Solutions Journalism Reporter
James investigates what works — from policy reforms to civic innovations — and tells the stories behind lasting solutions.
Ever planned a vacation enthusiastically only to realise your beloved pooch can’t accompany you because the place isn’t pet friendly? That ends here. You can now undertake every touristy escapade you’re looking for whilst having your baby experience it all. We’ve put together a list of homestays acr...
Approximately 1 million people gather in New York City on December 31 to watch the iconic Times Square Ball drop. The midnight drop serves as the official kickoff of the new year and a time-honored tradition for millions of Americans. On July 4, 2026, the United States of America will officially tur...
Rumors continue to swirl that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have plans to marry over the Fourth of July weekend in 2026 at Madison Square Garden. While no one has officially confirmed anything, Taylor and Travis have been celebrating this week in some wonderful ways. One of the most exciting to see ...
Few things scream red, white, and blue in such epic proportions as fireworks on the Fourth of July.Many Independence Day celebrations start with a hot dog sizzling on the grill and end with dazzling streams of light that illuminate the sky and shake the ground below. Leaving no stone unturned, firew...
Campus & Community Remembering Jack Reardon, ‘the best of the University personified’ ‘Amazingly well-lived life’ marked by a gift for instilling in others a sense of their own potential Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer June 30, 2026 4 min read File photo by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photograph...
We all know that dogs can be very smart creatures. They’ve been known to alert their humans about impending danger and readily save the lives of those they love. A home surveillance camera in Texas caught an incredible moment of a dog saving itself in just a split second. In the incredible video obt...
Reaction is rolling in after the United States Supreme Court ruled against the administration of US President Donald Trump, upholding the practice of automatically granting citizenship to nearly all individuals born in the US.The 6-3 ruling on birthright citizenship represents a major rebuke to one ...
July is Disability Pride Month!For the past 36 years, July has been an important month for the disability community. The Americans With Disabilities Act was passed on July 26th, 1990. That year, Boston became the first city to celebrate Disability Pride Day with a parade. Since then, cities across t...
Greater Accra Regional Fire Commander Rashid Kwame Nisawu told the AFP news agency that crews had rescued more than 400 people.Dozens of people have died after floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential rain hit capital cities in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.According to a spokesperson for G...
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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Finally, Nepal has marriage equality. On June 18, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a binding directive ordering the government to guarantee equal marriage rights for gender and sexual minorities.
In April 2023, my brother David Breaux—popularly known as “the Compassion Guy” in Davis, California—was stabbed to death as he slept on a bench in the town’s Central Park. He’d earned that nickname after spending 14 years collecting definitions of the word “compassion” from passersby in a notebook o...
Sister Stephanie Baliga, a nun living and working at Chicago’s Mission of Our Lady of the Angels, was almost an Olympian. “I started running when I was 9, and running became my life,” Baliga told WTTW, a local PBS station. “It was how I defined myself and who I was.”Baliga was the sixth-fastest fres...
Fireworks illuminate the skyline above the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol during U.S. Independence Day celebrations, as seen from Arlington, Va., on July 4, 2025. Mohammad Reza Mousavi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images ...
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: This spring, the Utah Transit Authority debuted a new bus rapid transit route and began construction on a streetcar line extension, as it reported stronger transit ridership. The seven-mile-long Midva...
The decision was announced Thursday during a briefing on royal finances at which Charles became the first British monarch to reveal the taxes he paid to the government. ...
David Bromstad has been a staple on HGTV since winning the debut season of HGTV Design Star in 2006. He’s hosted a variety of shows since 2006, and fans have watched him grow both professionally and personally. He’s been open about his struggles with substance abuse, and fans stayed by his side and ...
Every Sunday morning, in the wide green lawns of Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik Park, something joyful is happening. Dogs that spend their weekdays in apartment homes are bounding toward each other, tails furiously wagging, while their owners — IT professionals, homemakers, first-time pet parents — stan...
An East Texas family grew by eight feet in just a matter of hours in March 2026. According to KLTV, sisters Rainy Jones and Darian Lowe found out they were pregnant around the same time, which was amazing. Things got even crazier early in their pregnancies when they found out they were both expectin...