2020-08-19 On the Ground with New York’s Contact Tracers
Joseph Ortiz walked to the home of a man who was tested COVID-19. The test showed the man has the disease. Ortiz was unsure what to expect during his visit.…
2020-08-19 The Ganges: Much More Than Just a River
More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful leader built a fortress on India’s holiest river — the Ganges. King Yayati set up the fort to help guard his territory. Today,…
2020-08-16 Thousands of Korean Laborers Still Lost After WWII, Cold War End
Shin Yun-sun describes her life as a series of dead ends. The South Korean has spent many of her 75 years questioning government officials, looking through records and searching burial…
2020-08-19 Family Study Aims to Answer Questions about Children and COVID-19
At Mendy and Joe McNulty’s home in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, coronavirus testing supplies are in the kitchen. The parents gather there with their two sons to do home tests in…
2020-08-18 Israelis Interested in Strengthening Ties with the United Arab Emirates
Some Israelis are looking forward to going to Dubai and visiting the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. Although people from all over the world visit Dubai, Israelis could not…
2020-08-16 Scientists Try to Bring Back Malaysia’s Rhinos
Malaysia’s last rhinoceros, Iman, died last November. Some skin, eggs and tissue are all that remain of her. Now, scientists plan to use experimental technology to try to bring back…
2020-08-16 Maryland’s First Lady Leads Coronavirus Aid Campaign
Yumi Hogan helped the American state of Maryland secure 500,000 coronavirus tests from her native South Korea. Hogan is the wife of Larry Hogan, Maryland’s governor. Now she is working…
2020-08-15 Large Animals Change the Land of a Former Military Base
Wild horses, bison and other large animals once moved freely in much of Europe. Now, these animals are changing a former military base outside of Prague, the Czech capital. Where…
2020-08-14 After Multiple Crises, This Time Lebanese Feel Broken
For nearly a week, Mona Zahran slept on a couch pulled across the front door of her home in Beirut. The powerful explosion in Lebanon’s capital on August 4 had…
2020-08-13 Study: Plant-Eating Animals Are Most at Risk of Extinction
Scientists often worry about the loss of the world’s meat-eating animals. But a wide-reaching new study finds that plant-eating animals, or herbivores, are at higher risk of extinction. In the…
2020-08-12 What It Is Like to Come Across a ‘Karen’
When two strangers walking by accused James “Jaime” Juanillo of damaging private property, the California man quickly began recording the incident. A short time later, he put the video on…
2020-08-11 Biden Chooses Senator Kamala Harris as VP Candidate
The American Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden has named California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Biden’s choice signals the importance of the Black vote in the upcoming…
2020-08-11 Virus Lockdown for World’s Rarest Wild Pigs
Pygmy hogs — the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown, but it has nothing to do with the coronavirus. Officials in India are restricting…
2020-08-10 France Deploys Equipment to Mauritius to Help Contain Oil Spill
France has sent equipment to Mauritius to help contain an oil spill from a Japanese ship. France’s defense ministry said a French military plane transported pollution control equipment. A navy…
2020-08-09 Egyptians Debate New Road Projects
For hundreds of years, Egyptian rulers, religious leaders, educators, and commoners have been buried in two large cemeteries in Cairo. These cemeteries together make an historic city of the dead.…