenly Tuesday afternoon after falling ill during a university memorial service, the school said in a statement.
2023-09-20 07:47
Yellen Pushes Treasury, World Bank to Fuller Climate Reckoning
Janet Yellen planted a flag during her confirmation hearing in January 2021. Climate change, she declared, was an
2023-09-20 05:53