On Sunday, a new monument honoring immigrants was unveiled in New Haven, Connecticut, replacing a statue of Christopher Columbus that was removed in 2020 amid nationwide criticism of the explorer’s role in killing American Indians. The new statue, located in the city’s heavily Italian neighborhood of Wooster Square, depicts a… Read More

The weeklong heat wave that baked most of the U.S. Southwest in temperatures well into triple digits is on its last legs, but forecasters are still urging people to be cautious as there will be little relief from the warm weather until monsoon thunderstorms begin to kick in, likely in… Read More

Former Miami Dolphins star cornerback Xavien Howard sent a male teenager a sexually explicit photograph of the young man’s mother because she refused to get an abortion, a new court filing alleges. The allegation was made Thursday in a lawsuit filed last year by a woman who is not the… Read More

Martha’s Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts, is facing a unique problem: it may soon run out of marijuana. The island’s only other cannabis dispensary is expected to sell all its remaining supplies by September, affecting more than 230 registered medical users and thousands of recreational users. The… Read More

Scientists have made a significant discovery about the history of horse domestication, which has greatly influenced human civilization. A study published in the journal Nature reveals that around 4,200 years ago, a particular lineage of horse rapidly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that humans began to spread domesticated horses around… Read More