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This marks the third eruption since December in a region that, prior to 2021, hadn't seen volcanic activity for centuries
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Some areas received as much as 13 to 15 inches of rain over a five-day period as storms felled trees, destroyed homes and killed nine people
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New research draws a link between unequal exposure to police violence and lack of sleep for Black adults
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Though sport fishing tournaments and other activities led to population declines in the 1970s and 1980s, more recent science and conservation efforts have helped the sharks rebound
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From preserved DNA, researchers identified which plants and animals the young people would have eaten or used for making clothing—and they found one case of a severe gum infection