Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They’re not the only crop thriving in the shade. ~food drinks Article 873 words 24 votes
With its own Major League, cricket looks for a foothold in the United States | Six teams, eighteen regular season matches, three-hour games ~sports cricket Article 837 words 25 votes
First over-the-counter birth control pill gets US Food and Drug Administration approval ~health Article 943 words 58 votes
Warmer, drier weather because of El Niño is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of the war in Ukraine ~enviro climate change Article 1042 words 17 votes
Study says drinking water from nearly half of US faucets contains potentially harmful chemicals ~enviro pollution.water water.drinking Article 828 words 49 votes
Vote to block Georgia spaceport upheld by state’s high court ~space Article 964 words, published Feb 7 2023 17 votes
Quran burning and requests to approve the destruction of more holy books have left Sweden torn between its commitment to free speech and its respect for religious minorities ~humanities religion Article 952 words 18 votes
Spanish authorities are seeking €90 Million in damages from a Swedish mining company for a major toxic spill near the famed Doñana National Park in 1998 ~enviro water.waste Article 382 words 11 votes
Drug cartel violence flares in western Mexico after vigilante leader’s killing ~news mexico crime.organized Article 1213 words 14 votes
600 arrested and 200 police officers hurt on France’s third night of protests over teen’s killing ~news france crime Article 1206 words 35 votes
Italian soccer players banned from wearing No. 88 on jerseys in campaign against antisemitism ~sports.football Article 613 words 15 votes
Over $200 billion potentially stolen from COVID-19 relief programs in US ~finance Article 1072 words 12 votes
Norway approves nineteen oil and gas projects, saying the resulting investments are worth over $19 billion ~enviro Article 255 words 13 votes
Long heritage of Native Hawaiian gender-fluidity showcased in Las Vegas drag show ~lgbt Article 1199 words, published Jun 24 2023 18 votes
Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely avoids time behind bars in a tax and gun case ~news usa crime Article 108 words 43 votes
Swedish appeals court ups surgeon's sentence for 'harm' during experimental windpipe transplants ~health medicine Article 542 words 7 votes
Ancient Roman temple complex, with ruins of building where Caesar was stabbed, opens to tourists ~humanities.history Article 625 words 24 votes
Cruising to Nome: The first US deep water port for the Arctic to host cruise ships, military ~transport Article 948 words 10 votes
Rising rents and diminishing aid fuel a sharp increase in evictions in US cities ~life housing Article 1369 words 52 votes
US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law ~life family Article 94 words 23 votes
The great grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted ~health Article 2380 words 21 votes
Alzheimer’s drug gets Food and Drug Administration panel’s backing, setting the stage for broader US use ~science medicine Article 826 words 13 votes
Join the military, become a US citizen: Uncle Sam wants you and vous and tu ~life Article 1088 words 7 votes
Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, has died in federal prison at 81 ~news usa crime Article 131 words 32 votes
Sweden's royal family has taken part in ceremonies marking 500 years since the Scandinavian country emerged as an independent nation ~humanities.history Article 303 words 6 votes
Danish painters in the 19th century may have turned to an unusual source for some of their supplies: breweries ~arts art painting Article 436 words 5 votes
Tina Turner, unstoppable superstar whose hits included ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ dead at 83 ~music Article 347 words 10 votes
Brazil sends thousands of Venezuelan migrants to country's rich southern states ~news venezuela politics Article 1282 words, published May 16 2023 7 votes
Kids’ reading scores have soared in Deep South states ~life education Article 1238 words, published May 17 2023 13 votes
Swedish singer Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest – only the second performer to take the prize twice ~music pop Article 700 words 11 votes
Peloton is recalling more than two million exercise bikes in the US. Here’s why ~tech Article 328 words 7 votes
Daily tides stoked with increasingly warmer water ate a huge hole at the bottom of one of Greenland's major glaciers in the last couple of years ~enviro climate change Article 4 votes
F1 star Lewis Hamilton blasts Florida’s anti-LBGTQ measures ~lgbt transgender Article 681 words 8 votes
SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas ~space rocketry Article 242 words 21 votes
Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year as they were thirty years ago ~enviro climate change Article 817 words 8 votes
Residents of Greenland have switched to daylight saving time this weekend for the very last time ~life Article 230 words 11 votes
Nebraska lawmaker three weeks into filibuster over trans bill ~lgbt transgender Article 1176 words 21 votes
Slap fighting: The next big thing, or unsporting stupidity? ~sports.combat Article 1168 words 5 votes
Scientists have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark ~humanities.languages Article 413 words 6 votes
Danish parliament urges lawmakers and employees to remove TikTok on work phones as a cybersecurity measure, saying “there is a risk of espionage” ~tech social media security.cyber privacy Article 263 words 4 votes
Norwegian Nobel Committee says 305 nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, the lowest number in four years ~news norway Article 500 words 3 votes
Death toll from Pakistan mosque suicide bombing rises to seventy-four ~news pakistan.peshawar crime Article 837 words 9 votes
US Food and Drug Administration moves to ease rules for blood donations from men who have sex with men ~lgbt Article 823 words 7 votes
New ice core analysis shows a sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 – 1.5°C hotter than its 20th-century average, the warmest in more than 1,000 years ~enviro climate change Article 724 words 6 votes
A shared celebration of Orthodox Christmas deep in the Arctic, undimmed by war and the round-the-clock polar night ~humanities religion Article 1037 words 6 votes
Finland gets first floating liquefied natural gas terminal – will ensure future availability of gas, replacing supplies earlier imported from Russia ~enviro energy Article 555 words 8 votes