2021-08-11 Today’s Teens in No Hurry to Start Driving
The legal age to drive a car in the United States is 16. Getting a driver’s license on the day…
2021-08-08 Beirut Art Museum Still Rebuilding One Year After Explosion
More than a year after Beirut’s port explosion, workers and artists are still repairing destruction at the city’s Sursock museum.…
2021-08-07 Four-year-old Girl Became Piano Player in One Year
At just four years of age, Brigitte Xie has already won a place to perform piano at New York City’s…
2021-08-06 Former Child Solider in South Sudan Uses Humor to Help Heal
A former child soldier in South Sudan now aims to use humor to help others heal from emotional problems suffered…
2021-07-31 Hmong-American Olympic Champion Sunisa Lee Looks Toward College
Olympic gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee’s life changed when her new gold medal was placed around her neck Thursday. Her future…
2021-07-31 New York’s $200 French Fries Offer ‘Escape’ from Daily Life
The agency that watches inflation in the United States, the Federal Reserve, might have to reconsider the cost of food…
2021-07-24 Greece’s Traditional Wooden Boat Building Is a Shrinking Craft
Traditional wooden boats, known as caique or kaiki, are an important part of Greek culture. They have been used for…
2021-07-23 Tokyo Games Become First Gender-Equal Olympics
Grace Luczak had left competitive rowing and taken a job. But a move toward gender equity at the Tokyo Olympic…
2021-07-22 Greeks Celebrate Milwaukee Team’s NBA Championship
As the Milwaukee Bucks were about to win the NBA basketball championship Tuesday, people in Greece were watching closely. With…
2021-07-17 Britney Spears Wins Court Battle to Hire Her Own Lawyer
Pop music star Britney Spears won court permission Wednesday to employ a lawyer of her choosing to represent her interests.…
2021-07-14 Japan’s Shohei Ohtani Makes History in All-Star Game
If you think you know who the best athlete in the world is, you may want to think again. It…
2021-07-13 ‘Bubble Man’ Spreads Joy Through Performance on San Francisco Streets
Kurth Reis of San Francisco, California, has been through many hard times in his life. Lately, however, he says he…
2021-07-12 Technology Brings New Interest, Crowds to ‘Closed’ Theaters
For many people involved in the theater, the past year has been difficult. For others, coronavirus closures have provided new…
2021-07-12 Museum Show Celebrates 200 Years of Cartoon Dogs
In a 1970 Beetle Bailey comic strip, a character known as Sarge shouts at his uniform-wearing dog, Otto, over a…
2021-07-10 On ‘Sesame Street,’ Elmo Gets a Dog
The children’s television series Sesame Street is welcoming a new lovable character for its 52nd season. The new character is…