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Has the shadow of Covid finally departed for travel?
The Independent US via AOL· 1 day agoLooking back makes me shudder at the profound and prolonged incompetence of our elected representatives. Monday 10 June will mark four years since the...
Lanternflies have returned for their seasonal invasion
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 4 hours agoResidents of Lynchburg as well as other Virginia cities have likely begun to regularly encounter these polka-dotted, invasive insects, and the numbers only seem to be growing. The city of Lynchburg ...
Box turtles. Coral. These illegally trafficked animals still need a good home
NPR· 1 day agoA single box turtle can be sold for hundreds or thousands of dollars, depending on its coloration, wildlife officials said. In the conservancy’s quarantine room, where new ...
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There’s a vacant motel next door
Quad-City Times· 2 hours agoKabongo Kambila Ringo stood outside the tent where he has been staying with his pregnant wife and...
IDPH says measles outbreak is over
Daily Herald· 6 days agoThe Illinois Department of Public Health says a measles outbreak has ended because no new cases have been reported in the last six weeks. Six weeks is twice the incubation period of the disease ...
Tree-killing emerald ash borer confirmed in Collin, Franklin, Johnson and Red River Counties
The Gilmer Mirror· 6 days agoThe invasive emerald ash borer (EAB) has been confirmed in Collin, Franklin, Johnson and Red River Counties. EAB is an invasive wood-boring pest of ash trees that has killed tens of millions ...
Like Leslie Cheung, but for rap: Haysen Cheng on his rise to the top
South China Morning Post· 3 days agoCheng was raised in Hong Kong until his parents’ divorce, when he and his brother moved with their...
Mixed messages from China: Potential friend or determined foe?
The Washington Times· 3 days agoMay was China’s month for international diplomacy. President Xi Jinping’s trip to Europe, from May 5...
Facing the devastation of its ash trees, Portland aims to diversify tree species
Portland Press Herald· 1 day agoCity arborist Mark Reiland inspects an ash tree near the intersection of Spring and High streets in Portland on Wednesday. A row of ash trees there have been treated against an infestation by ...
Myanmar: Unwanted Chinese Imports
Strategy Page· 3 days agoMost of the known cases have come from China. Elsewhere in the region, Bangladesh has 287 covid19 cases per million and four deaths per million. Malaysia has 242 cases per million and four deaths ...