The Boeing Starliner, a once promising spacecraft, departed from the International Space Station (ISS) empty-handed, leaving behind its two astronauts, Sunita “Suni” Williams (58) and Barry “Butch” Wilmore (61), at the ISS
My father likes to talk about the day I learned that no woman had ever become President of the United States. According to family lore, I turned to him and commented, “Wow,
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On an unusually warm day in November, I knocked on New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan’s door. I was in Queens, Diwali shopping with my family for our annual celebration. The
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Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Superfund Bill into law on December 26, requiring large fossil fuel companies in New York to help fund projects that protect New Yorkers from climate change
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You might have heard from your parent or a friend that a moderate intake of alcohol can lower the risk of heart disease. “But alcohol directly contributes to 100,000 cancer cases and
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For over five decades, the Assad family has held power in Syria. Bashar Al-Assad took power after his father died in 2000, and held that power until December 2024, when Syrian rebels
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