US State Court Rules Embryos Can Be Considered Children The Supreme Court of Alabama has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. The ruling immediately influenced the way fertility treatment services operate in the south...
Report: Language, Traditions Central to National Identity Luciana de Oliveira considers herself transnational. That means she is more than one nationality. de Oliveira grew up in Brazil, but she moved to the United States for her studies. She became...
S. Korean Hospitals Turn Away Patients as Doctors Protest South Korea's biggest hospitals canceled medical procedures and turned away patients seeking emergency care on Wednesday. The moves came after thousands of trainee doctors walked off the job t...
New York Man Stays Free in Hotel, Then Claims to Own It For five years, a New York City man lived for free in a famous central New York City hotel. He made use of a little-known housing rule to avoid paying. But government lawyers recently said Micke...
Environmentalists Celebrate Return of Rhinos in Central Kenya Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating the return of many rhinoceroses to an area where they have not been for many years. The successful move of 21 eastern black rhinos to a new home w...
Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Reportedly Dies in Prison 俄罗斯反对派领导人纳瓦尔尼据报在监狱死亡 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny a sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin has reportedly died in a far-northern...
Are Lab-grown Diamonds Sustainable? Human-made diamonds come with an appealing claim: Manufacturers say the stones are produced ethically using renewable energy. But many of the products do not meet that claim or their producers do not confirm the el...
Fewer Products to Choose from Can Lead to Better Sales American businesses are reducing the number of products that they offer. The change began before the COVID-19 pandemic. It has only increased in recent months. Reduced offerings Coca-Cola used to...
Wealth Inequality by Race Grew during Pandemic A new government report says wealth inequality by race increased in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York Federal Reserve Bank carried out the study and released the report. It sai...
Historic Gun Factory in New York State Village to Close The oldest gunmaker in America is closing its factory in a small town in the state of New York. Remington Firearms was formed two centuries ago in what is now the town of Ilion, a village in the...
Kansas City Chiefs, Usher, Taylor Swift Win at Super Bowl The Kansas City Chiefs needed extra time on Sunday to win the American football championship called the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is the National Football League's championship game. Football...
Egypt Threatens to Suspend Peace Treaty with Israel Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed a peace deal in 1979. The agreement, marked by a handshake, has resulted in more than 40...
Egypt Threatens to Suspend Peace Treaty with Israel Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed a peace deal in 1979. The agreement, marked by a handshake, has resulted in more than 40...
Mexico Becomes Leading Source of Goods Imported to US For the first time in more than twenty years, Mexico took China's place as the leading source of goods imported by the United States. This change, which took place over the last year, brings atten...
Australia to Introduce Right to Disconnect Law for Workers Australia's parliament seems likely to pass a new right to disconnect bill that the federal government has proposed. The law would prevent employers from asking their workers to keep their ph...
