Michele Skalicky
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The City of Springfield has approved funding for the projects
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Lofty rhetoric about multilateralism is meeting the hard reality for President Biden at the UN General Assembly as he tries to smooth over a dispute with America's oldest ally, France.
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Ivermectin is a medication that's been around for decades, and it's been a miracle drug — against parasites. But now, ivermectin is the latest drug caught up in a COVID-19 controversy.
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The European Court of Human Rights says Russia's government is responsible for the 2006 killing in London of Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB agent turned exiled dissident.
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Scientists thought that humans with stone weapons may have caused the disappearance of Ice Age beasts like woolly mammoths. New research shows that stones were no match for mammoths' hair and hide.
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Since the 19th century, the French city of Grasse has been the center of the world's perfume industry. It developed as a response to Grasse's medieval tanning industry –- which stank.
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A report based on new CDC data showed 16 states now report obesity rates of 35% or higher. That increased by four states in just a year. And those rates are rising faster among racial minorities.
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A series of reforms are being proposed for Rikers Island jail in New York, which has been rocked by deaths, violence and reports of unsanitary conditions.
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Last winter, Indian farmers staged some of the biggest street protests in history against government moves to deregulate agriculture. Nine months on, many farmers worry their cause has been forgotten.
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Online stock trading has taken off, bolstered by easy apps and lower prices. Now, a community of young investors have a new strategy: looking for stock tips from members of Congress. -
Chile has started vaccinating kids age 6 to 11 against COVID, one of the few nations in the world to immunize kids under 12. A handful of other countries are also giving shots to younger kids.
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It's been called the "Skinny House" or the "Spite House." The legend is that two brothers shared land but one built on more than his share, so the other built a skinny house to block access and views.
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Construction workers and others opposed to new COVID-19 vaccine rules have taken to the streets. Some allege that right-wing extremists have infiltrated the increasingly violent protests.
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Construction workers and others opposed to new COVID-19 vaccine rules have taken to the streets. Some allege that right-wing extremists have infiltrated the increasingly violent protests.
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The appearance of the popular boy band from South Korea is one of many unexpected moments at the United Nations General Assembly — everything from a U.N. TikTok to a groundbreaking food summit.
