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Weather

Two dozen new lawmakers have deep ties to communities

Jan. 19—A resident of To’hajiilee, Michelle “Paulene” Abeyta recently hauled 50 gallons of drinking water from Albuquerque to her home in the Navajo community about 30 miles west of the city, which has endured lingering water issues over the years. She has running water, she said, but the quality is not consistently good. Elected in […]

Sports

Inside the high school communities that made Clemson-Texas

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterDec 20, 2024, 07:21 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. AUSTIN, Texas — When the first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket was revealed, Cade Klubnik took one look at the screen, rubbed […]

Technology

What Internet Fandoms and Communities Can Tell Us About 2025

Inevitably, more of these situations will pop up under the Trump administration, and I’m curious to see if any of Musk’s supporters end up jumping ship. Drop-shippers The act of drop-shipping—third-party sellers filling retail orders—exploded in popularity in the late 2010s, becoming a quintessential part of online hustle culture. With the introduction of the TikTok […]

Science

How human communities have adapted throughout history

Navarino, southern Greece. View through the ruins of a destroyed fortress overlooking the bay of Navarino and the lagoon of Gialova, which is an important paleoecological archive. Credit: Ingmar Unkel According to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the global average temperature in 2024 will almost certainly exceed the limit of 1.5°C above the […]

Business & Finance

Here’s How A Closure Would Impact Different Communities

ZEBULON, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 23: President-elect Donald Trump looks on during a roundtable with faith … [+] leaders at Christ Chapel on October 23, 2024 in Zebulon, Georgia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Getty Images Closing the Department of Education was proposed in Project 2025the right-wing policy initiative created by conservative think tank the Heritage […]

World News

Amazon’s record forest fires hit Brazil’s indigenous communities

BBC Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa says her indigenous community is at risk from inhaling so much smoke “If these fires continue, we indigenous people will die.” Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa runs the voluntary fire service for the Caititu indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon. Their land is supposed to be protected under the Brazilian constitution. […]