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by Nona Tepper | Feb 23, 2017 | Featured, Science + Technology
Twenty miles east of Reno, Nevada, garbage trucks skip the landfill and stop at Fulcrum BioEnergy, where tons of egg shells, coffee grinds, mattresses and other refuse are dumped into a large holding area. Two hours later, this garbage leaves the facility transformed...
![Americans say farewell to Bao Bao, U.S.-born panda moving to China]()
by Nona Tepper | Feb 22, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON–Will the National Zoo change without Bao Bao? “Ask the bamboo,” joked Noah Tadele, 9, an aspiring veterinarian who was at the zoo Tuesday to say good-bye to Bao Bao, a panda cub headed home to China after four years as the big celebrity at the...
by Jasmine Minor | Feb 22, 2017 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Students come from around the world to participate in the 2017 Future City competition. The competition challenges 6th to 8th graders to build models of futuristic cities using STEM research. One team from Minnesota made nationals for the first...
![Why Trump White House should work with World Bank, other finance agencies]()
by Yu-Ning Aileen Chuang | Feb 20, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Former officials from the World Bank, the U.S. Treasury Department and other agencies argued Friday that the Trump administration should work with international financial institutions rather than backing away if the United States expects to find solutions...
![In Cuba, a government-backed LGBT rights movement battles against a culture of machismo]()
by David Jordan | Feb 20, 2017 | Featured, Politics
HAVANA, Cuba – Hector said he was already in love with his boyfriend of 16 days. A government worker in his early 20s, Hector also says he feels comfortable letting his friends know that he is gay. Like many Cubans, he believes that the situation for the LGBT...
![Haiti jewelry store is way out of poverty]()
by Fariba Pajooh | Feb 15, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Makilene Velnis fingered the glass beads she uses to make necklaces as she talked about her dreams for a better future for her seven children. “My youngest daughter is 8 months old, and I leave her with her sisters every morning...
