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Meet Kelly Liu: The 16-year-old San Jose student who used AI to map dirty air, put pollution sensors in underserved schools and helped push a countywide policy change

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Meet Kelly Liu: The 16-year-old San Jose student who used AI to map dirty air, put pollution sensors in underserved schools and helped push a countywide policy change

Kelly LiuPhoto credit: www.actionfornature.org When Kelly Liu looked at air pollution data around San Jose, she noticed something important was missing. Official monitoring stations could show broad regional trends, but they did not always reveal what students were breathing beside busy roads, industrial areas or older school buildings. The 16-year-old student decided to fill that … Read more

Social Security 2027 changes: COLA may rise 3.5%, but will full retirement age change?

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Social Security benefits and the 2027 COLA increase explained. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) (Getty Images via AFP)

Social Security is set for some changes in 2027, but the final numbers are not out yet. The official changes, including the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), are expected to be announced on October 14, after the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data is released. Social Security benefits and the 2027 COLA increase explained. (Photo by … Read more

In 1952, Mary Tsingou programmed a Los Alamos experiment that helped change modern physics; her role was reduced to a footnote and took more than 50 years to receive proper credit

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In 1952, Mary Tsingou programmed a Los Alamos experiment that helped change modern physics; her role was reduced to a footnote and took more than 50 years to receive proper credit

Mathematician and programmer Mary Tsingou Menzel When mathematician and programmer Mary Tsingou Menzel sat down in 1952 at Los Alamos National Laboratory to code a complex physics problem on one of the world’s earliest digital computers, she was breaking new ground. Her work helped make possible a landmark experiment that went on to influence chaos … Read more

Texas volunteers started a cleanup 40 years ago with 2,800 people; the movement has now collected 1.3 million plastic bottles from coastlines and waterways worldwide and could change plastic policy

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Texas volunteers started a cleanup 40 years ago with 2,800 people; the movement has now collected 1.3 million plastic bottles from coastlines and waterways worldwide and could change plastic policy

More than 1.3 million plastic bottles were collected from coastlines and waterways worldwide in a massive volunteer cleanup effort that began 40 years ago with just 2,800 people on the Texas Gulf Coast. The International Coastal Cleanup, organised by Ocean Conservancy, drew about 630,000 volunteers in 2025, who removed nearly 13.9 million pieces of rubbish … Read more

Laurene Powell Jobs left Wall Street and moved to Florence for eight months, then built a multibillion-dollar empire funding education, climate and social change

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Laurene Powell Jobs left Wall Street and moved to Florence for eight months, then built a multibillion-dollar empire funding education, climate and social change

Laurene Powell Jobs took an unconventional route from Wall Street to becoming one of the most influential philanthropists and investors in the United States. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, she spent a year at Merrill Lynch and two years at Goldman Sachs before leaving finance and moving to Florence, Italy, where … Read more

Did ‘Jack Kimble’ predict Trump’s Lake Ontario name change? 2025 post goes viral amid US-Canada trade war

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A January 2025 social media post from the parody account "Jack Kimble" has gone viral after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” ( (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP))

A January 2025 social media post from the parody account “Jack Kimble” has gone viral after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” The old post garnered significant attention, with many online users asking whether the satirical account had somehow “predicted” Trump’s move. A January 2025 social media post … Read more

‘Name dates back 400 years’: Canada’s Carney rejects Trump’s ‘Lake Ontario’ name change to ‘Lake America’

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'Name dates back 400 years': Canada's Carney rejects Trump's 'Lake Ontario' name change to 'Lake America'

Mark Carney hits back after Donald Trump ‘renames’ Lake Ontario Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday (local time) rejected US President Donald Trump’s move to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, declaring that the iconic water body would remain known as Lake Ontario “today and forever.”In a social media post following Trump’s signing of … Read more

As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos

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As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos

WASHINGTON — A new study suggests that El Ninos — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change. As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos The Children are more than 36% stronger than they … Read more

Trump suggests renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America: Can POTUS change its name? What to know amid Gulf of America label

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Trump ‘renames’ Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’: Can he really change its name? (AP Photo)

US President Donald Trump has floated another geographic name change, saying the United States is considering calling Lake Ontario “Lake America” amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada. But while Trump can influence the names used by the US federal government, he cannot unilaterally force Canada or the rest of the world to adopt a … Read more

Lindsay Clancy trial outcome: Could her paralysis change verdict? Former killer mom prosecutor predicts big twist

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Lindsay Clancy’s jury will soon weigh her mental state, while Susan Smith’s prosecutor predicts an unexpected twist in the verdict.. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool) (Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledge)

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial is heading toward closing arguments, and former Susan Smith prosecutor Tommy Pope believes the jury could deliver an unexpected result. Pope told Fox News Digital that women on the jury may not necessarily be more sympathetic to Clancy because of their own experiences with postpartum depression. He also believes Clancy’s … Read more