Before the United States was founded, the idea of volunteering was well underway in the colonies. Now, Americans consistently donate more of their time than citizens of any other country. Judy Woodruff explores how the idea took root and why it's become a part of our national identity. It's part of her series, America at a Crossroads.

"What a sacred and healthy perspective." The post Indigenous woman cries tears of joy after hairdresser discovers ‘unruly’ grey hairs appeared first on Upworthy.

After a brief round of rain late last week, Southern California is heading into another stretch of changing weather, with increasing winds expected late this week and a slight chance of light rain returning early next week. Wednesday has brought plenty of sunshine across the region, with mild coastal temperatures in the mid-60s from Oxnard [...]

The Queen of Pop is back.

There's some hot and spicy drama being served up in the Los Angeles foodie community right now. Anna Pizza has found itself embroiled in a feud with corporate pizza king California Pizza Kitchen. KTLA's Andy Riesmeyer has more on the story that's topping our minds right now. Anna Pizza is on the rise, recently getting [...]

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has a new exhibit tracing the animal's importance in American history.

He’s on the naughty list!

For the past 13 years, Michael James Scott has played the lovable, mystical blue Genie in Disney's "Aladdin" on Broadway, while also landing a role in the highly anticipated revival of ABC's "Scrubs."

A local group of comedians is performing an improvised Shakespearean show, "Love, Shakespeare Presents: History IV Part 2", at the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works, in an attempt to bring William Shakespeare's least-performed works to life with a comedic twist.

In Rio de Janeiro’s largest urban park, the tumult of the city can subside to the faintest murmur among the thick Atlantic Forest ecosystem remnant. It’s here that ecologists have reintroduced the blue-and-yellow macaw through a captive breeding program. It’s a delight—a “dream come true” for residents of a city where the colorful macaw is […] The post Brazil’s Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Return to Rio After 200 Years: ‘A dream come true’ appeared first on Good News Network.

Description An observation made by NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) shows the chemical signatures of water ice (shown in bright blue) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (orange) in Cygnus X, one of the most active and turbulent regions of star birth in our Milky Way galaxy. One […]