2019-07-09 California to Develop Earthquake Early Warning System
Californian officials say they will spend more than $40 million on an earthquake early warning system. The announcement comes after…
2019-07-08 African Leaders Launch First Continental Trade Agreement
African leaders have officially launched a trade agreement for the entire continent. The agreement is called the African Continental Free…
2019-07-08 Mapmaker Brings Creativity, Family to Road Maps
There was a time in recent American history when people depended on paper road maps. But the spread of GPS…
2019-07-08 Iran Says It Is Breaking Nuclear Enrichment Limits
Iran’s nuclear energy agency says the country has broken limits set in its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The…
2019-07-08 US Women Soccer Players Demand Equal Pay
American fans loudly cheered to victory the United States women’s soccer team in the World Cup final Sunday in France.…
2019-07-07 New Navajo Nation Cancer Center Means Treatment Closer to Home
Colon cancer has affected several members of Loren McCabe’s family. His great-grandmother was diagnosed too late to fight it. His…
2019-07-07 Lebanese Town Ban Raises Questions in a Divided Country
Mohammed Awwad and his fiancée are both Muslims. The two recently found an apartment for rent online in a Lebanese…
2019-07-07 Libyan Women Ignore Barriers to Launch Businesses
Inflation started reducing the value of Libyan assistant professor Seham Saleh’s state-paid earnings. So, she started selling drawings over the…
2019-07-05 Sudan’s Military, Pro-Democracy Movement Agree to Share Power
Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups have welcomed a new power-sharing agreement. Both sides…
2019-07-05 Californians Clean Up After Strongest Earthquake in 20 Years
The strongest earthquake to hit California in 20 years caused minor injuries and damage in a town near the quake’s…
2019-07-04 Migration from Northern Triangle Countries Presses Mexico, US
Reverend Fernando Cuevas has watched migrants leave for Mexico from the steps of his church in a town on Guatemala’s…
2019-07-06 California Becomes First State to Ban Hairstyle Discrimination
California has become the first state to ban discrimination against black people for wearing natural hairstyles to work and school.…
2019-07-04 Former Chrysler Chief Lee Iacocca Dies at 94
Lee Iacocca, a leader in the American automobile industry, died earlier this week in California. He was 94. Iacocca was…
2019-07-04 Sea Ice around Antarctica Shows Sharp Decrease
Scientists say the amount of sea ice around Antarctica has decreased from a record high to a record low in…
2019-07-03 US Agency Calls Border Detention ‘Dangerously Overcrowded’
A new report by the Homeland Security Inspector General describes bad conditions and overcrowding at centers along the border in…