Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside historical markers
Pennsylvania is reviewing its 2,500 roadside markers, scrutinizing factual errors, inadequate historical context, and racist or otherwise inappropriate references.
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Man who said 'Let's Go Brandon' to Biden on Christmas Eve says he was only joking
"I am being attacked for utilizing my freedom of speech," Jared Schmeck told The Oregonian.
Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who at 26 successfully argued Roe v. Wade, has died
Weddington argued the case before the high court twice, in December 1971 and again in October 1972, resulting the next year in the 7-2 ruling that legalized abortion. She died Sunday at age 76.
'We just do not have enough players': More bowl games canceled as COVID cases surge
The Fenway Bowl and the Military Bowl were canceled after the University of Virginia Cavaliers and Boston College Eagles bowed out due to an insufficient number of players.
What New York's ban on gas-powered heat could mean for the future of clean energy
Elissa Nadworny talks to Russell Unger, a building electrification expert at RMI, a clean energy think tank, about New York City's recent fossil fuel ban in new buildings.
The holidays can be stressful enough. Then came omicron
Neuroscientist and author Magdalena Bak-Maier shares her tips for how to stay well and practice self-care during a holiday season made more stressful by the rapidly spreading omicron variant.
How school closures from COVID-19 have cost society
Closures from COVID-19 have affected 1.6 billion children worldwide. Nearly two years into the pandemic, experts say the economic costs are in the trillions and the social costs are incalculable.
Desmond Tutu, an icon who helped end apartheid in South Africa, dies at 90
The Nobel Peace laureate and archbishop emeritus campaigned against a system he called evil and, after apartheid, helped the nation heal as head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
World leaders mourn the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The archbishop is being remembered around the world for his commitment to equality and justice and his "impish" sense of humor.
Intimate portraits of a hospital COVID unit from a photojournalist-turned-nurse
Alan Hawes hopes his photos of health care workers and COVID patients will show the toll of this pandemic — and persuade the unvaccinated to get their COVID shots.