2023-09-12 Libya Flooding Leaves 10,000 People Missing
Officials in Libya say as many as 10,000 people are missing after severe flooding in the northeastern part of the country. The flooding began when Mediterranean Storm Daniel dropped heavy…
2023-09-12 Unusual Bird-like Dinosaur Discovered in China
About 148 to 150 million years ago, a strange chicken-sized and bird-like dinosaur with long legs and arms much like wings lived in southeastern China. Its unusual body suggests it…
2023-09-12 Google’s Search Engine at Center of Antitrust Trial
The U.S. Department of Justice accuses Google Tuesday of using its internet search engine to push out competitors and limit new ideas. Kenneth Dintzer is the Justice Department’s lead lawyer.…
2023-09-12 US Schools Help Students Behind in Math
Across the United States, schools are working hard to help students catch up in math. Test scores after the pandemic show just how behind students are. On average, education experts…
2023-09-11 Rescuers Work to Help Morocco Earthquake Victims
Rescue workers continue to search the wreckage of a large earthquake that struck Morocco Friday. Officials say almost 2,500 were killed in the quake, but that they expect that number…
2023-09-11 Drug Traffickers Use Banana Industry in Ecuador for Shipping
Ecuador is increasingly at the meeting point of two worldwide trades: bananas and cocaine. The South American country is the world’s largest exporter of bananas with about 6.5 million metric…
2023-09-11 Israeli Scientists Announce Creation of Embryo Model in Lab
Israeli scientists say they have created a model of a human embryo from stem cells in a laboratory. The embryo model – created without using sperm, eggs or a uterus…
2023-09-11 How Gardeners Can Reduce Risk of Fire
Invasive grasses might have played a part in the deadly wildfires that burned Lahaina, Hawaii recently. The grasses have taken over land that was once occupied by crops like sugar…
2023-09-10 Who Are the Wealthy Investors Buying Rural California Land?
A group of technology investors recently released its plans to create a new “green” city between San Francisco and Sacramento in California. The group’s name is California Forever. It posted…
2023-09-10 Help for Gamblers as Sports Betting Rise in US
People in the American state of Kentucky will be able to legally bet on sporting events for the first time in September. When they do, they also help to pay…
2023-09-10 What Is the Goal of Japan’s New Moon Mission?
Last week, Japan’s space agency launched a rocket carrying a spacecraft designed to explore the moon. The lunar lander is known as the Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM).…