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Arbor Day Foundation to replant 10M trees in 6 hurricane-ravaged states
Hurricanes killed hundreds of people and caused damage across large swaths of the United States in 2024, including the destruction of countless trees in the South. The Arbor Day Foundation vowed to replant 10 million trees to replace those lost in the six most storm-ravaged states. The Nebraska-based nonprofit organization told The Guardian on Tuesday,… -
Parents of alleged school shooter in Serbia sentenced to prison
In Serbia, the parents of a teenage boy who allegedly carried out a school shooting in 2023 were convicted and sentenced in connection with the crime on Monday, Dec. 2024. Police said the boy, Kosta Kecmanovic, committed the first mass school shooting in the country’s history. The suspected killer was 13 years old when he… -
Blue Origin granted FAA license for New Glenn rocket’s first mission
Blue Origin’s newest rocket is one step closer to taking flight. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Blue Origin a license on Friday, Dec. 27, to launch the New Glenn rocket in its maiden voyage. The FAA license approval came just hours before Blue Origin completed the New Glenn rocket system’s first fully integrated fire… -
Kremlin’s Baltic Sea sabotage ship was reportedly loaded with spy gear
A Russian-linked tanker called the Eagle S, which is suspected of intentionally cutting Baltic Sea power and data cables, was also loaded with “spy equipment.” That’s what a source close to Finnish authorities, who seized the ship, told The Telegraph on Saturday, Dec. 28. The Finnish coast guard crew that inspected the Cook Islands-registered vessel… -
Guardian Angels returning to patrol NYC subways after woman’s murder
The volunteer vigilante group known as the Guardian Angels is returning to the New York City subway system. The move comes in the wake of a woman’s death after she was lit on fire days before Christmas. Founder Curtis Sliwa told the New York Post on Sunday, Dec. 29, since the woman’s murder, “hundreds of… -
Authorities in South Korea seek arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon
South Korea is seeing yet more political fallout from a short-lived martial law decree by impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier in December. South Korean investigators announced on Monday, Dec. 30, they are seeking an arrest warrant for Yoon. Yoon has repeatedly denied requests from law enforcement to appear for questioning over his martial law… -
Mexico developing app allowing citizens to send alert if detained in US
Mexico said that it is creating a cellphone app that its citizens can use to alert their families and local consulate if they have been detained by U.S. immigration authorities. The move announced on Friday, Dec. 27, is in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to start mass deportations after he is inaugurated on Jan.… -
New York aims to make fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for pollution
A new law in New York is aiming to make fossil fuel companies pay up for pollution. State lawmakers, including Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said these oil, gas and coal companies are now on the hook for projects to reduce the effects of climate change. Hochul signed the bill into law on Thursday,… -
China levels sanctions on 7 companies over US military aid to Taiwan
Beijing announced on Friday, Dec. 27, that it is leveling sanctions against seven companies and their senior executives over U.S. military assistance to Taiwan. Among the companies sanctioned are Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc., RTX Inc’s Raytheon Canada and Raytheon Australia. The sanctions reportedly freeze the companies’ and executives’ assets in China and bar them from… -
NASA announces record-breaking achievement with spacecraft and the Sun
A NASA spacecraft has made history, surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. The risky journey took the Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the Sun’s surface. That may not sound like a short distance, but for perspective, if the distance from Earth to the Sun was a football field, this would be… -
Over 10,400 migrants died trying to reach Spain by sea in 2024: Report
At least 10,457 migrants died trying to reach Spain by sea this year, an average of 30 deaths per day. The statistics were compiled by Spanish migration rights group Walking Borders, which said that is the most amount of deaths that it has recorded since it began tracking migrant deaths at sea back in 2007.… -
Cat food recalled after testing positive for H5N1 and feline dies
Oregon health officials are warning cat owners to throw out a brand of frozen pet food. This comes after the food tested positive for bird flu and a house cat died after eating the product. The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) said it’s “confident” the infected feline died of bird flu after consuming Northwest Naturals… -
Baltic Sea cables suffer outages as Moscow ‘shadow fleet’ ship implicated
New reports indicate that additional undersea cable lines were severed in the Baltic Sea. The reports come on the heels of alleged sabotage of different cables in November 2024. Finnish authorities said they are investigating more telecommunication line disruptions with a Russian “shadow fleet” reportedly facing a probe related to the Christmas Day outages. Finland’s…
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