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New rules for firefighting foam containing PFAS

Michigan firefighters have new rules for when they use firefighting foam containing industrial chemicals known as PFAS. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed…

Family will commemorate birthday of former President Ford

Wreaths will be placed at the Grand Rapids grave of former President Gerald Ford to mark the 107th anniversary of his birth. A wreath from President…

A Border Patrol agent walks along a border wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego, in March 2020.

Migrant Mother Given A Choice: Leave Her Newborn In U.S. Or Return To Mexico Together

As the Trump administration has effectively shut down the asylum system at the border during the pandemic, one mother was given the choice to go to Mexico with or without her newborn, a U.S. citizen.

A group of mourners leaves the funeral of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon at Seoul City Hall on Monday.

Seoul Holds Funeral For Mayor As Accuser Details Years Of Alleged Sexual Harassment

A former secretary of Park's says she endured four years of sexual harassment. The mayor was found dead on Friday in a park, and the allegations have left the country divided about his legacy.

Channing Concho, left, and American Horse photograph themselves in front of a memorial after a sculpture of Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate was removed on June 16, 2020 in Albuquerque.

Statues Of Conquistador Juan De Oñate Come Down As New Mexico Wrestles With History

Who was Juan de Oñate? Critics object to statues of the Spanish conquistador, the first European to colonize New Mexico and a despot who inflicted misery on Native Americans.

A quartz UV germicidal lamp is used to disinfect a train at the Sviblovo station of the Moscow Metro transit system.

Coronavirus Sparks New Interest In Using Ultraviolet Light To Disinfect Indoor Air

Germicidal ultraviolet light technology has a proven track record against indoor transmission of tuberculosis and other airborne viruses. It's now being used in some restaurants and on subways.

Classrooms at Vista Middle School sit empty during the 2019 Los Angeles teacher strike. Los Angeles schools emptied out again in the spring because of the coronavirus.

Los Angeles And San Diego Schools Announce Online-Only Fall

The districts cite "skyrocketing infection rates" in the coronavirus pandemic in Southern California.

Members of the medical staff treat a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on July 2, in Houston, Texas. More than 700 military health professionals are being sent to regions with spikes in coronavirus cases, including Houston.

U.S. Military Is Sending Medical Staff To COVID-19 Hotspots

More than 700 military health professionals are being sent to southern and western states where cases have skyrocketed, military officials say.

Pedestrians in Harvard Yard in 2019. Schools and businesses have gone to court to stop the Trump administration from barring online-only international students from entering or staying in the United States.

Schools, Businesses, Cities Push Back On Rule Blocking Some International Students

The Trump administration says it will ban international students in the fall if their education is online-only. Colleges and businesses say that decision could devastate the economy.

The Rydges on Swanston hotel in Australia is one of the sources of Melbourne's coronavirus outbreak after it was used to accommodate returning overseas travelers for a 14-day quarantine period.

Australia Grapples With New Surge In Coronavirus Cases

The chief health officer for Victoria state, where the city of Melbourne is located, announced 270 new cases Tuesday and warned of hundreds of hospitalizations in the coming weeks.

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