Flint’s Art-Meets-Justice Program Earns National Recognition for Healing Violence-Torn Families
Where Crime Prevention Meets Compassion A Flint-based program that pairs local artists with families of violence victims has earned national recognition — and it’s reshaping what people expect from a crime-fighting organization. Crime Stoppers of Flint and Genesee County received a national award from Crime…
NASA Greenlights Mission to Probe a Mysterious Hole That Could House Future Astronauts
A Hole in the Moon With Big Implications There is a roughly 65-meter-wide opening on the lunar surface that scientists have stared at from orbit for years, wondering what lies beneath. Now, they are finally going to find out. NASA has selected a Planetary Science…
Simple Underwater Umbrellas Are Helping Save Coral Reefs From Catastrophic Bleaching
A Crisis Beneath the Waves Earth is currently in the midst of its fourth global coral bleaching event, and scientists expect that by 2050, the world’s oceans will have warmed so much that most reefs suffer mass bleaching every year. Against that grim backdrop, a…
NFL Hits 49ers Owner Jed York With Six-Game Ban and $500,000 Fine
An Owner in Disgrace It is not often that an NFL owner makes headlines for all the wrong reasons, but Jed York has managed to do exactly that. The NFL suspended San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York for six games and fined him $500,000 for…
Corporations Are Using Your Data Against You — Here’s How to Fight Back
The New Science of Charging You More Every time you open a travel app, scroll through a grocery delivery service, or browse for a hotel room, there’s a good chance the price you see isn’t the price someone else sees. That’s not an accident. It’s…
Dutch Police Arrest Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Linked to FBI Hack and Murder Plot
A Hacker Arrested Before His Group’s Most Brazen Attack A suspected leader of one of the world’s most prolific cybercrime gangs was already sitting in a Dutch jail cell when his own group pulled off one of its most audacious stunts yet — hacking the…
Simple Question a UCLA Neurologist Wants Every Woman to Ask Herself About Memory Loss
The Fear Behind Every Forgotten Word Losing a train of thought, struggling to recall once-familiar words, or forgetting the reason for walking into a room can leave older adults wondering if they are experiencing early signs of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. It’s one of the…
What Science Actually Says About Flushing Microplastics From Your Body
The Invisible Invasion Already Inside You Microplastics — tiny plastic particles less than 5 mm — have infiltrated our water, food, air, and even our bodies. That much is no longer debated. What remains far less settled is what, if anything, you can actually do…
The Citizen App Promised to Keep You Safe — Now Users Are Questioning the Cost
A Safety App Under the Spotlight Citizen bills itself as the essential safety app, providing real-time safety alerts, live incident videos, and 24/7 emergency assistance to keep users and their loved ones safe. For millions of people across the country, it has become a go-to…
Federal Investigators Step In After Delivery Driver Fatally Shoots Dog in Hyattsville
A Dog Is Dead and Federal Agents Are Involved A dog died Monday night after a delivery driver reportedly shot it in the Hyattsville area of Prince George’s County — an incident serious enough to draw in federal investigators and temporarily shut down part of…
