Schools are using surveillance tech to catch students vaping, snaring some with harsh punishments

When Aaliyah Iglesias was caught vaping at a Texas high school, she didn’t realize how much could be taken from her. Suddenly, the rest of her high school experience was threatened: being student council president, her role as debate team captain and walking at...

An unlikely challenger to Putin brings a rare show of defiance, creating a dilemma for the Kremlin

Boris Nadezhdin has become a dilemma for the Kremlin as he seeks to run in the March 17 presidential election. The stocky, bespectacled 60-year-old local legislator and academic has struck a chord with the public, openly calling for a halt to the conflict in Ukraine,...

New satellite images catch world’s worst polluters red-handed: ‘Now we really know exactly where it’s coming from’

Kayrros plans to continue its monitoring — and to share its findings with the world. Source

Yemen Houthi rebels fire a missile at a US warship, escalating worst Mideast sea conflict in decades

Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a missile Friday at a United States warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden, forcing it to shoot down the projectile, and struck a British vessel as their aggressive attacks on maritime traffic continue. The attack on the U.S. warship,...

Private yachts, occasional wife-swapping and over-the-counter Ozempic: the secret lives of expats

As a new Amazon Prime series sheds light on the frequently glamorous, often claustrophobic and sometimes salacious expat lifestyle, five émigrés recount their own adventures in Hong Kong, Dubai, Australia, France and southern Africa. Source

‘Still can’t believe it.’ Thousands of farmworkers jobless after Fresno fruit giant bankruptcy

Workers, who voted down a unionization effort by the United Farm Workers, have long touted the company’s pay and benefits. Source