Kenyan woman hugs a tree for 3 days and inspires a movement
By Lynet Otieno Young Kenyan environmentalist Truphena Muthoni has set a Guinness World Record (GWR), for the second time, after embracing a tree for 72 hours. She hugged the tree for three days, Dec. 8-11, 2025, to raise awareness about climate change and protest the destruction of Indigenous forests. In doing so, she caught the
US Education Department paid up to $38M to civil rights workers on leave, watchdog says
By:Shauneen Miranda WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education exhausted millions in taxpayer dollars trying to eliminate a chunk of its Office for Civil Rights, a government watchdog found in a report released Monday. The department spent between roughly $28.5 million and $38 million on the salaries and benefits of the hundreds of Office for
Trump urges US House to avert ‘another long, pointless and destructive’ shutdown
By: Jennifer Shutt and Ariana Figueroa WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday on the government funding package that will end the ongoing partial government shutdown once it becomes law. The Senate voted Friday evening to approve the legislation after President Donald Trump and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., brokered a deal to
Indians Claim To Be A Lost Jewish Tribe — And Now They Can Finally Go Home
By Rishabh Jain A group of about 6,000 people in India claim to be Israel’s long-lost tribe of Manasseh. After centuries of displacement, they finally have their chance to migrate back to Israel and eventually claim citizenship status. At the same time, some argue that assimilating and gaining acceptance in Israeli culture will pose a
