SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mostly white high school near Salt Lake City will replace its contentious Braves mascot after nearly 70 years. The principal said Monday that Bountiful High School will start the process of selecting a “culturally sensitive mascot that will unite” everyone. Calls for the school […]
RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty ImagesBy CRISTINA CORUJO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Scientists, students and Puerto Ricans are among those mourning the collapse of the iconic radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The telescope collapsed Tuesday morning after showing signs of extreme weakness, according to scientists. The radio-telescope suffered major […]
subinpumsom/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Forest management, when implemented correctly, can not only reduce the number of devastating wildfires that rage every year but also the billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions that result from them as well, researchers have determined. The mitigation potential for avoiding […]
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Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 63.3 million people and killed over 1.4 million worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins […]
Danita PlattBy RENI CALISTER and DANIELLE GENET, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Fifteen-year-old Michael Platt has been hard at work during the pandemic, donating thousands of “snack packs” — healthy, shelf-stable items — to local food pantries to help other kids in need. “Kids are no longer in school. So they […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A major storm system moving through the Eastern U.S. is bringing damaging and dangerous weather from Ohio to Maine and down to Florida. There were four reported tornadoes in Florida and 19 severe damaging storm reports from Maryland to New Jersey. […]
