The Red Cross Declares Blood Crisis For First Time
Blood centers across the U.S. have less than a day's supply of some types, the organization says, as COVID fuels decline in blood drives.
Children of Flint water crisis make change as environmental activists
Dozens of the children of Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water crisis have turned their trauma into advocacy 10 years after it began.
Baltimore leaders blame ship owner, manager for Key Bridge collapse
Attorneys for the city argued that the ship's owner and manager should have realized the Dali was unfit for its voyage.
Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 asbestos deaths in Montana town
The jury awarded $4 million each in compensatory damages to the estates of the two plaintiffs, who died in 2020.
Addressing the planet's ocean plastics problem
Our oceans are full of plastic — an estimated 200 million metric tons. And it's the microscopic pieces that could be the biggest threat.
UN warns workers are at risk from excess heat and other climate shifts
In a new report, the International Labor Organization suggested ways for governments to help address the rising effects of climate change on workers.
NASA announces it's fixed a bug that corrupted Voyager 1's messages
Engineers had to rearrange code on one of Voyager's computers to avoid memory corruption. Now its science mission is set to continue.