2020-10-08 13 Charged in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor
Police in the United States have arrested 13 people in connection with reported plots to kidnap the governor of Michigan and attack the state’s Capitol building. A federal court charged…
2020-10-07 SpaceX to Build Missile-Tracking Satellites
SpaceX has been chosen by the U.S. Defense Department to build missile-tracking satellites. The $149 million contract, or legal agreement, was announced by the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) this…
2020-10-07 Khashoggi Plan for Rights Group Realized
“I can speak when so many cannot.” Jamal Khashoggi wrote those words in The Washington Post in September 2017. It was the first opinion piece he wrote for the newspaper.…
2020-10-07 Irish Court Finds US Company’s Bread… Isn’t Bread
The highest court in Ireland has ruled that bread sold by an American fast-food restaurant cannot be legally defined as bread. The court said Subway restaurant’s bread contains so much…
2020-10-06 Kyrgyzstan in Chaos, Election Results Canceled
Kyrgyzstan is facing political unrest after opposition groups seized control of government buildings during protests over parliamentary elections. Opposition activists released their leaders from prison while President Sooronbai Jeenbekov talked…
2020-10-05 Three Awarded Nobel for Medicine for Identifying Hepatitis C Virus
Three scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for identifying the virus responsible for Hepatitis C. The Hepatitis C virus is a major cause of liver disease,…
2020-10-05 Baby Yoda Brings Smiles to West Coast Firefighters
Firefighters in the western United States have a new force on their side: Baby Yoda. A 5-year-old boy from Oregon and his grandmother gave a Baby Yoda figurine to a…
2020-10-05 Ski Resorts Struggle to Hire Amid Trump’s Student Visa Ban
Milagros Sotelo had plans to travel from South America to Tennessee to work at Ober Gatlinburg ski resort this winter. The 22-year-old student worked the last two winters in the…
2020-10-04 More Women Lead Atlantic City Gambling Operations
For many years, women have served alcohol to gamblers in casinos, but they rarely supervised the whole operation. Women now run four of Atlantic City’s nine casinos. Some industry officials…
2020-10-03 Experts Study Writing in Ancient Mexican City
Many mysteries surround the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan. One mystery is especially difficult to solve. What is the meaning of the symbols that are on its paintings and statues?…
2020-10-01 25 Years After UN Women’s Meeting, Equality Remains Distant Goal
Twenty-five years ago, the nations of the world came together to make sure that half of its population gained the rights, power and recognition of the other half. It has…
2020-09-30 World Reacts with Surprise to US Presidential Debate
People around the world have been reacting to the debate between the two main candidates for president in the United States. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden…
2020-09-27 What Was Black Wall Street?
Until recently, many Americans had never heard of the Greenwood District of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was once one of the largest Black communities in the United States.…
2020-09-30 Finland Uses Dogs to Find Coronavirus Infections
Finland has deployed dogs trained to smell the coronavirus at the country’s main international airport. A trial of this experimental search method will take place for four months. If successful,…
2020-09-26 World Becoming Less Accepting of Migrants, Poll Finds
A new opinion study shows the world is growing less accepting of migrants. The latest version of the Migrant Acceptance Index was released Wednesday by Gallup, an American company known…