A new study suggests that a mysterious human species mated with our own species tens of thousands of years ago in Africa. Researchers say the study provides evidence that present-day West Africans can link about 2 to 19 percent of their genetic ances...
A new study looks at air pollution and its effects on premature deaths in the United States. Premature deaths are defined as those that take place before the average age of death. Researchers found that half of all such deaths related to air pollutio...
A university in the American state of Utah made news recently when it changed the school's code of conduct. Brigham Young University amended its rules to remove a rule that banned any behavior that related to homosexual feelings. LGBTQ students and t...
Alexei Vergunov is a homeless man living in Omsk, Siberia, in northern Russia. He survives freezing nighttime temperatures of minus-30 degrees Celsius by sleeping under an industrial heating pipe for warmth. It is a dangerous way to live. If he is to...
Officials Struggle to Control Spread of Asian Carp in American Rivers Wildlife officials at a lake in Kentucky recently used electric shocks and sound to lead huge groups of Asian carp into large nets. This was the latest effort in a 15-year battle t...
American technology company SpaceX says it plans to launch as many as four private citizens into a higher orbit than ever before. 美国太空探索科技公司(SpaceX)称其计划将多达4名普通公民送到比以往更高的太空轨道上。 Sp...
Completing a degree program at a college or university can be one of the best things you do to improve your chances of success in life. Higher education is a necessity for many of the best paying jobs in the United States and other countries. But ear...
The economic effects of the new coronavirus outbreak have spread from China all the way to the West Bank city of Hebron. Hebron is the largest Palestinian city. It is also the business center for the Palestinian territories. And, Chinese-made goods h...
Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories -- our weekly program about common, everyday expressions in American English. Today we are talking about the somewhat unusual day of February 29. It comes up on the calendar only every four years. A year wit...
In Haiti, Political Unrest Fuels Growing Hunger Crisis Celavi Belor has lost so much weight over the past year his clothes are too large for his body. The 41-year-old farm laborer looked up from working in a rocky field in the mountains of northweste...
Jigsaw puzzles for adults are becoming more popular in America. The puzzles have pieces of different shapes that, when put together, form a picture. People attend puzzle nights at coffee shops and libraries. Manufacturers design puzzles that have ori...
A seven-day reduction of violence agreement between the United States and the Taliban group in Afghanistan begins on Friday. A top U.S. State Department official said that, by the end of the month, the Taliban and the United States will sign a peace...
A record number of women currently serve in the United States Congress. They hold 23.5 percent of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. And 26 out of the 100 members of the Senate are women. However, the U.S. government still has a smaller p...
By Jill Robbins 18 February 2020 The Boy Scouts of America, BSA, asked a federal court in the United States for legal protection Tuesday. The group wants to be declared bankrupt meaning it is unable to pay its debts. The BSA says the move will help i...
By Jill Robbins 18 February 2020 Two years ago this month, a 19-year-old American shot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Fourteen of the victims were students; the other three were teachers. The gunman...
