United States

A legislation that Congress is about to approve - which includes about $375 billion over the next decade for clean energy development and financial incentives to weaning off fossil fuels - it’s the single biggest investment in climate change in US history

The country is in the midst of its largest-ever monkeypox outbreak; in New York city, which accounts for over 25% of US cases, getting a vaccine appointment has proven difficult and long queues have been over the past few days

The House passed two bills on abortion rights: codify protections into federal law 219-210 votes and ban prosecution for those who travel out of state for reproductive health care 223-205; Senate blocked the bills

Another Supreme Court’s ruling causes confusion and brings the country years back: latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades

The Supreme Court - not elected by the voters - delivered two highly controversial decisions in less than a week; the rulings have made the Court’s popularity sink to 20% and many have commented that they show the distance between politics and real life

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has revised the speed regulations used to protect North Atlantic whales and set new restrictions on incoming ships to further protect the animals

March for Our Lives, a youth-led gun-violence-prevention organization, plans a protest against gun violence in Washington D.C., tomorrow - starting at the Washington Monument at noon - and 450 sister marches across the United States and in other countries

Oxford high school in Detroit, once a theatre of mass shooting, has been testing an artificial intelligence-based gun detection software that, combined with surveillance cameras and professional monitoring, can alert authorities within seconds

The House passed the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act with 222 to 203 votes; the bill seeks to create dedicated offices throughout the government, after a gunman fatally shot 10 people in an incident that President Biden called “domestic terrorism”

The American Academy of Pediatrics announced earlier this week its new policy: it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate “race-based” medicine and resulting health disparities

843-acre Central Park in New York City is now a climate change laboratory: Central Park Climate Lab will use ground and satellite data to establish patterns of adaptation, to help parks nationwide become more resilient

Today is Tax Day, the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments: the IRS expects tens of millions of last-minute filings; as of April 8, over 103 million returns for this tax season had been received and refunds for $204 billion issued

A SpaceX capsule with three paying customers and a former NASA astronaut has arrived at the International Space Station; launched at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it’s a first-of-its-kind 100% private mission of about 10 days