For the eleventh year, October 23rd marks International Snow Leopard Day. Only 3,500 to 7,000 of the beautiful speckled cats, listed as vulnerabel by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), remain. The snow leopard lives in 12 of the most mountainous countries in the world — Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Mongolia, … Read more
U.S. stocks experienced a decline on Wednesday, extending the losing streak on Wall Street to three days as the market grappled with rising Treasury yields and disappointing earnings. However, after hours, Tesla’s stocks saw a surge following a better-than-expected earnings report, rising by more than 9%. Tesla announced plans to begin production on more affordable … Read more
Kelly Ortberg’s first earnings report as Boeing Co. CEO has become suspenseful as employees vote on whether to accept the company’s latest proposal and bring an end to a five-week-long strike. Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking workers have reached a new tentative agreement that includes a 35% pay increase over four years, an … Read more
Indigenous Peoples‘ Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October, and with that comes disinformation about the people who first inhabited North America. Many students are familiar with the phrase, “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” However, Columbus was not the first foreign explorer to reach the Americas, nor did he or his … Read more