A Northern California lifeguard is being hailed as a hero after saving a boy from massive waves
Some schools are extending admissions for students unenrolled by Howard University
Howard University notified hundreds of first-year incoming students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held
Ex-Citigroup managing director sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes
A Harvard-educated former managing director at Citigroup Inc. has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes that prosecutors say occurred over a 10-year period
Senate takes first steps on Russian sanctions after meeting with Zelenskyy
The Senate took the first steps toward passage of a sweeping Russian sanctions bill on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Capitol
South Korea’s Kospi share index falls 7% and other Asian shares are mixed as oil prices surge
Asian shares are mixed but South Korea’s Kospi share index is trading about 6% lower on prolonged selling of chipmaking shares
Next stop for California’s high-speed rail: Finding private investors
California has spent nearly two decades relying on taxpayers to finance its high-speed rail project. Now it’s looking to private investors. Whether any step up remains an open question. The search for private money was always part of the plan. When Californians approved a bond measure to fund the project...
Inside the ‘America First’ makeover of a global hunger program
Bassirou Sani Boubacar Gaoh has spent the last decade trying to figure out how the plants feeding millions across Niger can better withstand the unpredictability of a warming planet. Extreme heat waves and severe droughts that alternate with heavy rainfall and flash floods are imperiling the many millet, rice, and...
China’s solar industry is losing money. The country is doubling down anyway.
Cheap, abundant Chinese solar panels have become essential to decarbonizing the global energy system. Without them, the world’s clean energy transition would have arguably been slower and more expensive. But China’s solar manufacturing industry now faces a bizarre problem: oversupply. Chinese solar manufacturers have built far more production capacity than...
Is it getting too hot for summer school?
Two days before the sweltering July 4 weekend, Martina Meijer, a New York City elementary teacher who occasionally substitutes over the summer, covered a class. The city’s summer school programhad just begun and that day temperatures reached 100 degrees. “Even though the AC was on, it wasn’t working very well,”...
Where all 20 Premier League clubs should strengthen before the season
Manchester United and Arsenal need midfielders, Liverpool should sign a winger and Chelsea require a goalkeeper By Opta Analyst Declan Rice was worked to the bone by Arsenal last season, playing 4,456 minutes in all competitions. This showed at points during the World Cup, when the midfielder’s body looked on...