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Spray parks, like this one in Washington, D.C., have become popular places for people to cool off in the heat of summer. But this year, fears over the coronavirus mean that some cities are re-evaluating whether to keep them open.

Cities Brace For 'Collision Course' Of Summer Heat Waves And COVID-19

As cities weather the first blasts of excessive summer heat, officials weigh the benefits of opening cooling centers and spray parks against the risks of letting people gather in public spaces.

A young, red-handed tamarin monkey. Some of these monkeys are changing their vocal call to better communicate with another species of tamarin.

Scientists Say These Monkeys Use An 'Accent' To Communicate With Their Foe

In the Amazon rainforest, one species of monkey changed their territorial call to better communicate with a competing species.

Heidi Brooks, senior lecturer in organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management, points to the chair she thought someone had stolen from her office on campus. Turns out, she's been sitting on it for the last two years while working from home.

'Where is my office anyway?' As COVID recedes, remote workers prepare to head back

A quarter of full-time employees were still working exclusively from home in December 2021, according to Gallup. Now companies are starting to call them back to the office at least a few days a week.

A man walks with a bicycle on a street damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, earlier this month.

What the city of Mariupol means for Ukraine — and for Russia's military campaign

After a relentless assault by Russian forces, Ukraine appears close to defeat in Mariupol. Why is the city so important? The reasons range from geographic and strategic to economic and psychological.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai poses for photo session during the G7 Development and Education Ministers Meeting, in Paris, on July 5, 2019. - France is hosting the rotating presidency of the G7 in 2019. The 45th G7 Summit will be held in August 2019 in Biarritz.

Malala Yousafzai, Nobel laureate and girls' education champion, gets married

The 24-year-old recent Oxford graduate called it "a precious day in my life" and shared a few photos of the intimate ceremony.

Vova and Kolya, two Moscow boys on summer vacation, play at their family's country home. In the Russian imagination, the dacha occupies a near-mythical place, and Russians of all generations fondly recall childhood summers at the family dacha.

The Dacha Is Russia's Summer Cure For Urban Life

The dacha — a Russian summer home that can be anything from a shack to an oligarch's faux chateau — is both an escape from the city and a state of mind that permeates the country's life and culture.

For same Asian Americans, it was the first time in Nashville they saw so many Asian Americans gathered in one place. This was a vigil last March for the victims of the Atlanta spa shooting.

A year after the Atlanta spa deaths, Asian American communities build stronger ties

After the slaying of six Asian American women in Atlanta last year, many Asian American are trying to build the infrastructure and resources for their communities to feel safe and supported.

1 in 4 American Jews say they experienced antisemitism in the last year

A new report from American Jewish Committee also found that, out of fear of antisemitism, 39% of American Jews changed their behavior, such as by not wearing items that would identify them as Jewish.

Couy Griffin, a commissioner in Otero County, N.M., speaks to journalists as he leaves the federal court in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2022.

'Cowboys for Trump' leader is given a mixed verdict in his Jan. 6 Capitol riot trial

A federal judge found Couy Griffin, a county commissioner from New Mexico and founder of the group "Cowboys For Trump," guilty on one of two counts stemming from the Capitol riot.

Dr. Paul Farmer, photographed in 2017 at a screening of a film about his life's work, <em>Bending the Arc.</em>

Global health champion Dr. Paul Farmer has died

Known for his efforts to improve global health and as the founder of the nonprofit health organization Partners in Health, Farmer died in Rwanda at age 62.

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