America United States The government has announced that it will for the first time offer gender confirmation surgery for transgender veterans through its health care coverage; until now hormone therapy and mental health services were covered, but not surgery
America United States An extreme and abnormal heat wave is threatening 50 million people in the west of the country, particularly in California, Nevada and Arizona, with the National Weather Service issuing an urgent weather warning for temperatures to exceed 48°
America United States The world's highest cogwheel railway has reopened after a three-year renovation period and is ready to take tourists on the scenic ride up Pikes Peak in Colorado
America United States Wind turbines will power McDonald's and Facebook, as GE Renewable Energy has been selected to provide 107 onshore wind turbines for the Lincoln Land Wind project in Morgan County, Illinois
America United States Yahoo Answers will be shut down forever today after 16 years; the archives won't be available anymore as well
America United States Residents of Miami’s downtown Brickell neighborhood are gradually growing accustomed to small, self-driving six-wheeled vehicles, first food-delivery robots
America United States The US Port of Bellingham to reduce GHG emissions by 86% annually by using renewable energy. The port is now receiving 100% carbon free electricity as part of Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Green Direct
America United States Roughly 90 million chocolate eggs are sold in the USA every year for Easter Holidays
America United States Cello star Yo-yo Ma performed at Berkshire Community College, Massachusetts, after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine
America United States In San Francisco a house was moved almost a kilometre on trolleys pulled by trucks to avoid demolition
America United States Man 'lived in Chicago airport in secret for three months' - as virus made him 'too scared' to fly home