United States

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

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to make daylight saving time permanent from 2023; if the House also passes the Sunshine Protection Act, the time Americans live on during the summer - four hours behind (GMT) - will be the standard time year-round

Pressure is building on the Biden administration to begin unwinding sanctions on Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro freed two American prisoners and promised to resume negotiations with his opponents

The last week of Black History Month has begun, a US-born annual observance falling in the month of February; events, exhibitions, concerts are scheduled through the country as a homage and an occasion to meet a deeply rooted culture