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Updated 2025-07-02 13:46
For over 90 years, this Holocaust survivor's art has kept him alive
At 93, Kalman Aron still paints everyday in his apartment in Beverly Hills. If he didn't paint, he says he would "die of boredom."
The Keystone XL pipeline gets a victory, but with a question mark
The final official step to realizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline was a Nebraska commission’s approval of the pipeline route, which it has now given. But the route is not the one the company preferred.
Can kids recognize fake news? Sort of.
The University of Salford and the BBC Newsround studied kids ages 9 to 14 in the UK to see if they could recognize fake news.
In Germany, miners and others prepare for a soft exit from hard coal
Germany is shutting down the last of its underground coal mines next year, and the the way it's handling the end of this once-dominant industry could be a model for the US and other countries.
Poland's government fines a US-owned TV broadcaster
Poland's media regulator hit TVN24, a private, US-owned news station, with a $400,000 fine Monday over its coverage of an anti-government protest last year.
Why German pilots won't fly Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan
German media recently reported that some pilots have refused to fly Afghan refugees whose asylum applications have been rejected back to Afghanistan. But is their action out of sympathy?
Foreign experiments with trickle-down tax cuts: A rare proposition for a robust economy
Where have trickled-down policies been tried abroad? What were the results?
First-ever bitcoin futures trading is now underway
Bitcoin futures trading began on the Chicago Board Options Exchange on Sunday.
Unless Congress acts, nearly 9 million US children could soon be without health care
At the end of September, Congress allowed the deadline for refunding CHIP to expire. Replenishing funds for the program should be a slam dunk in Congress — there is usually bipartisan support for this program that helps kids — but CHIP still doesn’t have a funding plan, and the program is running on fumes.
How hate and debate came to a Connecticut mosque
Two years after a neighbor shot at their mosque, a leader at the Baitul Aman Mosque in Meriden has found an unlikely companion to show people true Islam: a local 76-year-old who is convinced organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood are plotting to impose Islamic law on America.
Putin orders 'significant part' of Russian forces in Syria to withdraw
President Vladimir Putin ordered "a significant part" of Russia's military contingent in Syria to start withdrawing on Monday, saying Moscow and Damascus had achieved their mission of destroying Islamic State in just over two years.
Is the public ready for Meat 2.0?
New 'burgers' made from plant-based and genetically modified ingredients aim to replace traditional meat burgers, without sacrificing taste.
Another way to look at the fossil record? By examining coal.
If you’re like most people, you probably think of coal as a chunk of black fossil fuel. Geologist Jen O’Keefe sees it differently.
For the future of self-driving technology, look to ... bats?
Scientists still aren’t sure how bats avoid colliding with one another in swarms. Solving the mysteries of their “biological sonar” could give us clues for our own technology.
May Your Holiday Cheer Be Bright (But Not Overloaded)
The Best Science Books Of 2017
The Recipe for California’s Wildfires? A Wet Winter And A Sweltering Summer
Invasion Of The Jellyfish
The Battle Of Coastal Restoration In Louisiana
A Golden Age For Children’s Science Books
Dusting Off Voyager 1’s Thrusters
How good is H&M’s clothing recycling program?
The world's biggest fashion retailer wants you to help them “close the loop” by donating your unwanted clothes. But only a small percentage of those cast-offs become new clothes.
Microbes In Space! (But They’re Ours)
A Narwhal’s Slow, Anxious Heart
Listen to this harrowing account of Yemen’s post-assassination lockdown
Forget about Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp if you're in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Houthi authorities there have blocked social media while increasing security across the city. A resident tells what it's like to live under lockdown conditions.
An overcrowded refugee camp on Lesbos is making children sick
Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos was designed to hold 2,000, but it is currently home to more than 6,000 refugees and migrants. Doctors working at the camp have seen a growing number of children suffer upper respiratory tract infections, colds, coughs, diarrhea and other illnesses associated with cramped and unsanitary conditions.
On 'The Crown,' music that tells the tale of an evolving age
In this series that paints intimate portraits of royalty and chronicles major events of the 20th century, the music is as stirring as the story.
Despite challenges, this Cuban rapper's American show goes on
Telmary Díaz is a rapper from Havana. She's doing a few gigs here in the US at the moment, but her story of getting here was not pretty. Sonic mysteries at the US embassy meant the consular officers weren't there to offer visas. She almost didn't make it
Russia wants to build a 'parallel internet' in 2018
The key is creating its own internet directory, or Domain Name System (DNS).
Women in Germany's east earn close to what men do. Can we thank socialism for that?
Even though Angela Merkel is its political leader, Germany has one of the worst gender wage gaps in Europe. But the picture is different in the East.
Working in a garment factory may not bring this mother and daughter long-term economic stability
Rongmala Begum, like many of Bangladesh’s garment workers, doesn’t know how old she is. She doesn’t have a birth certificate, which is common for the rural poor here. She thinks she’s in her 40s. She has an identification card, but she can’t read it. Begum is illiterate.
Barry Blitt may call himself 'old-timey,' but his political artwork is up-to-the-minute
Illustrator and political cartoonist Barry Blitt, best known for his New Yorker covers, is out with a new, retrospective coffee-table book of his “greatest hits.”
This new green building may be just the thing to help a Florida town stand up to climate change. Or not.
A small Florida community wants to build the greenest, most climate change-resilient hotel around. But some say the only way to built in a climate-friendly way there is not to build at all.
'Fun Home:' Breaking boundaries on Broadway
The all-star team behind Broadway’s hit “Fun Home” — artist Alison Bechdel, playwright Lisa Kron and composer Jeanine Tesori.
Gay theater: Past, present and future
Playwright Paul Rudnick and theater critic Jesse Green weigh in on the evolution of gay characters and themes in 20th-century theater.
Immigration wasn’t part of the San Francisco trial for the death of Kathryn Steinle — but here’s why it became part of the story
For immigration hardliners, the shooting death of Kathryn Steinle was an example of failed immigration enforcement and sanctuary policies. For those who study both immigration and the criminal justice system, it’s a distraction from a real conversation about immigration reform.
40 years of documenting Earth's beauty
Photographer Art Wolfe has spent 40 years documents the natural world and some of the world's oldest cultures.
Are factories better in Bangladesh after Rana Plaza? That depends on who you ask.
The Rana Plaza collapse made companies and consumers more aware of working conditions in the clothing factories. In some places, reforms have made workers safer, but the changes are far from universal.
Tax reform would let big companies bring profits home, but would it send jobs abroad?
The “repatriation provision” proposed by Republicans would change give American companies a tax break – allowing them to pay a minimum of 10 percent tax on overseas earnings (in the Senate version of the bill) and a 20 percent tax on domestic profits.
In hurricane aftermath, Puerto Ricans get impatient with shortages
Puerto Ricans' tolerance for the post-hurricane lifestyle is running thin — and you can even see it in people's driving habits.
How do consumers make good choices about clothes? Spider silk and brand transparency.
We know that fast fashion is polluting the Earth, clogging landfills and underpaying workers. What can consumers do to make better choices?
World leaders react to Trump's Jerusalem announcement
Among those applauding the move by President Trump was Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. But other leaders were critical of Trump’s decision to dispense with nearly 70 years of US foreign policy tradition.
Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Then it caused a ripple effect in mainland hospitals.
There was already a problem with the supply of IV fluid bags at US hospitals. But the hurricane devastation in Puerto Rico made it much worse.
Johnny Hallyday, 'The Elvis of France,' dies at 74
While his musical output never won major international acclaim, Hallyday sold more than 110 million albums and his death left fans devastated and a country in mourning.
How a sweatshop raid in an LA suburb changed the American garment industry
In the early hours of Aug. 2, 1995, authorities raided an apartment complex in El Monte and found 72 Thai workers, including Rotchana Sussman, living in virtual slavery while making clothing.
Why moving the US embassy to Jerusalem is so controversial
President Donald Trump is expected to announce his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy there.
Supreme Court lets Trump's latest travel ban go into full effect
The US Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to lift two injunctions imposed by lower courts that had partially blocked the ban.
As the US moves to dismantle net neutrality rules, India is moving in the opposite direction
As the US moves to dismantle net neutrality rules, India is taking steps to create what some say could be the strongest net neutrality framework in the world.
A-side B-side: Björk, Lullabies and in-between feelings
Björk’s latest album "Utopia" melds the sounds of a mythical world with familiar sentiments of longing and patience, just like a lullaby.
In a Kentucky lake, fish tell the story of long-term coal ash pollution
About 1 in 10 fish in the lake show serious physical deformities — the result, one biologist says, of selenium poisoning.
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