Brazil’s brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists forecast, with fatalities climbing for the first time above 4,000 in a day on Tuesday as the outbreak overwhelms hospitals.
The Somali sengi, an elephant shrew that seemingly vanished the face of the Earth 52 years ago, has been rediscovered.
George Floyd’s horrifying death while pinned down by a white policeman has sparked global rage and anti-racism protests. Racial disparity is widespread and ominous. Can a racist’s heart be changed? Consider these powerful examples.
A funeral was held on Monday for the 36-year-old U.S. Army Major who was killed with his two young daughters in a Kentucky car crash over Memorial Day weekend.
A vandal or vandals defaced the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee near the entrance of Duke Chapel.
There’s an unwanted record in the Gulf of Mexico: This year’s “dead zone ,” a largely human-caused phenomenon where there’s too little oxygen to support marine life, is the biggest ever measured.
When it was time to visit her father for spring break, Alexis Pearce decided to take the train rather than driving.
