US sending $9 million in food aid to refugees in Tanzania
Story at a glance The United States is giving $9 million for food assistance to displaced people living in Tanzanian refugee camps. The funds will be given through the U.S. Agency for International Development. The funds will go towards purchasing 12,000 metric tons of maize.
Read MoreHow tax credits can help fight soaring fossil fuel prices — and climate change
As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, people in highway rest stops and grocery stores across the country this weekend will be feeling the pain of near record-high gas prices and soaring inflation. President Biden has proposed a tax holiday that would suspend the federal gas tax for three months. But a far better solution — for people and the planet — would be for Congress to provide direct support to families and enact key tax credits tha
Read MoreDeSantis vows to fight judge's decision to block Florida's 15-week abortion ban
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday vowed to appeal a judge's decision to temporarily block Florida’s 15-week abortion ban, which the court called unconstitutional. DeSantis said at a press conference on Florida's "Improved Civics Literacy Rates" that his administration had been expecting this decision and will continue the "legal battle." "That was likely going to be what was decided in that case. We knew that we were going to have to move forward
Read MoreFederal government will help states punish abortion — using our phones
On June 24, the Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v. Wade, taking away the formal legal right to an abortion that it had previously declared in 1973. According to the Guttmacher Institute, following the court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 26 states immediately banned abortion or are likely to do so soon. While there has been
Read More71-year-old woman becomes second person this week to be gored by bison at Yellowstone
A 71-year-old woman on Wednesday became the second person in the span of three days to be gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. “The woman and her daughter inadvertently approached the bison as they were returning to their vehicle at the trailhead, causing the bull bison to charge,” the park said in a news release. The bull bison gored the older woman near Storm Point at Yellowstone Lake, leaving her with non-life-threatening injuries. The woman was transported to West Park Hospita
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