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Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Wed In Fairytale Ceremony
On Saturday, May 19, 2018, 600 invited guests, and more than 13 million television viewers worldwide, witnessed the fairytale wedding of Britain's Prince Harry to America...
Nationwide Teacher Strikes Highlight The Dire State Of US Public Education
On Wednesday, May 16, thousands of North Carolina educators took to the streets to protest against low teacher salaries and deteriorating school conditions. Their one-day...
Hawaiians Brace For More Lava And Earthquakes As Kilauea Volcano Continues To Erupt
Though it is not uncommon for the Kilauea volcano on the southern shore of Hawaii’s Big Island to erupt, the recent explosion is the worst encountered in decades. The sea...
Homework And Tests Stressing You Out? Consider Moving To Sweden!
While an entire month free of homework or tests may sound too good to be true, that is precisely what the students at Sturenskolan School in Boden, Sweden were treated to...
North and South Korea Strike Historic Promise Of A Nuclear-Free Path To Peace
On Friday, April 27, 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in made history by promising to formally end the Korean War this year and r...
Former U.S. First Lady And Literacy Champion, Barbara Bush, Dies At 92
On Saturday, April 22, over 1000 mourners, including four of the five living former presidents, from across the country, gathered at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, in Hou...
Singing Helps Siberian Husky Reunite With Owner
Pet owners usually have no choice but to implant their cats or dogs with microchips to help identify the animals if they get lost or decide to escape. However, one Siberi...
British Artist Sketches Intricate Panoramic Cityscapes Entirely From Memory
Though many artists specialize in cityscapes very few create masterpieces as detailed and intricate as those sketched by Stephen Wiltshire. Even more impressive is that e...
Revolutionary Vision Correcting Eye Drops Could Replace Eyeglasses
Experts predict myopia, or nearsightedness, will reach epidemic proportions by the end of the decade, with over a third of the world’s population requiring glasses or con...
China's Defunct Space Station Meets A Fiery End Over The South Pacific
Reports of an out-of-control space station hurtling towards Earth may sound like a bad April Fools’ prank. However, this was no joke. At 5:16 pm PDT on April 1 (April 2,...
Massive Clock Buried Inside A Texas Mountain Will Keep Ticking For 10,000 Years!
Future generations take note — deep inside the heart of a Sierra Diablo mountain, along the Texas-Mexico border, lies a 200-foot-tall, mechanical clock that ticks once a...
Parkland Students Instigate Worldwide Protest Against Gun Violence
On Saturday, March 24, people across the US and worldwide — from London to Paris to Mauritius to Mumbai — took to the streets to protest for stricter gun laws. The mass d...
Legendary British Physicist Stephen Hawking Dies At 76
On March 14, 2018, the world mourned the loss of one of the most brilliant minds of the modern age – Stephen Hawking. The 76-year-old theoretical physicist, who was born...
American Students Stage A National Walkout To Plea For Stricter Gun Laws
On February 14, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz calmly walked into Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and used his legally purchased semi-automatic weapon to kill 1...
Vending Machine Dispenses Essentials To UK's Homeless
At first sight, Action Hunger’s bright orange and white vending machine at the entrance of the Sussex Street subway in Nottingham, UK, appears like any other. However, lo...
Record-Breaking 131-Year-Old Message In A Bottle Found in Australia
In mid-January, while exploring the white sands of the beach-side dunes just north of Western Australia’s Wedge Island, Tonya Illman came across an “interesting” bottle....
Meet Jeff Bezos, The World's Richest Person
On January 8, 2018, as Amazon Inc.’s stock soared to an all-time high of $1250 a share, its founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who owns 17% of the company, dethroned Microsoft b...
US Women Athletes Shine At The 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
After mesmerizing sports fans worldwide for 16 days, the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics drew to a close on February 25 with a spectacular light show, featuring 300 Intel drone...
"Symphony For A Broken Orchestra" Brings Hope To Arts Education Programs In Philadelphia Schools
Deep funding cuts to public school programs is forcing districts around the US to reduce or even eliminate arts education. The Philadelphia school system is no exception....
Will Cape Town Be The World's First City To Run Out Of Water?
In mid-January, Cape Town officials announced that the world-class South African city of four million residents would run out of water on April 12. The date, nicknamed “D...
Teenage Sensation Chloe Kim Snowboards Her Way To Olympic Gold
On February 13, 17-year-old Chloe Kim made history at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, when she became the youngest woman to medal in the halfpipe. What made...
PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Open With Intel's Spectacular Shooting Star Drones
If you were among the millions of people that watched NBC’s replay of the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea on Friday, February 9,...
This Rare Two-Faced Zundapp Janus Microcar Is For Sale
Those familiar with Roman mythology may remember Janus, the god for whom the month of January is named. The deity, believed to have the power to look into the past and fu...