2022-06-14 New US Rules for Charter School Financing Face Pushback
President Joe Biden’s administration is considering new rules on federal financing of public charter schools. Charter schools are different from traditional public schools. They operate similarly to private schools, but…
2022-06-14 What Is a ‘Bear Market?’
A major measure of the U.S. stock market, the S&P 500 Index, decreased 3.9 percent Monday. That means the index has fallen about 22 percent below its recent high in…
2022-06-14 Famous Hong Kong Floating Restaurant Towed Away
Jumbo Floating Restaurant on Aberdeen Harbor in Hong Kong was towed away on Tuesday after being closed by the pandemic. The owners of the famed eating place could not find…
2022-06-14 New York Court Rules That an Elephant Is Not a Person
Happy the elephant may be intelligent and worthy of our care, but she cannot be considered a person, New York’s top court ruled on Tuesday. The closely watched legal case…
2022-06-14 Children Release Orphaned Turtles into the Wild
The circle of life was on live display with the help of some little children and young turtles in the American state of New Jersey. A group of kindergartners returned…
2022-06-14 Wikimedia Group Fights Russian Order to Remove Ukraine War Information
The Wikimedia Foundation is appealing the decision of a court in Moscow demanding that it remove information related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The foundation owns the website Wikipedia,…
2022-06-13 Studies: Some Cancer Patients May Not Need Treatments after Surgery
After surgery, some cancer patients can safely avoid treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy, say two recent studies that explore shorter, gentler cancer care. Researchers are looking for ways to…
2022-06-13 US: Pfizer COVID Shot Appears Effective for Children under 5
American health officials said Sunday that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appears to be safe and effective for children under 5. Children under 5 is the only group not yet able to…
2022-06-13 Ukraine Thanks Boy, Father Who Used Drone to Locate Russian Tanks
They were not soldiers. But a 15-year-old Ukrainian boy and his father from a village outside of Kyiv won praise for their work to help the military. In the early…
2022-06-13 Scientists Might Have Found Europe’s Biggest Meat-eating Dinosaur
Scientists say they have discovered remains on Britain’s Isle of Wight that might belong to a meat-eating dinosaur larger than any other known from Europe. The creature was closely related…
2022-06-13 Environmental Groups Aims to Clean up Guatemalan River
In Guatemala, environmental workers have set up a steel screen across a dirty river to try to trap plastics and other pollution. The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit group based in…
2022-06-12 Two Self-Sailing Ships Cross World Oceans for First Time
Two different ships have used autonomous sailing technology to complete trips across world oceans for the first time. One of the projects involved the Mayflower Autonomous Ship. It is a…